Marcos Alonso

[Unionjack 7,531]

I do like the guy he seems really nice. To me hes alot better going forward and not strong enough or good enough defending. Which as Gazza ius our weakest CB it makes our left side week with Eden also not good defending.

So he needs upgrading (AND Gazza) but Im happy to keep im on as back up.

Fingers crossed hes fit for Spuds - lets hope we get him either upgraded or a back up soon.

 

Heres some stats for him that shows he hasn't been too bad.

[lucio 5,418]

him and cahill need to be out of our back 5 come the end of january, or we are in big trouble,

[the wes 7,212]

2 hours ago, lucio said:

him and cahill need to be out of our back 5 come the end of january, or we are in big trouble,

Would u put azpi has left wing back?? Both crosses that lead to the goals came from Alsono side if Azpilicueta was out on that left wing-back position against Eriksen he wouldn't have got the space to cross them balls 

[lucio 5,418]

7 minutes ago, the wes said:

Would u put azpi has left wing back?? Both crosses that lead to the goals came from Alsono side if Azpilicueta was out on that left wing-back position against Eriksen he wouldn't have got the space to cross them balls 

if we could put in zouma and a new cb then maybe.  but Azpi has been pretty good at cb, and we would lose the left footed bonus of having a proper lwb,

[Kieran. 6,317]

8 minutes ago, the wes said:

Would u put azpi has left wing back?? Both crosses that lead to the goals came from Alsono side if Azpilicueta was out on that left wing-back position against Eriksen he wouldn't have got the space to cross them balls 

He's not good enough offensively to be a wingback

[Weckerz 3,781]

To think we had Filipe Luis who got treated like some tier3 player

[Jase 43,479]

9 minutes ago, the wes said:

Would u put azpi has left wing back?? Both crosses that lead to the goals came from Alsono side if Azpilicueta was out on that left wing-back position against Eriksen he wouldn't have got the space to cross them balls 

Blaming Alonso for both goals would be kind on Matic and Cahill.

[the wes 7,212]

3 minutes ago, lucio said:

Azpi has been pretty good at cb, 

Dave outstanding Centre back when the ball played along the ground he's not great in the air which was showing last nite and teams will see that has a weakest

[Pizy 18,368]

2 minutes ago, Kieran. said:

He's not good enough offensively to be a wingback

Really? I think that's his strength. Even yesterday he put in a few excellent crosses. It's his pace and defending that are subpar and not good enough against top sides.

He's passable against decent or poor sides where he isn't facing top quality wide players that can expose him.

[Kieran. 6,317]

2 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Really? I think that's his strength. Even yesterday he put in a few excellent crosses. It's his pace and defending that are subpar and not good enough against top sides.

He's passable against decent or poor sides where he isn't facing top quality wide players that can expose him.

I'm talking about Azpi, Wes asked if we should switch Azpi to LWB and I don't see it being a success

[Pizy 18,368]

2 minutes ago, Kieran. said:

I'm talking about Azpi, Wes asked if we should switch Azpi to LWB and I don't see it being a success

Yeah, my bad! lol

[lucio 5,418]

11 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Really? I think that's his strength. Even yesterday he put in a few excellent crosses. It's his pace and defending that are subpar and not good enough against top sides.

He's passable against decent or poor sides where he isn't facing top quality wide players that can expose him.

he fizzes a few crosses in when no one is there. generally he is a let down, like when hazard was breaking and he plays an amateur ball to no one.

[the wes 7,212]

12 minutes ago, Kieran. said:

I'm talking about Azpi, Wes asked if we should switch Azpi to LWB and I don't see it being a success

Looks like we will need to sign a LWB in January transfer window 

[Beigl 1,387]

To think we had Filipe Luis who got treated like some tier3 player

We couldn't get a better replacement for Cole, but it wasn't meant to be, because Mourinho didn't trust him. Now a FB in his tier would cost much more in todays market. :/

[mccg 1,528]

1 hour ago, the wes said:

Looks like we will need to sign a LWB in January transfer window 

Kenedy should be given a go if we can't get a Alonso upgrade ,tbh i would prefer that option 

[manpe 10,861]

14 hours ago, mccg said:

Kenedy should be given a go if we can't get a Alonso upgrade ,tbh i would prefer that option 

Where has this notion suddenly come from that Kenedy is an adept defender? Or even a better player than Alonso? He made one league appearance for Watford, one. He played a couple of games as full-back for Mourinho, wasn't anything special there, and now suddenly he is an amazing wing-back? This is mid-table club stuff.

[dimmas 126]

At least kenedy has more pace, speed, athletism, more energetic to our left side and posses good technique aswell.
At least give it try.

Maybe kenedy defending is very doubtful (alonso not so good when comes defend too), bu kenedy probably much better when supporting attack.
i mean seeing pedro play at the left side like yesterday, pedro have pace and willingness to take on defender is really much more helpfull to free hazard.

I like alonso as player, but actually seeing alonso week in week out, doesnt have any pace to recover when he out of position is sad because that is really hold back our team.

[mccg 1,528]

2 hours ago, manpe said:

Where has this notion suddenly come from that Kenedy is an adept defender? Or even a better player than Alonso? He made one league appearance for Watford, one. He played a couple of games as full-back for Mourinho, wasn't anything special there, and now suddenly he is an amazing wing-back? This is mid-table club stuff.

Didn't say he was a better player but has more potential than Alonso imho , if we can't get a upgrade for Alonso in the January sales use Kennedy as back up ,was the view...simples