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[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

Seems this is 50/50 split among fans.

 

[Liuxas 124]

I still don't understand if we after centar Back why we not bid for Varane. He's off to Man United now. Varane much better then Kounde. 

[nyikolajevics 2,690]

1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said:

Obviouly Kounde is a skilled defender but if i were still playing striker(i am 1,92 and well over 90kg) and got a 1,78, 70kg CB lined up against me in Kreisklasse i would eat him alive. That guy would either leave the pitch with 5 goals conceded or a broken ribcage lol. Surely, the refs down there are half blind half lenient but so are the refs in PL.

So why didn’t Sevilla concede five goals every game in past years? Or did Koundè got eaten alive weakly base?

 

How we won CL with Azpi playing CB under 1.8 M? 
 

This is not weightlifting, this is football.. Height and weight can be compensated with other skills.

[jandomi10 82]

2 minutes ago, Liuxas said:

I still don't understand if we after centar Back why we not bid for Varane. He's off to Man United now. Varane much better then Kounde. 

Varane is only good with Ramos next to him. 

[YorkshireBlue 3,264]

6 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Obviouly Kounde is a skilled defender but if i were still playing striker(i am 1,92 and well over 90kg) and got a 1,78, 70kg CB lined up against me in Kreisklasse i would eat him alive. That guy would either leave the pitch with 5 goals conceded or a broken ribcage lol. Surely, the refs down there are half blind half lenient but so are the refs in PL.

I think your mistaking weight with strength. Just because your 20kg more than another person 14 cm bigger doesn't mean your stronger in any way shape or form.

[Tomo 21,751]

3 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

So why didn’t Sevilla concede five goals every game in past years? Or did Koundè got eaten alive weakly base?

 

How we won CL with Azpi playing CB under 1.8 M? 
 

This is not weightlifting, this is football.. Height and weight can be compensated with other skills.

Yep, if physicality was the be all and end all Mou would still be the best manager in the world.

[Alabama 1,992]

Aside the height issues I love the look of this deal particularly now Zouma going the other way...

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

2 minutes ago, BluesMadLad said:

I think your mistaking weight with strength. Just because your 20kg more than another person 14 cm bigger doesn't mean your stronger in any way shape or form.

I have been lifting weights for 10 years so i am most probalby stronger than Kounde.

but that was not the point. I said in kreisklasse, which is the lowest division in German football i would surely best any defender this small given he has a similar skill level. This is why you could expect a big striker with a similar, top level skill set as Kounde to have a huge advantage over him.

[Alabama 1,992]

Why is Varane that rated here on TC...I mean Varane of last few seasons 

[YorkshireBlue 3,264]

7 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

I have been lifting weights for 10 years so i am most probalby stronger than Kounde.

but that was not the point. I said in kreisklasse, which is the lowest division in German football i would surely best any defender this small given he has a similar skill level. This is why you could expect a big striker with a similar, top level skill set as Kounde to have a huge advantage over him.

I think u would have a shock if am honest 

[Vesper 30,088]

my favourite CB targets (this assumes Raphaël Varane is off the board)

just putting this out there for the historical record as it look like we are buying Kounde

 

Alessandro Bastoni  Left footer
Matthijs de Ligt   
Marquinhos  
José María Giménez
Aymeric Laporte  Left footer (IF Pep is actually selling him)
Maxence Lacroix
Sven Botman Left footer
Alessio Romagnoli Left footer
Milan Skriniar  
Lucas Hernández  Left footer
Edmond Tapsoba    
Wesley Fofana   
Presnel Kimpembe  Left footer
Gianluca Mancini   
Evan N'Dicka   Left footer
Ronald Araújo 

[Pizy 18,852]

Obviously most people would prefer a monstrous Koulibaly or VVD sized monster at the back but I don’t think it’ll be a huge issue. In fact, I’d miss Zouma’s height more in attack than in defense if we sell him.

[Superblue 6,372]

8 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

I have been lifting weights for 10 years so i am most probalby stronger than Kounde.

but that was not the point. I said in kreisklasse, which is the lowest division in German football i would surely best any defender this small given he has a similar skill level. This is why you could expect a big striker with a similar, top level skill set as Kounde to have a huge advantage over him.

I suppose one argument would be that a number of these big, strapping centre forwards we're talking about probably don't have as high a skill level as him.

I've watched a few videos of him today and one thing is he does look powerful across the ground so I don't see him being consistently bullied in that way. 

The height is obviously a concern but everything else about him looks very, very good. He's never going to win everything in the air, and there will no doubt be cases where it is a problem. However no player is completely perfect and if Tuchel is looking at defenders who are comfortable on the ball to dominate possession and quick across the ground to play a higher line then he does seem to tick boxes.

[Vesper 30,088]

20 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Obviouly Kounde is a skilled defender but if i were still playing striker(i am 1,92 and well over 90kg) and got a 1,78, 70kg CB lined up against me in Kreisklasse i would eat him alive. That guy would either leave the pitch with 5 goals conceded or a broken ribcage lol. Surely, the refs down there are half blind half lenient but so are the refs in PL.

[NikkiCFC 8,284]

TT is playing a game tonight with only Alonso over 182 cm. 

Maybe he is trying to revolutionise football.