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2020/21 Ben Godfrey

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catcherintherye said:
That's the challenge for Mina. Hes bigger than Keane, and a bit quicker. Not a lot in it, but his best is slightly higher than Keanes. Keane has been very consistent though.
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I think keane has been a good servant to the club. Apart from his first year when his form was poor, he has been pretty steady.
Mina looked so good in the World Cup that I was excited about signing him. Just hasn’t happened though. Would potentially thrive in a league with more time. Just looks like centre back version of Pickford... it’s going well at the minute but it could go wrong at any minute
 
Cels said:
Another solid performance from Ben Godfrey yesterday, but it was disappointing that he got himself such a silly booking. With our squad being depleted the way it is, we need to avoid the possibility of future suspensions by not picking up daft yellows.
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I don't think he had a choice. He shouldn't have been up there taking a throw in late on in the game which was the issue. Once he did he couldn't get caught upfield so had to delay the throw in for them.
 
catcherintherye said:
I was thinking this earlier. I reasoned Minas ceiling is higher than Keane, but Keane is more consistent. So a tough one. Can Mina maintain this level for 12 months, as Keane has done?
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catcherintherye said:
That's the challenge for Mina. Hes bigger than Keane, and a bit quicker. Not a lot in it, but his best is slightly higher than Keanes. Keane has been very consistent though.
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For our squad, we need to have different types of players for each position so Ancelotti can change tactics.

Deep: Godfrey--Keane--Mina--Holgate

High: Digne--Godfrey--Holgate--???

3: Digne--Godfrey--Keane/Mina--Holgate--???


We also have Branthwaite and Nkounkou to develop as well.

I think you need to look at which players can become the best in the league and possibly world class first and that seems to be Digne and Godfrey.

Then, as above who plays with Godfrey from Holgate, Mina and Keane we cant as yet judge as weve not seen Godfrey at centre back.

I would say the next step for the defence as a whole is to bring in a top notch right back or one who will become top class.

With centre backs, sometimes they just dont gel as a partnership but we may find an ideal solution in-house. You dont always need 2 world class centre backs to have a brilliant defence...but it helps :)

If not in-house then we will probably look to sell one of Keane / Mina and bring in another centre back who is or who can become one of the best around.

Depending on top 4 and Keans situation at PSG we may try for a swap deal for Marquinhos who is ready made top class. Also Badiashile is a young player we could bring in with a left foot with world class potential.

As a right footed player we may find in a couple of seasons Godfrey is RCB and Branthwaite is LCB which could give us alot of balance and blend.

For the next two summers I do think we will move on (at least) one of Keane/Mina and who that is may well depend on who gels with Godfrey.

Nice problems to solve.
 

JimmyJeffers said:
Digne is consistently one of our best 3 players. This weird set-up suits us just now but is not gonna cut it long term. Could easily have ended 0-0 tonight. With Digne, we’d have hammered them
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When Digne comes back our defence might be suited better to having the likes of Godfrey at CB as they have the pace to cover the attacking FBs. Basing this on the blue room pointing out the likes of Mina can get isolated when the FBs bomb forward.
 

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He is doing great at left back. Solid defensively and can surge in to space. It particularly works in a low block against superior teams in possession.

The only issue is the number of times he received the ball last night and then turned back inside and finally passed backwards. This is a natural limitation of playing a right footed centre half in that position, in a game where we have lots of the ball. Heal fast Lucas!
 
jazzy said:
Respect your judgment Eggs but not sure how you can say he's our best centre back when he's not really played there for us.
To my recollection he has mostly played left back , right back and once or twice in a back 3.
Long tem you might be correct but far from sure he's there yet.
Be interested though in your views about Godfrey and Holgate as a pair.
Are they a bit too similar with neither being a really dominating presence ?
Anyway when they ban heading in 5 years they may be the perfect pairing.
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You might not have seen him play centre back for Everton, you soon will, but surely you can see a good footballer there with determination and the will to win, passion and the desire to inspire his teammates to give a little bit more, he’s already given James a tongue wagging a couple of times, for wasteful passing and you can see him urging other players on at different times, yet he is still a new boy, wait ‘til he gets to know them, he hasn’t really started yet.
 

Billy Dean said:
When Digne comes back our defence might be suited better to having the likes of Godfrey at CB as they have the pace to cover the attacking FBs. Basing this on the blue room pointing out the likes of Mina can get isolated when the FBs bomb forward.
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It’s no coincidence that DCL has stopped scoring with Disney out of the team.
 

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