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dilakh2 said:
Rio was worth every penny though hated that he played for Utd the original VVD he was ****** rolls royce of a player. Best CB in premier league history for me.
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Out of all those on that list it's defo Rio and VVD that stand way above the rest in terms of quality. In fairness I'd put Laporte up there but he needs time to prove how good he will be. (He's already good, but not at his prime yet).
 
zzeezzy said:
Out of all those on that list it's defo Rio and VVD that stand way above the rest in terms of quality. In fairness I'd put Laporte up there but he needs time to prove how good he will be. (He's already good, but not at his prime yet).
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Absolutely. Also agree Laporte can get up there too.
 
zzeezzy said:
Out of all those on that list it's defo Rio and VVD that stand way above the rest in terms of quality. In fairness I'd put Laporte up there but he needs time to prove how good he will be. (He's already good, but not at his prime yet).
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Yeah, Rio was way ahead of his time. At a time when English CBs were all about staying back and defending, he used to waltz in and out and ping passes like nobody's business. A dream of a player to watch, honestly. Vidic and Ferdinand just made a perfect pair all around. And VVD is simply a beast now.

Laporte is also underrated a bit, and makes those occasional mistakes in defense, but he will turn out to be a solid, WC defender. Although, and I read this somewhere and it's insane, I don't think he has made his France debut (in all fairness, Varane and Umtiti are ahead of him).

I believe de Ligt will be a beast before long. He is learning at the hands of defense masters, likely playing week in and out and observing Ronaldo and his mentality. He has the potential to turn out to be the best defender on that list (and I haven't rated any defender above Rio till now, but I reckon de Ligt could top even him)
 
zzeezzy said:
Out of all those on that list it's defo Rio and VVD that stand way above the rest in terms of quality. In fairness I'd put Laporte up there but he needs time to prove how good he will be. (He's already good, but not at his prime yet).
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Topical, as he could well soon be topping that list. Whether he ultimately goes City, United or wherever. This isn't a club/ player specific point. Just a general one-

It's why players like Maguire are being so massively over hyped/ valued. And why we sat pat and waited through two windows for van Dijk when the World and his dog were screaming at L'pool to sign A N Other CH ..... There's been a SERIOUS dirth of top class CH's in WF for WAY too long now.

And if that sounds like I don't like players like Maguire that's not the case. He's a solid defender. But nottin' like the money Leicester want and nottin' like a consistent CL challenging level difference maker back there if that's the buying clubs aim. Those type of lads are what get you to that stage. Lad's like the quoted two (Rio/ van Dijk) take you over the top.

If you take the current European Champions, IMHO there's only 2 CH's across the World that would be as good as, or upgrade and improve those currently in the side. de Ligt and Koulibaly at Napoli. And that's it. There's just a complete lack of WC CH's anywhere. Which is a shocking state of affairs right now. So you get a combination of clubs being desperate for any quality at CH, the lack of top ones across the board, which all afords club's like Leicester to play off that and massively over charge as they have the monopoly on the shortage and can play on needy club's desperation.
 
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Also think there is near WC player in Davinson Sánchez. He is 23 is already to class player and learning from Toby and Vert.

Also still have hope for Christensen, but he just cant get game time. Dont understand why, he needs run of games. He was bossing few years back Bundesliga.
 
Bujakaa92 said:
Also think there is near WC player in Davinson Sánchez. He is 23 is already to class player and learning from Toby and Vert.

Also still have hope for Christensen, but he just cant get game time. Dont understand why, he needs run of games. He was bossing few years back Bundesliga.
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Not for me right now he is far of being WC he has the same archetypical problems that plague defenders in today's era as he rely to much on his recovery pace to get him out of trouble that could have been solved by positioning himself correctly. Christensen was looking excellent before sarri binned him hopefully Lampard gives him some game.
 
Bujakaa92 said:
..... Also still have hope for Christensen, but he just cant get game time. Dont understand why, he needs run of games. He was bossing few years back Bundesliga.
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Chelsea just get more and more bizarre in most everything they do.

If they sell Zouma to Everton, as is being strongly rumoured, that would move from the bizarre to the down right nonsensical.
 
dilakh2 said:
Not for me right now he is far of being WC he has the same archetypical problems that plague defenders in today's era as he rely to much on his recovery pace to get him out of trouble that could have been solved by positioning himself correctly. Christensen was looking excellent before sarri binned him hopefully Lampard gives him some game.
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Romagnoli actually does pretty much that. Excellent positioning and interceptions to break up attacks. Good reading of the game too. Gone under the radar recently, with the de Ligt move and all, but the lad is supremely talented, and is already captaining Milan. If he ever decides to leave, there will most likely be a big bidding war for his services.
 
Sherkey said:
Romagnoli actually does pretty much that. Excellent positioning and interceptions to break up attacks. Good reading of the game too. Gone under the radar recently, with the de Ligt move and all, but the lad is supremely talented, and is already captaining Milan. If he ever decides to leave, there will most likely be a big bidding war for his services.
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Will cost an absolute mint!
 
Sherkey said:
Romagnoli actually does pretty much that. Excellent positioning and interceptions to break up attacks. Good reading of the game too. Gone under the radar recently, with the de Ligt move and all, but the lad is supremely talented, and is already captaining Milan. If he ever decides to leave, there will most likely be a big bidding war for his services.
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He's someone I would have loved us to sign, but he's wedded to Milan, and they let themselves get kicked out of Europe so they wouldn't have to sell him
 
Who was arranging our forum Fantasy league? I can see it is not reactivated in FPL.

Was it epic terrorist?
 
iamauser said:
Gonna go for the full 20 again.

1. City
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. United
6. Spurs
(Now it gets a bit hard!)
7. Leicester
8. Everton
9. Burnley
10. Southampton
11. Bournemouth
12. Brighton
13. Wolves
14. West Ham
15. Watford
16. Newcastle
17. Huddersfield
18. Cardiff
19. Palace
20. Fulham
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I got 4 right last year, which isnt too bad I guess. I know we still have a while till the window closes, but my early predictions are:

1) City
2) Liverpool
3) Spurs
4) Leicester
5) Man United
6) Arsenal
7) Chelsea
8) Everton
9) Wolves
10) Southampton
11) Watford
12) West Ham
13) Bournemouth
14) Crystal Palace
15) Burnley
16) Aston Villa
17) Brighton
18) Newcastle
19) Norwich
20) Sheffield United


Cant see anything other than City and Liverpool pulling distance again at the top, with City edging it again. The rest of the top 6 is wide open. I think Spurs will be best of the rest, Leicester have a big opportunity for CL football again. I cant see OGS being a success at United. Will probably be save 6 months in. Chelsea are on a "Throw away" season with their Transfer Ban and Lampard in charge, so I cant see much from them.

I will re-evaluate when the window closes, but I cant see too many changes.
 

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Wolves were great to watch last season. And made some very astute signings again as well as sign some of the players they had on loan as permanents.
 
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