Yay, finally! Still seems like crazy money for a CB but we're certainly desperate.
Pretty handy win yesterday too! Coutinho was unplayable at times. The club should give him absolutely anything to stay!
All football money is stupid money these days. Just enjoy the circus!
Still a better deal than Lukaku and Pogba
If that's what it takes to get someone who can anticipate at the back rather than just react (lovren, moreno) then so be it!
Roll on 2018!
I do think the keeper position goes a long way to making an average defence or defender a good/great one.
One thing I notice about Mingolet and Karius is their lack of talk - they gob off after the fact or when setting a wall but very rarely inthe build up to a goal.
I was always trained as a keeper that the position I was in had the luxury of being the only player on my side who could see the whole game and every player on both sides - but because of that, I had to be constantly talking, watching - kind of like looking two/three cars ahead when you drive. Anticipating overlaps, movements and making sure some players stay back OR cover when someone bombs forward.
We need a general in goal - the magic of a top keeper isn't just the the shots he stops, it's the shots he prevents getting taken.
