Shkodran Mustafi: Cack On Top

[BBF]

Kos was the same at a similar age.

Koscielny also had world class moments. Different level.

 

[Mo Britain]

It's obvious that any player who leaves the pitch before both his legs and arms are broken is a softie.

 

[CurryFlavoured]

Think you've got the wrong end of the stick here - I wasn't making excuses for his mistake. As you correctly point out, he's prone to making them & it was an awful one v United.

I'm just saying that he was clearly subbed off because of his injury, not because he was embarrassed!

Oh right, apologies. I'm wide of the mark here.

 

[tap-in]

Has he not recovered from his bout of acute embarrassment yet. He needs a jolly good dose of Jens Lehmann, that'll sort him out!

 

[Mark Tobias]

Koscielny also had world class moments. Different level.

I know what you mean. Kos always had that aura that he was an unpolished gem. Mustafi looks to be set to have a very good career too but I don't think he has the same ceiling as Kos had.

 

[Makingtrax]

I know what you mean. Kos always had that aura that he was an unpolished gem. Mustafi looks to be set to have a very good career too but I don't think he has the same ceiling as Kos had.

@rich 1990 will know, he's probably looking at it right now.

 

[Mark Tobias]

@rich 1990 will know, he's probably looking at it right now.

Doubt that. Knowing @rich 1990 his text reply to the offer was likely "um fvck that, you come to mine, I'm not leaving this bed for a half baked centre half, respect your elders, son."

 

[nick gould]

I wish he was playing today. I know that people don’t appreciate him here but trust me, strikers spend sleepless nights just thinking about playing against him. He is so physical and fearless. He has a mistake or two in him.

 

[say yes]

I wish he was playing today. I know that people don’t appreciate him here but trust me, strikers spend sleepless nights just thinking about playing against him. He is so physical and fearless. He has a mistake or two in him.

In the same way that I spend sleepless nights thinking about banging Margot Robbie.

 

[Gooner Zig]

What a finish from Mustafi. Thought he had a top game defensively with and without the ball.

This guy needs to be polished - there's a pretty damn good defender there waiting to be developed.

 

[tap-in]

What a finish from Mustafi. Thought he had a top game defensively with and without the ball.

This guy needs to be polished - there's a pretty damn good defender there waiting to be developed.

Yeh, lets hope he's still here when we get a manager to do the polishing! That goal was very cool, no margin for error and he made it look easy.

 

[Bergkamp a Dutch Master]

Mustafi had a decent game, but seems to be judging tackles poorly, or is it Refs are biased against him?

 

[Hunta]

£20m to Inter in the summer hopefully.


New requirement for CB’s is that they’re at least 6ft 4.

Sick of our CB’s being bullied by bin men.

 

[tcahill]

Pretty typical game for Mustafi. Overall played well, but made a couple of risky tackles. Had Rodriguez in his pocket virtually all game, and was comfortable dealing with Brom's aerial bombardment.

 

[krackpot]

Hard to make judgment on his game based on such a weak opponent.

 

[Mitch]

Our best CB yesterday and one of only few in our team that played well.

 

[SiMamu]

I know Mustafi has generally played on the right and that the general consensus is that we need a new left sided centre back (having previously also tried Holding there) to replace Koscielny, but I actually think Mustafi would be better suited to the playing on the left than the right, with the calmer Chambers or Holding at CB (or a Mertesacker type new signing).

CB partnerships can generally be characterised as having the aggressive front foot defender (Koscielny, Terry, Vidic) and the calm, composed sweeper type (Mertesacker, Carvalho, Ferdinand). In the cases of the front foot defenders, they all played on the left of their partnerships.

Mustafi certainly fits under this label more than the other, so I think he would better suited as a LCB too. I am of the opinion that it is more suitable for the right footed aggressive CB to play on the left, as it easier for them to nip in ahead and not go through the back of the forward to get to the ball, if they are coming in from their opposing side.

 

[tcahill]

I know Mustafi has generally played on the right and that the general consensus is that we need a new left sided centre back (having previously also tried Holding there) to replace Koscielny, but I actually think Mustafi would be better suited to the playing on the left than the right, with the calmer Chambers or Holding at CB (or a Mertesacker type new signing).

CB partnerships can generally be characterised as having the aggressive front foot defender (Koscielny, Terry, Vidic) and the calm, composed sweeper type (Mertesacker, Carvalho, Ferdinand). In the cases of the front foot defenders, they all played on the left of their partnerships.

Mustafi certainly fits under this label more than the other, so I think he would better suited as a LCB too. I am of the opinion that it is more suitable for the right footed aggressive CB to play on the left, as it easier for them to nip in ahead and not go through the back of the forward to get to the ball, if they are coming in from their opposing side.

Both Chambers and Holding are very composed on the ball, I'm hoping that one of them can form a potential long term partnership with Mustafi.

Or just get De Vrij for free.

 

[Jury]

Hard to make judgment on his game based on such a weak opponent.

They are low on quality and offered little. We were in complete control for a huge percentage of the game. CB's were rarely tested.

 

[yybecause]

I know Mustafi has generally played on the right and that the general consensus is that we need a new left sided centre back (having previously also tried Holding there) to replace Koscielny, but I actually think Mustafi would be better suited to the playing on the left than the right, with the calmer Chambers or Holding at CB (or a Mertesacker type new signing).

CB partnerships can generally be characterised as having the aggressive front foot defender (Koscielny, Terry, Vidic) and the calm, composed sweeper type (Mertesacker, Carvalho, Ferdinand). In the cases of the front foot defenders, they all played on the left of their partnerships.

Mustafi certainly fits under this label more than the other, so I think he would better suited as a LCB too. I am of the opinion that it is more suitable for the right footed aggressive CB to play on the left, as it easier for them to nip in ahead and not go through the back of the forward to get to the ball, if they are coming in from their opposing side.

We need a lefty Cb as we are going to play 3 at back on many occasions. Mustafi fits central CB perfectly there, which leaves us short on left sided Cb’s.
Also, in 4 man defense, I kinda agree with you, but its all about partnerships/balance. I for one like Bellerin being more defensive of two fullbacks which means rcb would get more help from a fullback next to him, unlike lcb who would have his fullback bomb forward a lot. In this scenario also, Mustafi looks better as rcb.
If we were building out whole defense from scratch, with only Musti on our hands, planning to have him as lcb wouldnt be a bad idea