Before we signed Pepe I had just watched the Afcon and I told you guys that Chikwuezee, Sarr or Zaha would be better options. Turns out I was correct. Pepe needs to massively improve his game for him to be worth a mention imo. Too many times he cuts in and kills counter-attacks when the better option would be to beat the opposition on the outside ala Salah and getting more into one on ones. He also needs to replicate Auba's runs on the left. I mean, what's the point of being pacy when you can't use it.
Don't get fooled by this, we are a complete mess defensively and we can only cover it up by parking a bus like we did yesterday, but even then we were lucky with some situations where the could've scored.
In no way am I writing him off. Just reckon that the money was not spent wisely and he needs to improve his game massively if he is to survive in this low tolerance league.
I think he is a good defender, but piss poor at passing. Not sure what's his role in this team if that's the case
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We really arent. Defensively we are solid. Look at the amount of disallowed goals the opposition have had. Even Leicesters goal was a ball hair from being offside. That's due to hard work on our part to organise better.
As I'm saying, we are just masking the problem by overloading our backline with defenders. 3 CB's, 2 defensive minded FB's and even Xhaka often become a part of that backline. All that comes at the expense of our attacking play where Pepe, Auba and Laca will struggle a lot. Our midfield is constantly being overrun because other teams have more players.
I'd say you're wrong. Weve played a lot of games with a back 4 and genuinely been more solid. We lined up against City with a back 4 and looked competitive until red cards and injuries killed us. Since then weve switched to a back 3.
