Quote from: cdbullyweefan on September 26, 2021, 10:28:15 AMWe need to get away from the obsession with trying to get rid of players the second they aren't guaranteed a start. We've seen it before with Hause and El Ghazi, for example, and they've both shown how vital they can be to the cause already this season. It's not remotely comparable though. He's a 36 year old on a one year contract, specifically brought in as a short term stop gap. All I'm saying is that we're lucky now that all of our first choice central defenders are good enough to cover the full back spots, especially now we're playing the formation that dare not speak its name!
We need to get away from the obsession with trying to get rid of players the second they aren't guaranteed a start. We've seen it before with Hause and El Ghazi, for example, and they've both shown how vital they can be to the cause already this season.
Quote from: Risso on September 26, 2021, 12:31:30 PMQuote from: cdbullyweefan on September 26, 2021, 10:28:15 AMWe need to get away from the obsession with trying to get rid of players the second they aren't guaranteed a start. We've seen it before with Hause and El Ghazi, for example, and they've both shown how vital they can be to the cause already this season. It's not remotely comparable though. He's a 36 year old on a one year contract, specifically brought in as a short term stop gap. All I'm saying is that we're lucky now that all of our first choice central defenders are good enough to cover the full back spots, especially now we're playing the formation that dare not speak its name!Playing said formation, albeit hopefully not for long, seems another reason to keep him. Hause may be perfectly fine as cover for centre half or a conventional left back. But the proponents of 5-3-2 like to tell me that it allows full backs to get forward more. Young is clearly a better option as an attacking full back than Hause.