Diego Carlos

[brontebilly]

That one I the first half when Lenglet committed himself to muscling Madueke out by the dugouts after Moreno had been mugged, and ended up face down on the touchline with the ball still in play was just comedy shit.

That was terrible alright, Luiz had a similar one in first half with their winger. Carlos a matter of inches away from clocking one of their players with a stray/deliberate elbow.

I don't mind Lenglet so much. He's meant to be 4th/5th choice and the more he is in the team you can see why. But the club spent huge money on Carlos, he's meant to be very good with the ball and a top defender. He's anything but.

[DrGonzo]

His best performance was wrestling mano a mano with Haaland.  We are all pissed about the performance levels in the last 2 home games, the Chelsea one is less surprising considering the lack of our 3 best CBs, no excuses for everything forward of that point though.

[pauliewalnuts]

I agree, you can’t ignore the centre back problem. Especially Torres in terms of his influence on how we play, and Konsa who is also excellent. A drop off is bound to happen. What makes it worse is that putting Konsa at right back was also a useful option in how we set up but not being able to do that has also meant bringing in Cash who basically isn’t good enough.

All of that is understandable. What is less so is that, even given that, you’d expect far more from
Carlos, who cost the best part of £30m and Lenglet who, lest we forget, is a Barcelona player.

It’s not like we’re playing Nathan Baker and Joleon Lescott there. The problem is, it sometimes looks like we are.

[Drummond]

Any player's weaknesses will be magnified when they are more exposed. Because he was alongside Lenglet (and Cash) rather than Torres, or Konsa, he would be far more exposed. That he was bought under a different manager doesn't help.

He's done really well playing alongside Torres.

[OCD]

Our standards and our expectations have been raised under Emery. Not so long ago, Carlos and Lenglet would have been first choice centre backs, and they would be alright for a mid-table team. That's not where we're looking though.

[colin69]

Carlos looked a beast before his injury and has had good games since his return but for whatever reason he looks awful at the moment.

[Risso]

Carlos looked a beast before his injury and has had good games since his return but for whatever reason he looks awful at the moment.

He played 1 complete game for us before his injury, a game we lost 2-0!

[edgysatsuma89]

Carlos looked a beast before his injury and has had good games since his return but for whatever reason he looks awful at the moment.

He played 1 complete game for us before his injury, a game we lost 2-0!

Comparable to Newcastle and Chelsea he was a beast. Large Guinea Pig?

[ChicagoLion]

Carlos looked a beast before his injury and has had good games since his return but for whatever reason he looks awful at the moment.

He played 1 complete game for us before his injury, a game we lost 2-0!

The beast

[VillaTim]

Lenglet is just another Bednareck with a slightly easier surname to pronounce

He really isn’t.

He's a pretty weak defender and slow to go with it. At least he's only on loan.

[eamonn]

The only beast round these parts was Benteke. He hibernated for years after leaving us.

[DrGonzo]

Bednarek is a least phonetic, Lenglet's pronunciation is nowhere near:  Long lay...what you chatting about?

[ozzjim]

Lenglet can at least pass a ball a bit. Carlos just lumps it long out of play. He clearly fancies himself as a quarterback but can't execute it. His defending is comically bad at time, you just know he is going to give free kicks away constantly. Neither are up to it long term.

[Ads]

Out with a hamstring injury.

[Dave]

Obviously. Couple more games and it'll be bionic Ollie Watkins and ten training cones playing against Luton.