Actually, Roma's defence has been their achilles heel for the past couple of seasons in the Serie A and in Europe as well. The EL match against Lyon was a typical one where they had lapses in defence.
Most of us have high hopes. So I hope he does not prove anyone wrong, just meets the expectations
Not through German Football, but I have seen him play for Roma a bit.
Agreed, I was very impressed with his with his calmness on the ball, but also happy to see he was intelligent enough to just get rid a few times, no real overplaying.
That means he is an upgrade on Zouma
He's a German international so of course he is, but I would love it if Zouma got back to the form,before his serious injury, which made him one of the very best young defenders in the Premier League.
The problem is that even if Zouma got back to his best, i still don't think it would be enough. I just don't think he suits the way Conte wants his defenders to play.
Very concerning. Has probably hindered his development a bit. If he can stay healthy there's much more room for him to grow. Good thing Chelsea have a wonderful medical staff...don't think he would have passed his physical if there were big time concerns.
Shame what happened, and I agree about not being technical enough for conte but he looked like becoming a beat, took to bog games no bother, play him in DM still did a job, what a brilliant prospect he was, really feel sorry for him.
I don't think Moses deserves to be dropped, not even for Dave. He's been epic all season (Apart from FA cup final!) I'd like to see us stick with the same set up but perhaps get Gary Cahill out of the team slowly.
If you have one side that's more attacking and one that's more defensive it's fine, ideally you want balance but one side will always be weaker at one thing, at least you know what side to expect to have to defend down more. Also dave hasnt had a chance to attack on his right foot I dont think he is a natural attacking player but he will do a decent job. His final ball will be better than VM and for me I'd take a solid defence over victor running at players then being unable to get the ball in, if he was a good attacker he would have made it as a winger, the truth is he is good at nothing but decent at both and has energy, Dave is excellent at defending and will do ok attacking.
This is harsh. He did well at left wing when he first joined. Also, Azpi had a long spell at right back under Benitez the same season. He was decent going forward (as a right back, not a wing back), overlapped and linked up reasonably well if memory serves.
