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Antonio Rudiger

Pretty average defender, relies on his aggression and physicality too much. Don't see how he helps mentor the kids we have. Always looked better with an actual defender next to him that could read the game.

 
Pretty average defender, relies on his aggression and physicality too much. Don't see how he helps mentor the kids we have. Always looked better with an actual defender next to him that could read the game.
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He's better than average. He's not perfect, and you're right that he looks better next to a steady defender, but he could teach these young defenders of ours a lot. They could do with a bit of aggression in their game.

 
Isn't he another one predominantly playing on the left side of the 2 CBs. It seems to that all of the links so far have been to LCBs. Nothing is changed in my mind that they are looking to cash in big on Colwill so they are looking for a replacement already.

 
Didn’t he look great in a back 3 but always a little loose in a back 2? I guess with kit inverted full back situation we often have a 3, or a 2.

Anyway, a great defender, but keep moving forward and don’t go back.

 
This could work in Maresca's weird setup too:

On paper:

James-Colwill-Rüdiger-Cucurella

Which in possession is:

James-Colwill-Rüdiger

With Cucurella 'inverting' into midfield.

Pushes everyone into their specialist role: James as RCB, Colwill as CCB, Rüdiger as LCB and Cucurella as far away from the defence as possible.

 
Could do way worse than Rudiger, but think the time for him to "lead" our youngsters and stead the ship was back then when he left us for Madrid. Don't think he's at that Thiago Silva level either to warrant coming back at this point and would rather we stick with the plan and go for someone like Murillo, Huijsen or Branthwaite, young but somewhat proven in PL.

 
Didn’t he look great in a back 3 but always a little loose in a back 2? I guess with kit inverted full back situation we often have a 3, or a 2.

Anyway, a great defender, but keep moving forward and don’t go back.
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That was Christensen.

 
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