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He's got a long  way to go. Defensively i think one would have the call him poor currently. All over the place again yesterday and i don't particularly like his lackadaisical ways defensively.

 
Sindre said:
He's got a long  way to go. Defensively i think one would have the call him poor currently. All over the place again yesterday and i don't particularly like his lackadaisical ways defensively.
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I think he improved in the second half. But he needs to get into the game quicker. 

 
Defensively he's poor, although he did make up a bit at the other end, it was a bad miss by Giroud to make a mess up James' pin point cross

 
He seems closer to Alexander-Arnold than he is to Wan Bissaka in the sense that he's good at going forward and putting in crosses but hes not very good defensively.

Still has a way to go, but hes only 20 so its only natural. With more and more game time and not being as rusty, he should be fine

 
Needs a commanding/quick CB next to him. No surprise Alonso looked best when Tomori was behind covering him. Same needed for Reece. 

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Needs a commanding/quick CB next to him. No surprise Alonso looked best when Tomori was behind covering him. Same needed for Reece. 
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Playing a wingback system with Alonso and Reece would benefit our defense greatly as it would allow us to include our best defenders alongside make the most of Reece and Alonso's attacking prowess.

Alonso                                            Reece

              Zouma-Christensen-Azpi

 
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His marking in defense isn't that good but he's very capable of winning aerial duels and making tackles and so on, IMO he's more than anything suffering for going too much forward at times and that habit he might have only because of the coaching or just watching Emerson and Alonso.

He's a really good talent there is no doubts about it. He picked up Willian for the first goal and he was the only one putting in crosses and cutting the balls in the box regularly, he's not that far off from Azpilicueta, he's already capable of doing most things at a high level. He's not like Moses he's simply better and he has all predispositions to become world class.

 
Imran_CFC said:
Playing a wingback system with Alonso and Reece would benefit our defense greatly as it would allow us to include our best defenders alongside make the most of Reece and Alonso's attacking prowess.

Alonso                                            Reece

              Zouma-Christensen-Azpi
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I think that's only been tried in one game ... Lille away.

We've played 3-4-3 or 3-4-2-1 in a few other games, but always with Azpi as the right wing back.

 
Gol15 said:
His marking in defense isn't that good but he's very capable of winning aerial duels and making tackles and so on, IMO he's more than anything suffering for going too much forward at times and that habit he might have only because of the coaching or just watching Emerson and Alonso.

He's a really good talent there is no doubts about it. He picked up Willian for the first goal and he was the only one putting in crosses and cutting the balls in the box regularly, he's not that far off from Azpilicueta, he's already capable of doing most things at a high level. He's not like Moses he's simply better and he has all predispositions to become world class.
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I agree James has a number of good points yet is also a little naive defensively.

You would expect us to strengthen the LB position this summer so James has more time before being a regular.

Good baptism of fire though. 

 
Imran_CFC said:
Playing a wingback system with Alonso and Reece would benefit our defense greatly as it would allow us to include our best defenders alongside make the most of Reece and Alonso's attacking prowess.

Alonso                                            Reece

              Zouma-Christensen-Azpi
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I find against certain physical teams that then play two large mobile attackers we get caught out with 3 CBs

 
Sexyfootball said:
I think that's only been tried in one game ... Lille away.

We've played 3-4-3 or 3-4-2-1 in a few other games, but always with Azpi as the right wing back.
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The spurs home game James played right wing back. I dont think he looks too comfortable there personally.

He is young, and his positional awareness isnt quite there yet. He is an intelligent boy, he will get better with experience. 

He came back rusty, but he is looking better every game. Next season will be big for him i think, although Azpilicueta isnt giving up that spot without a fight. 

 
James is our first choice RB next season and you probably didn't hear it right here first.

 
If he's our first choice RB expect teams to target his side still defensively naive going forward hes good but Alonso is better.

If a back four he  will get it exploited in a back three just like Alonso he will work better 

 
Brutos said:
If he's our first choice RB expect teams to target his side still defensively naive going forward hes good but Alonso is better.

If a back four he  will get it exploited in a back three just like Alonso he will work better 
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The more they target him the better he'll get. He'll be better than Dave next season.

 
For starters, his lack of pace in FB posistion will always be a real problem for him.  I get the impression he doesn't really care for the hard work side of defending and just wants to do the pretty stuff in the opponants half. Very much like a right sided version of Alonso but without the goal threat. Young enough to improve but a heck of a lot of improvement is going to be needed if he's going to make it at this level.

 
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I think Reece really needs to move the ball faster. He takes too many touches and it's been getting us in trouble with him getting caught on the ball a few times. Keep it simple and do the other stuff in the other half, not ours!

 
Brutos said:
If he's our first choice RB expect teams to target his side still defensively naive going forward hes good but Alonso is better.

If a back four he  will get it exploited in a back three just like Alonso he will work better 
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The essentially target whatever side Dave isn’t playing, we only have one full back at the minute. 

 
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