Both Leicester’s centre backs are better but just an opinion.
Better than Ake?
It is a hypothetical exercise. Nobody is denying that. It has a route in reality though. We have a better squad than Plymouth but not Bayern Munich. The way you judge this is who in their squads is better than ours as it is the only way.
Just as we don’t want many of theirs, they won’t want many of ours... sign the squads are equal but we prefer the ones we watch every day.
This is the key paragraph. They are set up properly. They have abandoned the 4-4-2 with no possession and moved to a modern 4-3-3 with high press and dominating possession. It has transformed them as a team from mid table to top four. Yet.... had we beaten Norwich and Watford and Sheff U we would be 1 point behind them. With our squad had we set up right none of those three results was beyond us? Unless people are going to tell me our squad is now worse than those three squads...
A modern 433 you say....is there such a thing?....how is it any different to the 433 the Dutch played in the 1960s?
High press... or gegenpress. Keeps the side pushed up and stops it becoming a 4-5-1 too often. Klopp accredited with developing it at Dortmund but that’s disputable... certainly a last eight year development though. It’s been key to 4-3-3 resurgence as with that many forwards the defending has to start with them.
Yes in my opinion.
I thought the high press was invented by Jackie Charlton,,,,,,,,
......it fairness its been around for donkeys years,,,,the great Liverpool side of the 80s were fantastic at it.......nothing in football is ever new.....just recycled.
Fair enough. I’d rather have Ake personally but it’s all subjective!
It is indeed and in fairness to Ake maybe he would look an even better player in a stronger defensive unit which Leicester undoubtedly are, whereas put Johnny Evans in our team and he might struggle, it’s difficult to make comparisons when the two styles differ so significantly.
