Tony Adams wrote:KG3 wrote:Santi wrote:Mari will be a top CB.
Yes him scoring just now helps but I think people always slag this signing and I don't get why. He didn't concede a goal in his 3 games before he got injured.
Even if he’s good enough it won’t work, two predominantly left footed centre backs never work, you can get away with it in a 3 but not a 4
Teams play with two right footers all the time, why wouldn't two left footers work?
As I said in the Mari thread it’s fairly simple really usually if a team has two right footers the guy playing left centre back is usually comfortable tackling/passing with their left foot like Luiz or Koscielny did previously for us.
Now when it comes to Mari and Gabriel or 99% of left footed players for that matter they are always reluctant to use their right foot because they don’t feel comfortable. In an emergency situation if one them were playing RCB and they were forced to user their right foot for tackle or pass/clearance it could lead to an error such as missing the tackle or a sloppy clearance/pass, all of which could lead to opposition goals.
Anyone opposition manager would easily exploit this by telling the winger/centre forward to dribble through at the defenders right side, make runs through their right side and last but not least when pressing them force them onto their weaker foot.
It’s a about balance at the end of the day which we have no need to make things harder for ourselves, if we have to use both of them it should only be in an emergency situation. Theirs reason why no top side has ever done this long term and it’s not just because most players are right footed but it’s just that it’s not ideal.