Best centre back pairing

Which 2?

Miazga & Moore
16
32%
Miazga & Morrison
25
50%
Miazga & MacIntyre
5
10%
Moore & Morrison
4
8%
Moore & MacIntyre
0
No votes
Morrison & MacIntyre
0
No votes
Blackett & someone
0
No votes
Osho & Someone
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 50
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Best centre back pairing

by PistolPete » 07 Mar 2020 21:44

I feel our best 4 centre backs are pretty similar in level; which two (assuming 2 only) would you pick?

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by From Despair To Where? » 07 Mar 2020 21:53

Miazga and A Nother.

I now think we should do everything we can to sign him in the summer.

I agree that they are all of a similar standard but we seem to do better with Miazga in the side.

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Lower West » 07 Mar 2020 22:02

Miazga & MacIntyre longer term.

Morrison doesn't look as comfortable on the left.

Blackett is on the bench as cover nothing more. Be gone in the summer. Or as soon as we are totally safe.

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Zip » 07 Mar 2020 22:15

Miazga and Moore

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Snowflake Royal » 07 Mar 2020 22:21

Short term: Miazga and Morrison.

Pace, passing, experience, shit housery, height, strength...

Longer term: Miazga and McIntyre


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Re: Best centre back pairing

by URZZZZ » 07 Mar 2020 22:23

Morrison best Champ defender we’ve had since Gorkss. Oozes class and quality and would be one of the first names on my team sheet

Miazga slotting in well next to him. So Miazga and Morrison at the moment with McIntyre having a bigger role if Miazga doesn’t look likely to come back next season

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Singing Defective » 07 Mar 2020 22:26

Zip Miazga and Moore


+1 esp if Moore is repaired, so we don’t wince every time he lands on that shoulder.

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by SCIAG » 07 Mar 2020 23:46

Miazga is the best of the lot and also seems to be the most commanding.

I think McIntyre is probably the one best suited to pairing him. He’s left footed, which brings a bit of balance, reasonably quick, and just oozes class on the ball.

Moore is obviously talented but hasn’t really shown it this season.

Morrison is an ordinary but committed player. Nothing special about him but he’s solid enough, a bit like McShane.

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Zip » 07 Mar 2020 23:48

SCIAG Miazga is the best of the lot and also seems to be the most commanding.

I think McIntyre is probably the one best suited to pairing him. He’s left footed, which brings a bit of balance, reasonably quick, and just oozes class on the ball.

Moore is obviously talented but hasn’t really shown it this season.

Morrison is an ordinary but committed player. Nothing special about him but he’s solid enough, a bit like McShane.


McIntyre could turn into a terrific centre back. My only concern is that he has picked up a few injuries in his fledgling career.


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Re: Best centre back pairing

by muirinho » 07 Mar 2020 23:50

SCIAG Miazga is the best of the lot and also seems to be the most commanding.

I think McIntyre is probably the one best suited to pairing him. He’s left footed, which brings a bit of balance, reasonably quick, and just oozes class on the ball.

Moore is obviously talented but hasn’t really shown it this season.

Morrison is an ordinary but committed player. Nothing special about him but he’s solid enough, a bit like McShane.


I think also, like McShane, his performances may fall off a cliff in the next few years

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by bcubed » 08 Mar 2020 00:45

Snowflake Royal Short term: Miazga and Morrison.

Pace, passing, experience, shit housery, height, strength...

Longer term: Miazga and McIntyre


Exactly this

Miazga has looked head and shoulders above the rest since we first saw him. And I would have played him as soon as he was fit despite some poor results when playing 3 centre backs

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Old Man Andrews » 08 Mar 2020 02:00

I really think we have to forget about Miazga long term, can see him getting a perm move from Chelsea to a lower end Premier League side for next season. I was shocked nobody took a punt on him last summer tbh.

Not sure we could afford him or match his ambitions long term.

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Nameless » 08 Mar 2020 10:48

Morrison has some great strengths but he cannot pass the ball. Other teams have clearly worked it out so close us down, leaving him available so we inevitably have to give him the ball and then struggle to get it forward.


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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Zip » 08 Mar 2020 10:56

Nameless Morrison has some great strengths but he cannot pass the ball. Other teams have clearly worked it out so close us down, leaving him available so we inevitably have to give him the ball and then struggle to get it forward.


This is the biggest issue with Morrison. He is slow and uncertain on the ball and it means we lose momentum.
I think Miazga is our number one centre back and don’t think it’s out of the question buying him. He was happy to return again on loan and knows the club. He will want to settle down after several loan periods.

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Snowflake Royal » 08 Mar 2020 12:54

Don't think he's nearly as bad as people make out. Certainly not as bad as having good passers who try to play out under stupid pressure.

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Nameless » 08 Mar 2020 13:18

Snowflake Royal Don't think he's nearly as bad as people make out. Certainly not as bad as having good passers who try to play out under stupid pressure.


It's a clear and consistent pattern.
Teams pressure us but leave Morrison open, the ball has to go to him and he is then not able to find the good pass out of defence and the players who should be receiving the ball are all marked.
It's not about him being 'bad', he's an uncomplicated centre back who does most of the job well but we get in trouble because teams can force us to use him to do a job he is not suited to.
It's not really a comparison to say it is better than having a good passer playing the ball out because having a weak passer is not a good thing.
We need to be smarter and not allow him to be put in the situation.

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Hound » 08 Mar 2020 13:31

Snowflake Royal Short term: Miazga and Morrison.

Pace, passing, experience, shit housery, height, strength...

Longer term: Miazga and McIntyre


+1

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Old Man Andrews » 08 Mar 2020 13:35

Hound
Snowflake Royal Short term: Miazga and Morrison.

Pace, passing, experience, shit housery, height, strength...

Longer term: Miazga and McIntyre


+1

+2

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by Lower West » 08 Mar 2020 13:36

Nameless Teams pressure us but leave Morrison open, the ball has to go to him and he is then not able to find the good pass out of defence and the players who should be receiving the ball are all marked.


Nothing unusual in that tactic. That's why Stam offloaded Jake Cooper. Wanted centre backs that were comfortable on the ball.

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Re: Best centre back pairing

by WestRoyal » 08 Mar 2020 14:59

Who's going to not include Miazga after yesterday's game.

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