11-08-2016, 17:42
I'll be glad to see Chester go personally.
Yes he looked decent for Wales and Hull in a back 3, where he was the spare picking up the pieces; but he's completely unproven in a back 4. IMO he's too weak in the air to be a centre half and not good enough moving forward with the ball to be a full back.
Our mistake was signing him to play full back on the basis that he looked quite comfortable on the ball in a back 3. Hopefully lessons have been learnt that you don't pay that sort of money to gamble on someone's position...
McAuley will need to be replaced with a younger model soon but it needs to be someone with similar attributes, a big tough centre half to dominate in the air and play next to Evans (who is our luxury centre half). I don't think Chester was ever going to be the man to replace big Gareth.
I'd like to see Chester go and replaced with a more solid centre half and a decent left back come in. I doubt Evans will play left back as first choice, as TP preferred Brunt last season. Also we've been heavily linked with Schlupp, which would surely mean him (or new left back) and Brunt being our first choice left backs. I wasn't fully convinced with Pocognoli, who seemed too likely to dive in and give away fouls in dangerous areas.
Yes he looked decent for Wales and Hull in a back 3, where he was the spare picking up the pieces; but he's completely unproven in a back 4. IMO he's too weak in the air to be a centre half and not good enough moving forward with the ball to be a full back.
Our mistake was signing him to play full back on the basis that he looked quite comfortable on the ball in a back 3. Hopefully lessons have been learnt that you don't pay that sort of money to gamble on someone's position...
McAuley will need to be replaced with a younger model soon but it needs to be someone with similar attributes, a big tough centre half to dominate in the air and play next to Evans (who is our luxury centre half). I don't think Chester was ever going to be the man to replace big Gareth.
I'd like to see Chester go and replaced with a more solid centre half and a decent left back come in. I doubt Evans will play left back as first choice, as TP preferred Brunt last season. Also we've been heavily linked with Schlupp, which would surely mean him (or new left back) and Brunt being our first choice left backs. I wasn't fully convinced with Pocognoli, who seemed too likely to dive in and give away fouls in dangerous areas.