Originally Posted by
LEGS
Come on mate Fabinho cant just let the lad have a free shot at goal from 15 yards out !
Like all players they have strengths/weaknesses but the facts are since he has been in midfield our form/results have picked up.
Leeds/Newcastle he is at CB we drop 4 points in those games.
It's how we play with Alisson in goal, it's how Virgil and Matip do it and part of the reason we conceded 7 v Villa with so many deflected because Adrian was in goal
Alisson has incredible reflexes and positioning, when we have our full compliment, what our defenders do is close the player down in a way that he only has a very limited area of the goal to aim at, make sure Big Bear isn't unsighted and they NEVER flash a leg at the ball or slide in attempting last second blocks because they trust that if they have restricted the area of the goal the player has to aim at and made the angles well enough, then 95% of the time Alisson will save any shot and is more likely to get beaten by them flashing a leg at the ball or attempting a block late that might deflect their effort, that is how we defend with Alisson in goal.
For Newcastle's leveler the positions of Kabak and Fab meant their lad could only shoot straight at or slightly to either side of Alisson, he might have hit it hard enough to beat him with the sheer pace of the shot, but more likely that Big bear saves it 9 times out of 10, so why do something different and risk deflecting it past him leaving him helpless? They'd both done their job as we defend with Alisson in goal up to that point, give him the chance to make the frickin save, the look on Big Bears face said it all, he knew the lad couldn't put it in either corner, it was the same "What the fuck did you do that for" look he gave Fab when he tugged back Barnes v Burnley causing Big Bear to concede the pen, another situation he felt he was well in control of until a another stupid charging in like a bull in a fucking China shop moment from Fab, another goal he cost us
Fab needs to start reading the game a lot better, and being more proactive and better positioned and aware of where he needs to be positioned through that and stop fucking charging into situations like a bull in a fucking China shop looking to leave one on players, he does far too little of the first part and far far too much of the latter part.
Last edited by Nineteenx; 25th April 2021 at 01:56 PM.
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