Re: nastasic
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:23 am
john@staustell wrote:mr_nool wrote:I actually think Nasty has improved this season. He's still prone to mistakes, and he has a somewhat nonchalant / lazy attitude at times (like letting his man go, or not jumping to win a header).
But he's getting more stuck in this season, and is trying to do more of the real and difficult defending. In one way it's just logical that you make more (visible) mistakes, when you engage instead of go hiding.
I think he can become a really good defender, and I reckon he will do really well already this season if he get to play a few games in a row with one and the same centre back colleague (not Garcia obviously).
That said, I still think Lescott is the better defender, but sooner or later you need to give a young(ish) lad the chance if you want to build for the future and not only buy finished products. I just wish we had a young promising left back on our lists that could get game time ahead if Clichy ...
I think this thread needs someone to dig up an 'errors by Lescott' list to refresh memories. Sounding like a world-beater at the moment!
Quite the opposite.
When Lescott plays, people spend each 90 mins waiting for the first mistake then jump on it & re hash it pretty much forever. People are still bringing up the header v QPR from 2 fucking seasons ago. Yet Vinny also made a dreadful howler in the same game, but that doesn't matter. Nor any of his, or Nastasic's other mistakes. Only Lescott gets a list of errors brought back to haunt him.
I've let shiploads of dreadful moments go from Nastasic so far this season with no more than an occasional comment. He has been all over the fucking place but few have mentioned it until recently, when it's starting to become too obvious to be ignored . I don't see that as an end to his career, just that we should have a proper cb for the big games.
On Sunday's game; I've had enough. I can keep quiet about most of his fuckups but I KNOW he could have done better there & I'm not just sitting here while he gets another free pass. Had it been JL, he would be rightly getting shit for it, as well as Hart.
It's not fair the way others are allowed to fuckup & JL isn't.