Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:Wonderwall wrote:aaron bond wrote:Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:Full backs are a bit of a crisis to me. Sadly, Zabba is not the force he was and Sagna has fallen off a cliff. When the ball comes to him now, he looks like he has a bomb at his feet. For all the talk that Pep will introduce youth, he doesn't appear keen on Maffeo nor Angelino.
With such a poor set of defenders, I really struggle to see how the youngsters can do much worse.
Can Tosin really be that much worse than Otamendi, Stones and Kolarov? Can Maffeo or Angelino really be that much worse than Zabaleta or Clichy?
No. I agree that this was an opportunity for pep to give the young players a chance and he didn't bother. I don't understand why he didn't as they have looked good when given a game.
Entirely agree. What happened to Pep being bold with youth? Besides his reluctance with Tosin, Maffeo and Angelino, when the choices are not up to much right now, there is the vexed question of Nacho, when there isn't a single other striker available.
I'm not sure he is as brave with youngsters as we were lead to believe.
he's under real pressure. would you stick untried youngsters into the mix if you were in his situation?