sheblue wrote:Still cant see him starting at CB we have Vinny, Ota, Mangler, (Stones) not to mention the young lads, and yet were very short of energetic midfielders, we need the dinho in midfield.
Mangala is not going to be anywhere near Pep's team unless he turns into a different footballer or we are desperate.
So it's really, Nico, Vinnie and likely Stones for the first 3.
Tosin might make the team, but he's very young so I suspect Fernandinho would be ahead of him in more important matches, even if Tosin makes it as the 4th choice. This would be if we are short players due to injury or in certain situations against certain teams Fernandinho might be thrown in to play some CB.
He has all the attributes Pep likes in a player, and as a CB in his system(s). He's excellent with the ball, highly intelligent, works his arse off, quick, brave, tough, strong in the tackle, and actually for someone so short gets his head on the ball quite a bit. Not so crazy to consider him slotting in there sometimes when his other option is Mangala who I cannot see sticking around.