5 - Pau Cubarsí
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serghei
Senior Member
This is more a criticism on Flick tbh. The offside line is played multiple times in these situations. Sometimes Kounde fucks it up, and Cubarsi doesn't. This time, it was on Cubarsi.
I agree you don't have to play offside trap as often as we do.
It is a legitimate point that you don't really have to play offside line stubbornly as we do. 2 vs 1, we can follow the runner and win the ball in superiority.
serghei
Senior Member
Doubt it. That video with him playing high line in CL final vs Mbappe in the last minute at 1-0... best accept it and move on.
Try to minimize errors but if it can't be done, that's football. We can still win with conceded goals due to this and we just did it again and are 4 points clear.
Play a lower line and defenders are more exposed to other dangers and some of those is actually handling forwards and clearing high balls. Both of those things Cuba does not excel in.
behindbrowneyes
Well-known member
There must be something wrong with him too. There were numerous opportunities to field him, yet Flick has chosen different options despite CB position being the biggest issue all season.
Christensen has to be one of the least used players in squad.
wisconsincule
Senior Member
He has lots of time to improve. He kind of reminds me of Eric when he was at city. It took Eric a while to come into his own but now is a very useful player.
xXKonan
Senior Member
I think it's reasonable to expect yeah, he's still young, but also it's reasonable to expect him to at least be switched on at all times.
He's played too many games to understand he shouldn't be falling asleep that often, and we shouldn't have to keep yelling at him to pay attention with the positioning of the rest of the defensive line and where the ball is going to be played.
I think the one game we drew vs Getafe last season infuriated me because he was switched off and ended up botching the header allowing Getafe to score. He had too many moments like that last season and this one so far.
He's played too many games to understand he shouldn't be falling asleep that often, and we shouldn't have to keep yelling at him to pay attention with the positioning of the rest of the defensive line and where the ball is going to be played.
I think the one game we drew vs Getafe last season infuriated me because he was switched off and ended up botching the header allowing Getafe to score. He had too many moments like that last season and this one so far.
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