Mateo Musacchio

[mark87]

Apologies if this was posted, but it's worth a read:

That article was going well until they called him "Matt Dawson"

 

[Jazz]

Has this been posted?

@MichaelBridge_: Player wants to come. Fee yet to be agreed.

 

[samsonlevi]

Has this been posted?

@MichaelBridge_: Player wants to come. Fee yet to be agreed.

who is Michael bridge??? respected??

 

[8Gazza]

Sky Sports journalist, Spurs fan.

 

[Jazz]

who is Michael bridge??? respected??

He never jumps the gun put it the way

 

[spursfan77]

He never jumps the gun put it the way

Nope. Always goes on about getting his facts right. Its almost like he's working for the wrong company!

 

[biscuitbeck]

Nope. Always goes on about getting his facts right. Its almost like he's working for the wrong company!

Agreed. With an ethos like that he needs to be working for the Mail.

 

[TheUltimateHotspur]

If we do sign him especilly for that kind of money we will be selling

You don't need to be tall to be a good defender, you don't even need to be tall to be a good header of the ball.

Being correctly positioned is key to winning headers, if you have good positional sense, you position yourself where you can get a run and a jump at the ball, against your opponent. This puts your leverage a lot better and momentum would be with you compared to your opponents standing jump.

A standing jump against an opponent taller than you puts you at a disadvantage, but there's tricks on how to put opponents off by using your arms and position your body, so that, yes they may win the header, but will be off balance or not get a good enough connection to be as effective.

Players like Baresi, Blind, Silva and Cannavaro are/were masters of this.

Agreed. Was going to say Baresi and Cannavro are perfect examples. Both were only 5ft 9 inches. Two of the best CB's of all time.

 

[Mattspurs1982]

Has this been posted?

@MichaelBridge_: Player wants to come. Fee yet to be agreed.

Thats typically where we struggle. Player all set, fee left to agree..... hmmm. Fingers crossed...

 

[danielneeds]

If we do sign him especilly for that kind of money we will be selling


Agreed. Was going to say Baresi and Cannavro are perfect examples. Both were only 5ft 9 inches. Two of the best CB's of all time.

True, but if he was as good as those two he wouldn't be on the verge of moving to us at 24 unfortunately! Let's hope he's good enough to adapt and deal with the big lumps at West Ham, Stoke and alike.

 

[TheUltimateHotspur]

True, but if he was as good as those two he wouldn't be on the verge of moving to us at 24 unfortunately! Let's hope he's good enough to adapt and deal with the big lumps at West Ham, Stoke and alike.

He clearly isn't on their level, but who knows he may become that good.

If we had a spine of Hugo, Musacchi, Verty, Capoue, Schneiderlin I can't see many teams beating us.

 

[mill]

True, but if he was as good as those two he wouldn't be on the verge of moving to us at 24 unfortunately! Let's hope he's good enough to adapt and deal with the big lumps at West Ham, Stoke and alike.

I'm not sure there's anybody as good as them two currently playing tbh

 

[absolute bobbins]

Spurspanyol @Spurspanyol · 1h
Bruno Soriano, Villarreal's captain: "It'd obviously be disappointing if we won't be able to count on one of the best CBs in the League."
Spurspanyol‏@Spurspanyol
This comment was made in regards to the speculation surrounding Musacchio's

 

[felmani26]

If we do sign him especilly for that kind of money we will be selling


Agreed. Was going to say Baresi and Cannavro are perfect examples. Both were only 5ft 9 inches. Two of the best CB's of all time.

.....and Chris Perry!

 

[Reclamation Project]

.....and Chris Perry!

aka 'The Rash'!

 

[Shadydan]

You don't need to be tall to be a good defender, you don't even need to be tall to be a good header of the ball.

Being correctly positioned is key to winning headers, if you have good positional sense, you position yourself where you can get a run and a jump at the ball, against your opponent. This puts your leverage a lot better and momentum would be with you compared to your opponents standing jump.

A standing jump against an opponent taller than you puts you at a disadvantage, but there's tricks on how to put opponents off by using your arms and position your body, so that, yes they may win the header, but will be off balance or not get a good enough connection to be as effective.

Players like Baresi, Blind, Silva and Cannavaro are/were masters of this.

Exactly this, same for those who think you need pace to be a good defender, it's all about anticipation and positioning.

 

[Keith Morris]

JJ been retweeting some stuff on twitter...

@sidlowe: @lev_simon just saw a few comments about him on twitter etc.... Dont know if it's on or not. But he's a player i like a lot

@sidlowe: @lev_simon tall, strong, good on ball, intelligent. I guess doubt would be adaptability to a different type of football.

It's relating to Musacchio and JJ seems to be in agreement

 

[Flashspur]

Poch has obviously picked up on the lack of pace in our backline

 

[Jazz]

Poch has obviously picked up on the lack of pace in our backline

By all accounts he isn't the quickest

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Poch has obviously picked up on the lack of pace in our backline

I don't get this obsession with pace. There are very few Centre-Backs that you would truly call "quick".