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Whether he’s better at Cm or cb is another debate. His yellow card today was nothing to do with lateral movement being ooor, it was a deliberate kick out at a rapidly escaping playing who Aurier had inexcusable let wriggle past him when Kenedy was second favourite every time.To add more depth to my first post that has now got the conversation started.
Yes Dier is versatile. He is strong. He has some skill for a big boy.
But I stand firm in him being a CB being shoehorned into the CDM position because Vic is hurt and Dier has an ego. He can cover but he is nowhere near the level of Matic who was mentioned above. Dier is slow on his feet. He is fast in a straight line. But he can’t turn when under pressure or make lateral moves (yellow card today).
We are stuck with him in the midfield until we get some bodies back, but once Josh, Winks, Vic are back (crossing fingers), I don’t see him getting a sniff in.
Poch needs to be brave in my opinion and test the lineup. You don’t always need a lumbering wall out there that is slow on the ball.