- Jul 17, 2008
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I'm just not a fan. There's something about him that reminds me of Chiriches. Technically good and will come up with a really fun moment where he does a bit of skill to bring the ball out of defence, but for 90% of the time I worry that he's defensively suspect. I think these "technically gifted" ball-playing defenders can be a bit overrated. I'm not saying we go back to the old fashioned Wes Morgan bullying unit type of defender, but what you want is composure. David Luiz was the best example of this. Foyth isn't as mad as him, but it's a similar type of player. Centre backs who have a degree of technical ability about them but lack a footballing brain or any sort of discipline and composure. They end up as headless chicken on the pitch and get caught of position, or they do something rash. John Stones has that problem too. Can play a ball and is good with it at his feet, but is a fucking stupid defender at times.
To be fair, if any coach will beat that out of a player it's Mourinho. He does like playing one creative, technical defender such as Carvalho and Lucio alongside a classic centre half, but the trick with them is they were also very smart and had a lot of composure. It's down to Foyth to learn the game. He's young, so maybe there is time, but I'm just not sure that whether we should take that risk.
To be fair, if any coach will beat that out of a player it's Mourinho. He does like playing one creative, technical defender such as Carvalho and Lucio alongside a classic centre half, but the trick with them is they were also very smart and had a lot of composure. It's down to Foyth to learn the game. He's young, so maybe there is time, but I'm just not sure that whether we should take that risk.