Milan Skriniar

[Hoddle&Waddle]

We wont play a high line though....

It was quite high against Southampton first half.

 

[JayB]

It was quite high against Southampton first half.

More of a medium block, but Southampton did take advantage of the space in behind in that first half leading to us dropping deeper in the second half. We haven't really played a true high line under Jose IMO, nothing even remotely approaching the way Southampton were set up on Sunday. I personally think Skriniar's weaknesses would be covered by Jose's tactics.

 

[arunspurs]

It was quite high against Southampton first half.

He is not a tortoise - he is not really slow anyway. From what I know he is just not comfortable in back3 because he has to positionally cover full backs space which he is not good at. Lets see - if we sign him, we should know straight away.

 

[SpursSince1980]

If I remember correctly, he is close to Uncle Joe camp.

Indeed, he was the first to whisper last year that Poch time might be up.

 

[GutBucket]

He's not very quick but his positioning is 10/10. Pair him next to Tanganga or Sanchez and it will be fine. Ideally we would have someone like prime Wanyama, mobile DM to help out but this should be good enough.

 

[Spurrific]

Neville or somebody was talking during a game the other day, how the best CB pairs have one fast and one technical and aggressive - pair Skriniar with Sanchez and we'd be looking good. Back four of Serge, Sanch, Skriniar and Sergio would be cool for alliteration too

 

[SpursSince1980]

He is cut from the ‘tough bastard‘ cloth. Another aggressive leader who doesn’t wuss-out when the going gets tough. So in that respect, I can certainly understand why Jose would favor him.

 

[delawarespur]

Lets put this to bed. He's not slow. He's not Sanchez fast, but he's definitely faster than Toby and quicker than Dier. I'd have no worries with him in a back 4 under Jose's system.

 

[SpursSince1980]

He's not very quick but his positioning is 10/10. Pair him next to Tanganga or Sanchez and it will be fine. Ideally we would have someone like prime Wanyama, mobile DM to help out but this should be good enough.

Paul McGrath and Richard Gough and Gary Mabbutt and Steve Bruce were all of average speed. But were excellent readers of the game, with tremendous positional sense. Speed is great, but not a prerequisite for being an elite center back.

 

[KILLA_SIN]

Claims to be a deputy sports editor with 20 years of experience yet a quick google of his name throws up no results. Plus he joined Twitter in July 2020.


Reliable imo

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Doesnt mean he is reliable though

 

[thebenjamin]

Obviously Jose is a huge pull for players and he can attract the best stars on his own. However I do wonder when you see the likes of Bale joining, when you see a talent like Reggie joining does it suddenly turn a few more heads and start attracting talents to the team. I mean I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have been Skriniars first choice this summer but when you start to see the team we're assembling, maybe he starts to think, yeah I want to get in on that.

Mourinho's ability to attract players is clearly something over and above anything we've had before.

 

[King of Otters]

Paul McGrath and Richard Gough and Gary Mabbutt and Steve Bruce were all of average speed. But were excellent readers of the game, with tremendous positional sense. Speed is great, but not a prerequisite for being an elite center back.

Any examples from the past decade of elite centre backs with 'average speed'?

 

[Living Legend Colm G]

Paul McGrath and Richard Gough and Gary Mabbutt and Steve Bruce were all of average speed. But were excellent readers of the game, with tremendous positional sense. Speed is great, but not a prerequisite for being an elite center back.

Great post but have to disagree bout McGrath. He had deceptive pace.

 

[Sandro30]

Any examples from the past decade of elite centre backs of 'average speed'?

Puyol, Vidic

 

[delawarespur]

Any examples from the past decade of elite centre backs of 'average speed'?

Pique, Bonucci, Chiellini (debatable), Hummels, Terry, Godin, Laporte more recently, probs more I'm missing. In England, yeah there's not as many, but even Maguire who is slow or at least not very agile playing in a team who play a high line isn't bad. He's not 80 mil worth, but he's still quality.

 

[TorontoYid]

Any examples from the past decade of elite centre backs of 'average speed'?

just outside of it by 1 year (11 years since he retired) I believe but Paolo Maldini would qualify. 100% Elite, played CB as well as LB and never had a ton of pace but was really slow by the end of his career. Made up for it with amazing awareness, positioning and experience to be one of the best defenders in the world. Speed is not everything for a CB.

 

[TorontoYid]

Neville or somebody was talking during a game the other day, how the best CB pairs have one fast and one technical and aggressive - pair Skriniar with Sanchez and we'd be looking good. Back four of Serge, Sanch, Skriniar and Sergio would be cool for alliteration too

Too many names beginning with S!!!!!!

I think though his tackling must be exceptional given that he is a top player in a league where players fall down at the slightest breeze.

 

[King of Otters]

Puyol, Vidic

Puyol was quick enough. Vidic was very good, but his peak was quite a long time ago now.

 

[samsonlevi]

Any examples from the past decade of elite centre backs with 'average speed'?

Arguably some of the below are not slow but I wouldnt insist on calling their speed anything above 'average' especially towards the end of their careers when they were still undoubtably very good CBs.

Vidic,
Terry
Puyol
Cannavaro
Stam
Desailly
Costacurta
Chiellini
Carragher (pushing it here with the 'Elite' phrase but was still very good)
Adams
Kompany

 

[Rosco1984]

Lets put this to bed. He's not slow. He's not Sanchez fast, but he's definitely faster than Toby and quicker than Dier. I'd have no worries with him in a back 4 under Jose's system.

I mean we used to have Fazio and Dawson in a back 4 system, Skriniar could do a lap of the pitch before they got to the half way line.