The way we talk about football players is broken. Not because the stats are wrong but because we skip the most important step entirely.
We evaluate before we profile.
A thread on why that matters — and what we’re missing because of it. 🧵
@CFCJnR The primary duty of your LB is defending, any other attribute is an added advantage. Cucurella is clear of any any LB that doesn’t know how to defend regardless of the output they bring in attack.
@Blue_Footy When the likes of Palmer and the rest came on, it was a 3 CBs and 2 DMs we were defending with, when Palestra goes high, Anselmino stays and vice versa. A static double pivot of Enzo - Caicedo with 3 CBs as rest defense ain’t bad at all.
@CFC_OBED • Gittens can actually be “HIM”
• Emenalo and Watson should have a shout for first team football
• Essugo and Satpaev should definitely be in the squad.
• We struck gold in Palestra.