Tbf If Lopetegui plays a deeper line then it becomes a fair conversation about binning him over a manager you got rid of a few weeks later. That said I'd still have him as 3rd choice in a 2, although he'd be currently playingOr they read this forum?
I'm not sure Collins has been *that* magnificent anyway.
If you said to me that Collins was 'Emperor's New Clothes' I'd disagree, but could see where given a couple of high profile errors you are coming from. I do think his ceiling is way higher than Coady’s, maybe his floor is lower?
I was on a date (not with now Mrs DW) the night he swapped peak Alexis Sanchez for Stevan Jovetic and James McCarthy. Idly glanced at my phone when she popped to the loo. Seething.
Given Collins age, he's been good, but he does seem to make a major error every game. (2 in the City game) but that's down to experience, i like him, he's a player likely to have periods of good and bad form, and i agree with the bold above, which is why having an experienced fairly consistent back up CB would have been a very good option.
We all had our shockers but that one is legendary
Don’t forget we let Saiss go as well.Given Collins age, he's been good, but he does seem to make a major error every game. (2 in the City game) but that's down to experience, i like him, he's a player likely to have periods of good and bad form, and i agree with the bold above, which is why having an experienced fairly consistent back up CB would have been a very good option.
Sellars, Lage etc clearly thought differently.
However i wasn't too worried about our CB options until it became clear that Lage didn't rate either Mosquera or Toti, it now seems fucking outrageous that we flogged all of Dendoncker, Coady and Boly for what? About 20million and then play our best player at CB!
