badgerx16 Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 12/08/2021 at 22:05, SaintBitterne said: Is Vestergaard's much better? Just curious. Expand Bednarek averages 1.5 per game, Vestergaard is 1.4
VictiAbNonem Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 Seems a little strange to me that Leicester have bought two of the defenders they put nine goals past 1
TWar Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 08:00, VictiAbNonem said: Seems a little strange to me that Leicester have bought two of the defenders they put nine goals past Expand That's because, all jokes aside, that was kind of on Gunn mostly. They had an xG of like 4.1, Gunn just had an all time howler.
badgerx16 Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 (edited) On 13/08/2021 at 08:00, VictiAbNonem said: Seems a little strange to me that Leicester have bought two of the defenders they put nine goals past Expand They didn't put 9 past Bertie, he was sent off after the first. Edited 13 August, 2021 by badgerx16
TWar Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 08:02, badgerx16 said: They didn't put 9 past Bertie, he was sent off after the first. Expand Vest only played half too iirc
Harry_SFC Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 (edited) On 13/08/2021 at 07:38, saintwbu said: To me Phillips is just a head it and kick it defender. No other outstanding attributes. I’d be very disappointed if he’s the one we are trying for, personally. Expand Have you even watched him or are you just making that assumption based on how he looks? He would be our best defender on the ball IMO. He has some very good attributes (passing, heading, positioning) he's just very slow. Edited 13 August, 2021 by Harry_SFC 1
Ed Rooney Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 07:38, saintwbu said: To me Phillips is just a head it and kick it defender. No other outstanding attributes. I’d be very disappointed if he’s the one we are trying for, personally. Expand It would make a change for us to have a defender that wins headers and wins tackles, rather than the soft shite we have had to put up with. I haven’t seen enough live performances from Phillips to comment on what he is, but if he is a tough defender who can win aerial battles, then I personally wouldn’t be overly disappointed. 4
warwicksaint Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 07:38, saintwbu said: To me Phillips is just a head it and kick it defender. No other outstanding attributes. I’d be very disappointed if he’s the one we are trying for, personally. Expand Similar to someone like Ben Mee at Burnley? Yet they always have one of the best defences in the league outside of the top 6. Never necessarily a bad thing 1
Turkish Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 08:52, warwicksaint said: Similar to someone like Ben Mee at Burnley? Yet they always have one of the best defences in the league outside of the top 6. Never necessarily a bad thing Expand Having a defender who can actually defend would be nice, but it isn't very fashionable at the moment. 3
Wade Garrett Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 08:46, Ed Rooney said: It would make a change for us to have a defender that wins headers and wins tackles, rather than the soft shite we have had to put up with. I haven’t seen enough live performances from Phillips to comment on what he is, but if he is a tough defender who can win aerial battles, then I personally wouldn’t be overly disappointed. Expand Quite right. I couldn't give a monkeys if he doesn't play 40 yard diagonal balls. He is a defender. 4
warwicksaint Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 08:53, Turkish said: Having a defender who can actually defend would be nice, but it isn't very fashionable at the moment. Expand Agreed. I take the view i want my defender to be able to defend first, then they can play all the fancy passing they like, but their main job is to stop the ball ending up in the back of the net 4
Turkish Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 08:55, warwicksaint said: Agreed. I take the view i want my defender to be able to defend first, then they can play all the fancy passing they like, but their main job is to stop the ball ending up in the back of the net Expand not being able to ping 50 yard cross field balls didn't seem to harm Terry or Vidic. Look at our lot, we rarely talk about their defensive ability, it's always all about how far they can pass it or how good they are on the ball. Defend first anything else is a bonus. In any case any professional football should be able to make a 20 yard forward pass under no pressure when the whole game is being played in front of them. 10
Matthew Le God Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 (edited) "Liverpool defender Nat Phillips is a reported transfer target but is not thought to be an option Saints are considering at this present time. Former Liverpool loanee Ozan Kabak, free agent Gary Cahill and Marseille defender Duje Caleta-Car are amongst the players thought to be available to the club this summer - but it is expected that Caleta-Car may command a fee outside of the club's price range." Edited 13 August, 2021 by Matthew Le God 4
AlexLaw76 Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 08:59, Turkish said: not being able to ping 50 yard cross field balls didn't seem to harm Terry or Vidic. Look at our lot, we rarely talk about their defensive ability, it's always all about how far they can pass it or how good they are on the ball. Defend first anything else is a bonus. In any case any professional football should be able to make a 20 yard forward pass under no pressure when the whole game is being played in front of them. Expand Also, if they are left or right footed
TWar Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 Nat Phillips not a target right now, says Leach. Thank god for that! 1
Nolan Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 Caleta Car is also an ICM stellar sports player. (along with A. Armstrong and JWP) They'll know price on that already...
TWar Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:05, Nolan said: Caleta Car is also an ICM stellar sports player. (along with A. Armstrong and JWP) They'll know price on that already... Expand Leach says he's out of our price range, would be a nice signing though from what I've seen. Don't want Cahill either, wouldn't be against kabak really.
Doctoroncall Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 12/08/2021 at 20:42, Golac's Cunning Stunts said: Thought it would be interesting to post some stats from a fantasy footie site. I know none of this is gospel and there is a difference being a defender in a Liverpool side vs a Saints one, but might be of interest to some Expand From who scored stats: Phillips finished last season as our best rated centre-back in the Premier League (7.29), with no defender winning more aerial duels per game (5.6).
trousers Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:03, TWar said: Nat Phillips not a target right now, says Leach. Thank god for that! Expand Not "right now" but could be "tomorrow" (for example).
saintwbu Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 I agree it’ll be nice to have a defender who can properly defend - but the problem is if you have a defender who can defend but isn’t great on the ball, and you then ask him to focus heavily on using the ball, it tends to end pretty badly. See Bednarek, for example.
Give it to Ron Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:03, TWar said: Nat Phillips not a target right now, says Leach. Thank god for that! Expand I asked Liverpool ST holder I work with “he’s very good, proper old fashioned centre half and gets in where it hurts. Good in both boxes, doesn’t read game as well as Gomez or Van Dijk, but yeah he is good. Would be sad to see him go but he isn’t going to get much game time at Liverpool. But seems irrelevant if not going but this guy knows his stuff.
skintsaint Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:03, Matthew Le God said: Duje Caleta-Car Expand Yes please.
Turkish Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:22, saintwbu said: I agree it’ll be nice to have a defender who can properly defend - but the problem is if you have a defender who can defend but isn’t great on the ball, and you then ask him to focus heavily on using the ball, it tends to end pretty badly. See Bednarek, for example. Expand If you've got a defender who is good on the ball but cant defend it also ends pretty badly. See Stephens for example. 1
skintsaint Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:22, saintwbu said: See Bednarek, for example. Expand When did he become a defender that could defend? 😅 1
niceandfriendly Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:03, TWar said: Nat Phillips not a target right now, says Leach. Thank god for that! Expand Absolutely. Thank god we're not in for Liverpool players who covered well for VVD last season according to most Liverpool fans. We're way too good for Liverpool's squad players... 🙄
Matthew Le God Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:26, skintsaint said: When did he become a defender that could defend? 😅 Expand 1
skintsaint Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:34, Matthew Le God said: Expand We will agree to disagree that he can defend if thats your marker.
TWar Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:34, niceandfriendly said: Absolutely. Thank god we're not in for Liverpool players who covered well for VVD last season according to most Liverpool fans. We're way too good for Liverpool's squad players... 🙄 Expand Think we might have been watching a different player, he looked dross to me. And we are better than a number of liverpool squad players, they have a great starting 11 but players like Nat Phillips, Neco Williams, Adrian, Rhys Williams are championship quality. We took on one of their highly rated squad players in Jan, remember how that went?
Matthew Le God Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 (edited) On 13/08/2021 at 09:39, skintsaint said: We will agree to disagree that he can defend if thats your marker. Expand Do interceptions not count as a type of defending? 🤔 Doing the most successfully in the Premier League of any defender is a good thing for him isn't it? He was 22 ahead of 2nd place Ben White! Edited 13 August, 2021 by Matthew Le God 1
skintsaint Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:42, Matthew Le God said: Do interceptions not count as a type of defending? 🤔 Expand Please read my previous comment.
tajjuk Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 (edited) No idea if any of this is true but reports say West Ham bid for Caleta-Car at about £14 million but Marseille want around £17 million. Also supposedly was about to join Liverpool in January but Marseille couldn't find a replacement so pulled the deal. If we have just sold a centre-back for £14 million you'd think £17 million was in our price range. Plus aren't finances in France an issue with the collapse of their TV deal. Also we should see if we can gazump West Ham and go for Milenkovic Edited 13 August, 2021 by tajjuk
TWar Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 (edited) On 13/08/2021 at 09:15, trousers said: Not "right now" but could be "tomorrow" (for example). Expand True, but Leach said the same of Sorloth and Danjuma and those seemed to be on the money. If we have a long shortlist as is suggested in the article and he isn't on it it is pretty unlikely he comes. Regarding this whole "do we need a CB who can def or one who is good on the ball", we need both. As Bednarek and Salisu are much more of the former and less of the latter, however, then in this case a CB who can pass would be very handy. One thing we definitely need is pace so we can use our high line with Salisu and them, Nat Phillips is slow as anything, was amongst the reasons Liverpool had to stop playing their high line last season. Edited 13 August, 2021 by TWar
trousers Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 (edited) On 13/08/2021 at 09:34, Matthew Le God said: Expand Could a high number of interceptions by a defender be more of an indication of the quality of our midfield rather than how good the defender is, per se? i.e. maybe Brighton's defensive midfield was more effective at protecting their defenders than we were (for example). Alternatively, I could be talking nonsense. (evens bet usually) Edited 13 August, 2021 by trousers
TWar Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:56, trousers said: Could a high number of interceptions by a defender be more of an indication of the quality of our midfield rather than how good the defender is, per se? i.e. maybe Brighton's defensive midfield was more effective at protecting their defenders than we were (for example). Alternatively, I could be talking nonsense. (evens bet usually) Expand It's likely more indicative of how we play. With a high line and a high press teams will often try a route one approach of hitting it over the top, especially when boxed in, whereas a team who sits deeper and presses less will see that sort of ball played less often against them. Bednarek gets a high density of balls over the top to deal with, which traditionally are easier to intercept than short accurate passes so his numbers are inflated. This is my take anyway.
trousers Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:45, TWar said: True, but Leach said the same of Sorloth and Danjuma and those seemed to be on the money. If we have a long shortlist as is suggested in the article and he isn't on it it is pretty unlikely he comes. Expand Fair point, but I'm just slightly wary when someone gives a politcian-esque answer to a question. "Nat Phillips is not a target" would have sufficed if we had zero interest in him. Adding "right now" on the end suggests they haven't ruled him out. (somewhat pedantic semantics I admit, but just a wee observation)
Matthew Le God Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:56, trousers said: Could a high number of interceptions by a defender be more of an indication of the quality of our midfield rather than how good the defender is, per se? i.e. maybe Brighton's defensive midfield was more effective at protecting their defenders than we were (for example). Alternatively, I could be talking nonsense. (evens bet usually) Expand Why he makes the interceptions is irrelevant when my post was a counter to a claim he doesn't defend. The most successful interceptions by a defender in the league shows one defensive skill he is good at.
trousers Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 (edited) On 13/08/2021 at 09:59, TWar said: It's likely more indicative of how we play. With a high line and a high press teams will often try a route one approach of hitting it over the top, especially when boxed in, whereas a team who sits deeper and presses less will see that sort of ball played less often against them. Bednarek gets a high density of balls over the top to deal with, which traditionally are easier to intercept than short accurate passes so his numbers are inflated. This is my take anyway. Expand That's a much better hypothesis than mine! Either way, it highlights that there is usually more context behind raw stats. Edited 13 August, 2021 by trousers
trousers Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 (edited) On 13/08/2021 at 10:01, Matthew Le God said: Why he makes the interceptions is irrelevant when my post was a counter to a claim he doesn't defend. The most successful interceptions by a defender in the league shows one defensive skill he is good at. Expand Would be interesting to know what his "percentage completion" rate on attempted interceptions was. A player with 84 out of, say, 200 inteception opportunities/attempts could be considered poor at interceptions compared to a player with 62 interceptions out of 100 opportunities/attempts (for example) Or maybe I'm over-thinking stuff for a change Edited 13 August, 2021 by trousers
tajjuk Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 10:00, trousers said: Fair point, but I'm just slightly wary when someone gives a politcian-esque answer to a question. "Nat Phillips is not a target" would have sufficed if we had zero interest in him. Adding "right now" on the end suggests they haven't ruled him out. (somewhat pedantic semantics I admit, but just a wee observation) Expand Probably just further down the shortlist. I mean don't the club claim we have people as potential targets, especially to replace people who might be leaving (so obvious that Vestergaard might be one of those) potentially 1-2 years before we might actually need to sign them. I mean until about 9 months ago no one had ever heard of Nat Phillips, so I'd reckon some other players have been watched for longer. Caleta-Car fits that bill more, we've probably been watching him since he was at Salzburg.
trousers Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 10:06, tajjuk said: Caleta-Car fits that bill more, we've probably been watching him since he was at Salzburg. Expand Yep, would be my first choice, if we can afford him
LeBizzier69 Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:34, Matthew Le God said: Expand Pet hate of mine…..footballers pulling their socks right up like that. One of the many things I hated about John Terry for years.
skintsaint Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 (edited) On 13/08/2021 at 10:01, Matthew Le God said: Why he makes the interceptions is irrelevant when my post was a counter to a claim he doesn't defend. Expand That mean he gets an interception stat of 20 for the next FM? How about marking, tackling, heading, positioning etc....just to put it into easy terms for you. I think you need other qualities. Anyway, it was an off the cut jibe about how he isnt the greatest that you fucking make tedious. Edited 13 August, 2021 by skintsaint
TWar Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 10:23, LeBizzier69 said: Pet hate of mine…..footballers pulling their socks right up like that. One of the many things I hated about John Terry for years. Expand Wouldn't want cold knees
Badger Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 10:00, trousers said: Fair point, but I'm just slightly wary when someone gives a politcian-esque answer to a question. "Nat Phillips is not a target" would have sufficed if we had zero interest in him. Adding "right now" on the end suggests they haven't ruled him out. (somewhat pedantic semantics I admit, but just a wee observation) Expand Didn't it seem Armstrong was 'only one option' or had fallen down the pecking order at one point ? I'm not so against the idea of Phillips as we have often been calling out for the 'no nonsense' type of CB in the past and don't think he's as bad as many claim him to be, difficult though if only judging him on the VVD scale obviously and pace would be preferable but won't get everything for £15-17m. If we went for Phillips though would prefer a loan with an option to buy, leaving some funds for elsewhere (?) On 13/08/2021 at 10:06, tajjuk said: Probably just further down the shortlist. I mean don't the club claim we have people as potential targets, especially to replace people who might be leaving (so obvious that Vestergaard might be one of those) potentially 1-2 years before we might actually need to sign them. I mean until about 9 months ago no one had ever heard of Nat Phillips, so I'd reckon some other players have been watched for longer. Caleta-Car fits that bill more, we've probably been watching him since he was at Salzburg. Expand Think Phillips may have been a smokescreen, wouldn't surprise me if we brought someone else in from abroad that had previously been discounted. Wonder if we're still sniffing around Tomiyasu , although all reports still link him with spurs.
skintsaint Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 10:23, LeBizzier69 said: Pet hate of mine…..footballers pulling their socks right up like that. One of the many things I hated about John Terry for years. Expand Stop the poor little blighters scuffing their knees when making tackles.
Badger Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 10:23, LeBizzier69 said: Pet hate of mine…..footballers pulling their socks right up like that. One of the many things I hated about John Terry for years. Expand Yes, ridiculous, what purpose does it serve ? Can't imagine how they dress at home !
Saint Troy Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 10:27, Badger said: Yes, ridiculous, what purpose does it serve ? Can't imagine how they dress at home ! Expand do wonder but could be anything - sports poeple have all sorts of ridiculous things they do - couldve done it once and had a good game and done it ever since. Still not a fn myself
CityRanger Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 09:34, Matthew Le God said: Expand That’s because he gets caught out of position and has to scramble back and desperately cut the ball out. 9
TWar Posted 13 August, 2021 Posted 13 August, 2021 On 13/08/2021 at 10:37, CityRanger said: That’s because he gets caught out of position and has to scramble back and desperately cut the ball out. Expand That doesn't make sense. If he was getting caught out and having to scramble that would be "tackles", not interceptions. For an interception to happen he must be in the right position, that's basically the only prerequisite. 8
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