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That's not something to brag about if they're the Empoli of the league
I wasn't? I was relating that to you pointing out how hard they pushed Inter (who this forum seems to think are a top side), while England's version gets lamped 8-0 by Newcastle who you personally think aren't a good team.
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Disagree about Kjaer being good enough to start. He's done. We saw what happened against Inter and it will keep happening against any attackers who have any sort of pace.
You know no one on the pitch had more defensive contributions than Kjaer? He made 10 tackles/blocks/interceptions, won every single one bar one of his duels (both ground and aerial, 6 of 7) and wasn't dribbled past or beaten even once.
I even remember him flat out lying on the floor intercepting because no one else could do it.
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Thiaw is the future. Sure there will be errors. He's still very young and learning the ropes. But he's got everything to be a top CB
Thiaw won 2 of his 6 duels, was beaten/dribbled past at least once, and had 3 less defensive contributions than Kjaer.
He's weak and mediocre, and Tomori is a tonne better, he and Kjaer worked great before, to suggest the latter is finished ignores the facts.
I stand by what I said.