He is the perfect defender for Barcelona. Just dont think he ever will be for us.

21 hours ago, coco said:

They shouldnt of scored 4-5. The first goal was lucky, huge deflection. Leicester had three clear cut chances, they scored one of them(Creswell) and missed the other two(Barnes shot, and a Evans header).

The first was a huge deflection and fortunate, but it was still a clear chance in our box. They scored 2 and missed 2 sitters, plus quite a few breakaways where they probably should have done better. 

Anyway, even 3 clear cut goal-scoring opportunities is not good enough.

All this talk about getting him out the club is a joke. As though he was solely at fault for the draw. Tbh hes probably been our best defender for the last few weeks, but i feel like fans have an agenda on here that just wont be interrupted no matter what.

20 hours ago, Davey Baby said:

Ask yourselves this: What Evans did to Andreas at that corner, brushed him aside to win a free header, could you ever imagine Andreas doing that to Evans at a corner in a million years?

 

If the answer is no (and the answer is no) that alone is reason enough to get him out of our club.

To be fair @Davey Baby, would you have said the same about LeBeouf or Carvalho?  Neither of them were massively butch and hairy.  

 

(Actually, thinking about it, Carvalho would have had his arms wrapped round Evans like @loz with a half kebab he's found in the street.  TF we didn't have VAR in Ricky's day)

 

Edited February 3, 20206 yr by yorkleyblue

I like him, but as a backup defender.

dont rate him enough to be starting, we need a world class CB like how liverpool have van dijk

1 hour ago, Oli said:

All this talk about getting him out the club is a joke. As though he was solely at fault for the draw. Tbh hes probably been our best defender for the last few weeks, but i feel like fans have an agenda on here that just wont be interrupted no matter what.

Put money on we could name more bad things than good he's done this season.

For me he is reasonable with the ball at his feet and when he comes forward from defense he looks decent too.

In open play he has been reasonable at clearing high balls with his head although penalised occasionally for climbing on his man. 

Defensively at corners he looks weak and slow to react to danger at times.

 

I still maintain he just is not suited to the PL but if he went to Barca he would look class like Puyol. It would be in all 3 prties best interests if we made a transfer happen imo.

On 02/02/2020 at 15:17, axman2526 said:

He is the perfect defender for Barcelona. Just dont think he ever will be for us.

A bit like Pique at Man U. 

35 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

A bit like Pique at Man U. 

touché

Any thoughts on playing him at the base of a midfield three, Rafa Marquez-style?

7 hours ago, PloKoon13 said:

Any thoughts on playing him at the base of a midfield three, Rafa Marquez-style?

Seen him play there for denmark and it wasnt pretty. A couple years ago though, but i think we have much better options.

Another Jordan type performance in the air by this little girl. Yeah, I'm 100% he will thrive in Barca. And substituted in the half... from a slap in the face... You missed the little fact that Marquez and Pujol were among the greatest warriors on the pitch. This little girl is one of the softest poor souls I've ever seen. 

Edited February 17, 20206 yr by Droopy

Still playing over Tomori? Lamps needs to have a word with himself, can't always be making excuses for Frank.

2 hours ago, Droopy said:

Another Jordan type performance in the air by this little girl. Yeah, I'm 100% he will thrive in Barca. And substituted in the half... from a slap in the face... You missed the little fact that Marquez and Pujol were among the greatest warriors on the pitch. This little girl is one of the softest poor souls I've ever seen. 

Seriously? How offensive is this in this day and age! A little girl would never have let Martial get across the front of them!

Frank is becoming a real worry. Christensen was diabolical at Leicester but stays in the team. Sipping a bottle of mineral water on the touchline while the game goes on. Which self-respecting CB would ever do that? He's soft. I've said it all along, and he's terrible in the air, and he lacks personality. Zouma came on and immediately scored a good goal, despite the fact he may not be the greatest. When have you ever seen Christensen do that? He shouldn't be anywhere near our team and the fact Frank keeps picking him has to make you question his judgement. I'm afraid the fault doesn't lie with the player, the fault lies with the manager for picking him.

2 hours ago, Davey Baby said:

Frank is becoming a real worry. Christensen was diabolical at Leicester but stays in the team. Sipping a bottle of mineral water on the touchline while the game goes on. Which self-respecting CB would ever do that? He's soft. I've said it all along, and he's terrible in the air, and he lacks personality. Zouma came on and immediately scored a good goal, despite the fact he may not be the greatest. When have you ever seen Christensen do that? He shouldn't be anywhere near our team and the fact Frank keeps picking him has to make you question his judgement. I'm afraid the fault doesn't lie with the player, the fault lies with the manager for picking him.

Biggest problem wasn't starting Michy, it was going with Christensen again imo, needs to stop playing him now it's getting ridiculous. 

14 minutes ago, Slojo said:

Biggest problem wasn't starting Michy, it was going with Christensen again imo, needs to stop playing him now it's getting ridiculous. 

It was both.

Just now, axman2526 said:

It was both.

Michy has been terrible but Giroud has looked absolutely finished this season, I can see why Frank started Michy. 

I think some of the negativity goes too far. I mean Christensen genuinely took a performance-impairing hit tonight. I do agree that he seems lightweight and it COULD be a dealbreaker, but am still prepared to give him a chance. The main reason is he does have some real quality, is accomplished on the ball, moves it well, reads the game quite well imo. Above all - he’s still really young. Seems like he could do with some mentoring and more working out more than anything. At any rate, I have more of an issue with the Bats selection than Christensen tonight.
 

On a separate note, I don’t understand this idea that he’d do really well at Barcelona. No fewer mean forwards in that league than in the premier league?

41 minutes ago, Slojo said:

Michy has been terrible but Giroud has looked absolutely finished this season, I can see why Frank started Michy. 

I cannot. Put aside Giroud. Any of our youth forwards would do miles better than batman.

Put it this way, if your choices were Bakayoko, minerio or Gilmour are you saying the only options to consider are Baka and minerio?

For the first time I see someone being substituted for bleeding nose. Yeah, Barca fits him perfectly. 

4 hours ago, Dean said:

I think some of the negativity goes too far. I mean Christensen genuinely took a performance-impairing hit tonight. I do agree that he seems lightweight and it COULD be a dealbreaker, but am still prepared to give him a chance. The main reason is he does have some real quality, is accomplished on the ball, moves it well, reads the game quite well imo. Above all - he’s still really young. Seems like he could do with some mentoring and more working out more than anything. At any rate, I have more of an issue with the Bats selection than Chr Thoughtistensen tonight.
 

On a separate note, I don’t understand this idea that he’d do really well at Barcelona. No fewer mean forwards in that league than in the premier league?

Yep. Thought up to the goal he was our best player last night. But that goal changed the game and you do have to wonder if he is too lightweight to ever become a top CB. Another night where I long for the return of JT................................................

 

 

 

24 minutes ago, Nibs said:

Yep. Thought up to the goal he was our best player last night. But that goal changed the game and you do have to wonder if he is too lightweight to ever become a top CB. Another night where I long for the return of JT................................................

 

 

 

Too lightweight, crybaby, weak... Broke his nose ffs

 

https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/news/frank-lampard-andreas-christensen-broken-nose-martial-manchester-united

As a center back in the premier league you should enjoy the physical part of the game, not shy away from it. Christensen does not have what it takes to be a top class cb, at least not in my view.