He was very good tonight, reminded me of David luiz with the aggression and hair lol, hopefully he can continue like this , he hasn’t been good but also feel as if he’s been scapegoated a bit too. 

For those idiots who booed him without knowing about his personal life …disgusting!!!

Fantastic performance tonight! 

Reminder that Tuchel brought him in to be the LCB. Funny how players will look much much better when you play them in a sound system!

Best performance for us yesterday.

Showed some good aggression in pressing and beating defending duels. One of the positives we succeed to reach yesterday.

Let's hope it will stay like this.

8 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

Reminder that Tuchel brought him in to be the LCB. Funny how players will look much much better when you play them in a sound system!

Is that right ?

I would have thought his primary intention was to have a second left wing back back better than Alonso/Emerson, and at a similar level to Chilwell. The versatility to play LCB as an added bonus ? 

48 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Is that right ?

I would have thought his primary intention was to have a second left wing back back better than Alonso/Emerson, and at a similar level to Chilwell. The versatility to play LCB as an added bonus ? 

It wouldn't make sense to buy somone for that amount of money just to be a back-up. Tuchel probably saw him as a LCB to replace Rüdiger and as a back-up for injury-prone Chilwell at the same time.

I have to admit I really didn't rate him at LB since arriving here but yesterday he was very good. Played with confidence and the right level of aggression. Still not convinced he is more than a back-up to Chilwell if we go back to a back 4.

1 hour ago, OriginalS said:

Reminder that Tuchel brought him in to be the LCB. Funny how players will look much much better when you play them in a sound system!

Potter has played him as LCB before and he looked garbage.

Last night was his best performance in a Chelsea shirt by a million miles. The biggest improvement was his forward passing. 

58 minutes ago, just said:

Potter has played him as LCB before and he looked garbage.

Last night was his best performance in a Chelsea shirt by a million miles. The biggest improvement was his forward passing. 

Yes, but with Sterling as the wingback in front of him basically leaving him as exposed as i've seen any player ever.

2 hours ago, OriginalS said:

Reminder that Tuchel brought him in to be the LCB. Funny how players will look much much better when you play them in a sound system!

Did Tuchel tell you that? 

He was so aggressive yesterday from the first to the last minute 

9 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

Did Tuchel tell you that? 

He told everyone.

If only everyone paid attention instead of just sh*tting on him. It's like when some turned on Sterling for being a poor wingback when he should never have been put in that position in the first place.

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8 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

He told everyone.

If only everyone paid attention instead of just sh*tting on him. It's like when some turned on Sterling for being a poor wingback when he should never have been put in that position in the first place.

He there are some crazy fickle cats on here, you’ll learn, throw em a fish and they’ll be content…😜🤣😎

What a spirited showing from Marc! Excellent game from him. I personally loved his attitude more than his football but he was great and got the MOTM from being the heart of the side. Hopefully he managed to shut us up a bit. I have massively criticized him but we finally saw the reasons we bought him. Still see him as a "maximum 30m" player though. 

I never understood the harsh criticism of him this season. Yeah he hasn't looked great, but he also came to a new club at the worse possible time for us. I always believed he needed time to adapt to the team, the club, his surroundings etc. He still needs more time, but he obviously has the talent. Will he be world class? Probably not, no, but with time I'm sure he'll be a good defender. 

Haven't been his biggest fan by any stretch, but he was excellent last night, as was KK.

He was up for it big time. Loved it when Chilwell was shoved and reacted, Cucurella was the first one piling in to back him up in the melee. Then Potter had to pull him away from confronting some of the Dortmund staff at the end. 

Yeah worth remembering his stinkers at LCB were mainly down to the wingback being either Sterling or Pulisic. 

Not sure what we do with him next season. 

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Yeah worth remembering his stinkers at LCB were mainly down to the wingback being either Sterling or Pulisic. 

Not sure what we do with him next season. 

Based on what we’ve seen last night he’s one of my first choice for that 3rd cb role. He was immense.

I still have doubts over him in premier league but champions league games, he’s easily one of the first names on sheet.

2 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

Based on what we’ve seen last night he’s one of my first choice for that 3rd cb role. He was immense.

I still have doubts over him in premier league but champions league games, he’s easily one of the first names on sheet.

One of the big advantages of a back three is being able to play two left or right backs (if one is good enough for one of the CB positions which RJ and Cucu are).

We really should be exploiting that 

Just now, Argo said:

One of the big advantages of a back three is being able to play two left or right backs (if one is good enough for one of the CB positions which RJ and Cucu are).

We really should be exploiting that 

Yeah, with Gusto coming next season I’d be excited to see RJ and Cucurella in back 3. We’d be brilliant at playing from the back, defending set pieces could be a problem though 

6 hours ago, OriginalS said:

He told everyone.

If only everyone paid attention instead of just sh*tting on him. It's like when some turned on Sterling for being a poor wingback when he should never have been put in that position in the first place.

That doesn't say he was signed to play LCB though, just that its an added bonus he can. Clearly says he was brought in to relieve the pressure on Chilwell at LWB.

Good performance from him last night. Still a weird signing when we've got Colwill out on loan putting in world beating performances, should have just kept him.

7 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

Yeah, with Gusto coming next season I’d be excited to see RJ and Cucurella in back 3. We’d be brilliant at playing from the back, defending set pieces could be a problem though 

 

10 minutes ago, Argo said:

One of the big advantages of a back three is being able to play two left or right backs (if one is good enough for one of the CB positions which RJ and Cucu are).

We really should be exploiting that 

And Colwill and Maatsen? Where do they fit? The latter is tailor made for the LWB role as opposed to Cucurella. 

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

 

And Colwill and Maatsen? Where do they fit? The latter is tailor made for the LWB role as opposed to Cucurella. 

We can worry about that in the summer, right now it's probably our best heck only option in UCL to play both.