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Posted 27 Jul 2014 22:47
re: Lovren


He wasn't very mobile. Fonte used to mop up for him. Lovren & Hooiveld against Spurs was a defensive nightmare. Neither of them ran and Spurs went straight through the middle and scored at will.

Of course, I'm not saying he was total cr@p. He was a very good header, excellent at stopping corners and crosses. He also had great positional awareness. But, he needs someone like Fonte to do his running for him and make the last-ditch tackles and interceptions. Fonte could cope with having to play alongside Hooiveld or Yoshida whereas Lovren couldn't."

Luckily, we kept the best one.