Distin

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I am so unbelievably glad he signed that extension with us. Imagine life without him this season and Heitinga back there.

Yeah, enough to give me nightmares.
 

njligernj said:
Okay sounds good ...

Uh-oh. Didn't you see what Bryan said?

Agreed.

Yeah we've been slipping from 2nd or 3rd best in goals conceded to tied for 7th now. Fatigue feels like the most likely cause although I'm aware of other theories.

I enjoy "badly heitinga" to describe poor defending ... even though the poor [Poor language removed] has generally been a solid pro for us.

You may have to do it yourself at this point. I'll say two quick* things:

1) The worst I said was he was a "little off." ... and that's a "little off" from being "very good at football." So if you disagree so strongly you either think he's been completely terrible or really great. Anything else and we're really not that far off from each other to warrant "so much" being wrong. Unless you took my MOTD joke seriously in which case yeah I probably look like a mentalist.

2) The point of my post was not "Distin is crap ladz!" My point was I've seen "what's wrong with ____" threads for people I believe are playing relatively well at the time. I jokingly put Neville in there lots but literally all the players I mentioned have had threads this year for how "badly" they've been playing. Even the tiniest dip in form usually gets someone a knee-jerk "he's washed up!" thread. The fact Distin didn't (AFAIK) shows a great amount of faith and respect in him. Could be interpreted as a compliment in a way.

*Obvious lie I never say things quickly.
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Actually I did take the MOTD thing seriously. Sorry.
 
Kay20 said:
I am so unbelievably glad he signed that extension with us. Imagine life without him this season and Heitinga back there.

Yeah, enough to give me nightmares.
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The fact is that he's still got it despite being 34 (35?), and until his legs go I think he's arguably out best centre back.
 

not necessarily the best CB i've seen at goodison but what a professional he is. Cant remember a game where he hasnt given it his all. Yes he has made some errors and obviously one huge clanger at wembley but unlike most he has atoned for these on the pitch with a great attitude and a series of committed performances.

A credit to everton imo.
 
He's not a good defender at all. concede loads from crosses and set-pieces despite him being massive. He's always out of position and he struggles to pass the ball further than 10 yards.

He's OK with Jag next to him but that's about it.
 

Brennan said:
Okay mate.
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Ok mate my arse.

The way some go on you'd think he was beckenbauer.

He's an average defender at best. And if you wanna be a bore go and have a look how many we concede from set pieces. That's primarily the dominant CB's responsibility.
 
I like distin I really do but he has weaknesses and should be a squad player IF we had better which we don't currently. As said above he does end up out of possistion, loses the ball, can't bring it out of defence and is not good at marking!

But his pace is outstanding for a guy his age, and he has other quality's but he'd be quite down the list of best defenders in the league.
 
steken1 said:
Ok mate my arse.

The way some go on you'd think he was beckenbauer.

He's an average defender at best. And if you wanna be a bore go and have a look how many we concede from set pieces. That's primarily the dominant CB's responsibility.
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How many do we conceded from set pieces mate ? And how many are actually Distin's fault ?

I mean if you're gunna make a claim should at least back it up. And btw, we've been using zonal marking recently, the same thing which undid City despite having Vincent Kompany at the back.
 
Always feel as though he's an accident waiting to happen. Docile at times.

Looking at the top 10, would he start week in, week out for the majority? I think not.
 
Christiffa25 said:
I like distin I really do but he has weaknesses and should be a squad player IF we had better which we don't currently. As said above he does end up out of possistion, loses the ball, can't bring it out of defence and is not good at marking!

But his pace is outstanding for a guy his age, and he has other quality's but he'd be quite down the list of best defenders in the league.
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Distin has only been dispossessed 4 times this season, Jags 5 times. He also passes the ball forwards more than Jags does.
 

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