2017/18 Phil Jagielka

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Any ball in the six yard box is automatically the keeper's imo and not the defenders'responsibility because unless your keeper is a dwarf and your center back is as tall as Crouch then the keeper wins that battle by reaching with his hands every time he jumps and claims the ball with purpose.

Providing no pesky opposition players get in the way before he gets there......nah that would never happen......
 
The main issue I have with all our centre back is their technical ability, which is basically non existent. Holgate has looked the best imo, but still makes mistakes. I thought Keane was a lot better than he seems. Let’s hope is a first season confidence issue.

But what happens is they are so scared to give the ball away, they end up passing it square or back to Pickford all game. Jags on Saturday passed the ball straight to stoke players 3 times in the first 15 minuets. And they weren’t difficult passes. So when we have the ball at the back, it constantly gets filtered wide to Baines or Coleman. Very rarely do our centre backs try to drive forward into the opposition half. Or Look to play a straight 30yard pass to one of our attackers and maybe taking out 2/3 players from the other side in the process.

Just buying 2 technically better centre back and 1 midfielder would change our team dramatically imo.
 
Providing no pesky opposition players get in the way before he gets there......nah that would never happen......
The six yard box is his to own. He can jump in front of opposition players and reach up using his hands which if done properly should see him claiming every cross within reach.

There's no excuse for a keeper not to challenge a ball in his own box. Doesn't matter if he's going up against Crouch or Aaron Lennon he should be jumping in front and collecting the ball in his hands.
 


Expecting him to be handed a contract extension in the summer, and still be associated with the club in 15 years time.
 

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