I was exceptionally good at man marking in my youth but yeah University ended all that 
Iād struggle to even get half way through.
Last time I tried to do any running I ended up crumpled in a heap in a gutter after pulling my hammy trying to catch a bus
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I did my PCL in in December but I was fine before Covid. Just lost all fitness and gained weight since. All a bit gutting.
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I saw the thread on Twitter earlier about Micky Van de Ven.
Big lad. Strong. Very fast. Left footer. Lots to like. He can improve further in all aspects of his game, but for Prem purposes, he would need to improve in the air.
If, for arguments sake, we signed him and he played in a back three, along with VVD and Konate, that would free Trent up to play mostly in the midfield, and yes, I do think it might mean Robboās days are numbered.
Our system has definitely shifted in the last couple of months, since Trent has been getting on the ball in the midfield a lot more as the playmaker. It will be interesting to see if we go all the way to a back three, as it will have implications.
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My defender in the opposition half!
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Crazy how easy it is to lose it all, I slipped my disc and still havenāt got back to my old level of exercise. Used to play 5 aside and squash 4 times a week.
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Nice bit of speed alright but he only had to keep up with the player who ended up on the ball and their starting positions were the same.
My nap would be permanent
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Now they are legends
So - I have thoughts.
Chelseaās academy has been quite underwhelming recently but one thing they have gotten down to a fine art is having a promising young defender breaking through every couple of season. Fikayo Tomori, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Guehi, Levi Colwill and the latest is Bashir Humphreys (Brodi Hughes or Travis Akomeah will be next).
Anyway, I agree with you that Levi Colwill is the most talented of that group. Iām actually surprised that Chalobah is the only one there this season, heās done pretty well but heās probably the least talented football on that list.
However, Colwill hasnāt been consistently good at the Premier League level yet, or at least he hasnāt been consistently involved. Only played twenty-one times for Brighton, sixteen in the league, this season despite playing well in those games.
Marc Guehi is about three years older but has been a first team regular since he arrived at Crystal Palace - heās played over eighty times in two years there. Heās also the vice captain (I believe heās now the de-facto captain actually) and - although itās hard to judge CBs statistically - shows up nicely in possession
Heās more of a sweeper style defender, plenty of pace, modern type defender.
However as I said above I think Colwill is more talented. Heās another step up on the ball and better aerially while having many of the same positive traits as Guehi. However you have to account for the fact that Brighton have often this season felt like he was better in a backup role than as a starter - which I think is just an experience and maturity thing. Heās clearly worked his way into the rotation more regularly recently. Colwillās FBRef page is ridiculous (small sample size warning).
Iād say that if we wanted a full time starter right now, then Guehi is the better option. If we want someone to come in as a backup and grow into playing time then Colwill will become the better player over the next few seasons. Both are left footed and I think both could work here but Colwill is just a slightly higher level prospect despite being a little further behind in his development.
Hard to fathom what Chelsea are doing though. Could have spent no money and had Tomori and Guehi starting tonight. Instead they have Fofana and Chalobah. As seems to always be the case with Chelsea recently , they spent a tonne of money to get worse.
Having said that Iād surprised if Chelsea let Colwill go to us. I said in May of last year that most clubs would integrate him to the first team and Chelsea are probably in a position to do that next season. Although they do make dumb decisions with their youth prospects so maybe.
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Sign him!
Shit attitude 
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No thanks to Lavia 
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Just a note about that last tweet in the non discussion rumours @legalalien about Thuram
The address says Anfeild - which Iām guessing means itās a fake profile. Though I could be wrong. Might be worth checking and blocking if it is.
EDIT- it definitely is. Bad enough getting fake rumours from legit sources, nevermind fake rumours from fake sources!!
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Thanks for that. Iāll edit it.
EDIT: It would appear that some all-powerful entity has already edited it.
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Not seen enough of Khephren Thuram, but stylistically, if itās going to be Thuram and Mac Allister, itās exactly what I had in mind and what my wishes were going into this summer for midfield. Two dynamic players, but one more physical and the other more playmaking one.
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Adrian is taking up the Milner role 
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To be fair if we couldnāt/didnāt want to sign RRZ, there wasnāt much reason to be swapping someone who never plays for someone else who will never play. At least Adrian is well liked within the squad and obviously wants to be here.
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ā¦And another year older - hope his aches and pains donāt give him too much jip
Still, better the devil you know, than one you donāt eh
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