• Ulri_kah_kah_kah@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    My Fabianski :')

    Also don’t remember Otamendi ever being that good. He was chaotic and a liability in my memory.

  • BlueLabel19@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Suarez was a madman. That too with that liverpool side. Greatest striker since thierry in my book.

  • break2n@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m a massive Gerrard fan boy but he wasn’t even that great that season. He scored a ton of penalties that Suarez was whipping up out of nowhere and got a bunch of typical Stevie G assists but as a DM we were shipping a mega fuck ton of goals and he was getting a lot of critique for it

    • Schhneck@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Gerrard was great that season, but he can’t sure up the massive defensive cracks we had on his own.

    • OstapBenderBey@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The streets remember the Otamendi-Mustafi partnership at Valencia under NES. Best CB pairing in La Liga

    • hasbulashmasbula@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Tbf though I don’t think this is the best reference for who the best players actually were, especially for CBs, since certain stats can really boost a player’s rating. For Otamendi in that City side he was the most active/aggressive defender who was also at the center of recycling possession, which led to him leading the team for recovering possession, and I’m pretty sure leading the league for passes completed. Remembering back to that season though, no one really talked about him being one of the best in the world, because although he performed his role incredibly well, it mostly came down to the team and system around him.

  • Chris01100001@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Maybe a little controversial but I think this shows that these ratings aren’t as reliable for defenders.

    Fuchs is the only one who won the league in that season (although Trent and Liverpool were as excellent as most winners in 21/22).

    I don’t think anyone would have said that Otamendi or Fabianski had the greatest season of any defender or goalkeeper in the last 10 years and most would pick one of Van Dijk’s Liverpool seasons rather than his Southampton one.

    • Jaspertjess@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I also expected van Dijk, but as Liverpool defender. His time at Southampton is often overlooked tho