Comments on: Welcome To The Centre-Back Graveyard Christoph http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/welcome-to-the-centre-back-graveyard-christoph.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:45:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gonzalo http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/welcome-to-the-centre-back-graveyard-christoph.html#comment-45620 Gonzalo Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:35:23 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/welcome-to-the-centre-back-graveyard-christoph.html#comment-45620 An additional factor could be that the club's policy has been to buy central defenders at a time when the team's defensive frailties are in the spotlight, rather than as part of a general 'renewal' of players policy. They also want players who can feed the ball through to the midfielders rather than just clearing their lines, because that's how the team as a whole plays, and thes types of players are harder to come by. Having said that Metzelder certainly seems to have what it takes to be good in his role. I know less about Pepe, but the expectation given his transfer fee may already have been set too high, so we'll just have to see. An additional factor could be that the club’s policy has been to buy central defenders at a time when the team’s defensive frailties are in the spotlight, rather than as part of a general ‘renewal’ of players policy.

They also want players who can feed the ball through to the midfielders rather than just clearing their lines, because that’s how the team as a whole plays, and thes types of players are harder to come by.

Having said that Metzelder certainly seems to have what it takes to be good in his role. I know less about Pepe, but the expectation given his transfer fee may already have been set too high, so we’ll just have to see.

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