I haven't seen him more than a few times. I already mentioned that in my first post about him. And as you know, I have to watch a player a fair few times in full matches before having a relatively full opinion on, so it's not like my mind about him is made up.
But surely I'm entitled to already have
some opinion of him due to what I
have seen.
Who said they are typically
that big?
Oguchi is a big man obviously and that's no secret. But you were calling Belgians "Small" and saying he's 5 times as big as them which is just not true. So that's the part I protested against. The fact that he's a big man is fairly obvious.
Sorry can't agree there. (again based on what I
have seen from him)
The cards and fouls I've seen him make (some of which has been costly) has been due to poor positioning on the field or a lapse of concentration just like gerd said. And what's more important for a CB than positioning and anticipating the movement of opposing strikers and speed of throughballs, etc.? Arguably that's one of if not THE most important attribute for a good center-back and in
that department and intelligence wise overall, Oguchi hasn't impressed me much yet.
(Of course that could be due to me not having seen enough of him.
).
:-s
Carlos Bocanegra, was/is a regular sometimes for Fulham and one of my fav American players.
But I don't need to talk about Fulham's defence. It's in my opinion (as I said even before the season starts), the worst one in prem. Some of the players in there would be lucky to play in starting team of a Championship team (2nd div of England) like Ian Pearce.
Pearce as just one example is probably the worst defender in my opinion in EPL. The guy is just f'n horrible. There isn't a game he plays where he doesn't give away PK's or handle the ball or get sent off. He's got no pace, is kinda fat and is super slow to react. Yet even THIS Guy is regularly featured in Fulham's 1st team in defence!! :rolleyes:
That should tell you all about their defensive qualities and let's not forget many mediocre players like Zesh Rehman and others have played regularly for them over the past few years. So yeah.. I like Carlos and I wish him all the best, but getting a starting place in Fulham is hardly that big of an achievement.
As for Spector, when was he a fixed regular? He's been a backup/rotation player at best. Thankfully for him, he's still young and i personally think he has a lot of potential and can turn out to be quite a nice defender in future years.
And Cory Gibbs? The man was not convincing at Feyenoord so got loaned out to ADO! Now he's at Charlton and I'm not sure how you can call him a regular, because I don't recall seeing him make even one Premier league appearance for them.
Charlton also isn't exactly blessed with great defenders but hell even the people they do have are better or at least marginally more assuring than Gibbs. (El Karkouri, Diawara, Sorondo, Jonathan Fortune, etc.) and maybe that's why they've played more games this season.