The biggest miss for Swansea today compared to last season stood out a mile: Marc Guehi - confident stepping out from the back, excellent passer, able to play off either foot.
Don’t expect Russell Martin to turn water into wine - he’s going to need a ball-playing centre-back.
He’s (Naughton) not going to play the role of the middle defender, who every pass from Benda went through today. You need someone who can hit diagonals and step out with the ball in that position. That’s not Naughton. It’s not Bennett either.
Said exactly the same to @StevenSOS1987 next to me. If we’re going to always play out through the same player, ie the middle defender (Bennett today), I’d play Grimes there.
I’m talking about the middle of the three - every pass from a restart with Benda went through Bennett today. The other two wide centre backs pushed up. Someone is needed to play Bennett’s role - that player will get more of the ball than anyone else in Martin’s system.
He’s (Bennett) 31. You can improve people in training, of course. But I hope people don’t expect Martin to turn people into something they’re not.
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