Dejan Lovren : Best defender in England Official

http://www.eveningecho.ie/sport/cor...back-in-the-premier-league-what-do-you-think/

What the actual **** ? Did Brendan pay for this report to save his job

 

£30 mill and he's anybodys....

 

Lovren is the best centre back in the Premier League. what do you think?


Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Football fans were left scratching their heads today when a study named Liverpool’s Dejan Lovren as the best centre-back in the Premier League.
Liverpool fans had high hopes for Lovren when he signed from Southampton for £20million last summer, but his first season at Anfield has widely been regarded as a failure.
Lovren committed a number of errors, was part of a Liverpool team that has conceded just nine fewer goals than relegation-threatened Hull and went through a spell of starting one league game in three months due to his poor form.
But the CIES Football Observatory see things differently. Its annual study into the top five leagues in Europe concluded that the former Lyon defender is better than John Terry, Vincent Kompany and Gary Cahill.
Based on its six criterion of shooting; chance creation; take on; distribution; recovery and rigour, Lovren is the 12th best defender in Europe and top of the pile in England.
Paris St Germain defender Thiago Silva is rated as the best centre-back in Europe, with Jerome Boateng of Bayern Munich and Barcelona’s Javier Mascherano just behind him.
Despite being involved in a relegation scrap, Sunderland’s Patrick van Aanholt is rated as the 15th best full-back in Europe, while Gael Clichy is third and Manchester United’s Antonio Valencia fourth.
Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas is regarded as the best “defensive midfielder” on the continent.
Only James Rodriguez is rated as a better attacking midfielder than Chelsea star Eden Hazard. Swansea’s Gylfi Sigurdsson makes the cut for the top 15, sitting in 14th place – 10 places above Manchester City’s David Silva.
Unsurprisingly, Lionel Messi is listed as Europe’s best forward. The Barcelona star tops the strikers’ table, followed by his old rival Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez. Sergio Aguero is fifth, Diego Costa seventh and Gareth Bale 14th.
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Ha..ha..ha..ha.ha....Game for a laugh

 

"Based on its six criterion of shooting; chance creation; take on; distribution; recovery and rigour,"


Ah yes, lets rate a defender on shooting, chance creation & take on...

Rather than duels won (aerial and ground), interceptions & errors leading to chances/goals.


Bloody Irish for ya

 

Brendan what was the content of that BROWN envelope?

 

Bit of a fail there Biscan. If I posted the euros port link would you have said bloody Europeans or the espn bloody yanks or the mirror bloody brits ?

Cies or whatever they're called aren't irish but you sir are a grade a twat jumping on the thick paddy bandwagon

 

Disgraceful behaviour from a so called moderator.

Heads should roll for this.

 

I'm part irish... it's allowed

 

Indeed ... we come here to celebrate having the best defender in England and get subjected to xenophobic abuse

 

No it isn't ... no such thing as part Irish

My cousin was born in Northampton but lived here in Ireland all his life since he's 1 week old. He's an English ****

 

Do you mind coming to lay some tar on my drive?

 

Is he part knacker too ?

 

I've been trying to get him off the mod team for months, he just doesn't know how to take a hint

 

If you get rid of me, you'll be stuck with MITO though

 

Been trying to get rid of him too. And don't me started on that other one who's name escapes me because he's not been online in so long...