debaser wrote:Surprisingly, Richard Dunne goes on a crazy attacking run every so often. Can't remember which game it was, where he went from our half, past a few players and was nearly through on goal but got fouled by the last man and the ref didn't give anything
Kolo Toure used to do it well for Arsenal.
He still does it 2-3 times per game, he does it differently than most of CBs, because he is usually overlapping left winger, he rarely goes through the centre.Ade wrote:
Distan used to get forward, with City he did anyway. Remember he scored an goal from a suberb run think it was vs Villa.
Van Buyten? Isn't he scoring from corners/free kicks crosses? Similar to Lescott when he was playing for Everton, still they don't go forward from open plays.Alive and Kicking wrote:Vermalen and Van Buyten come in mind. They can score over 5 goals a season.
kas wrote:I think managers' instructions and/or the team's tactics have a heavy influence on our answers in this thread. There may be some CBs who are really good at getting forward into midfield areas with the ball, but their team's tactics doesn't allow them the opportunity to do so as often as they should/could. Alex at Chelsea is one example that comes to mind.
Messiah wrote:Pepe just runs forward aimlessly, but never really contributes anything to the attack.
The Professor wrote:I'm a fan of these type of CBs. Laurent Blanc is the best i have seen despite his dodgy performances for ManU. Used to love him, he was an amazing footballer.
Jaime wrote:Messiah wrote:Pepe just runs forward aimlessly, but never really contributes anything to the attack.
But at least sometimes he kicks people in the back. Repeatedly.
Pierre Littbarski wrote:The Professor wrote:I'm a fan of these type of CBs. Laurent Blanc is the best i have seen despite his dodgy performances for ManU. Used to love him, he was an amazing footballer.
Yep - a favourite of mine with excellent dribbling skills, good use of the outside of the boot.
Him and Frank De Boer were amazing.
Axeslammer wrote:Pierre Littbarski wrote:The Professor wrote:I'm a fan of these type of CBs. Laurent Blanc is the best i have seen despite his dodgy performances for ManU. Used to love him, he was an amazing footballer.
Yep - a favourite of mine with excellent dribbling skills, good use of the outside of the boot.
Him and Frank De Boer were amazing.
Holland has played a lot of "midfielders" as CB, those players could often easily push to midfield and attack when needed.
Arie Haan, Ronald Koeman, Frank Rijkaard & Frank de Boer are good examples.
Nowadays Heitinga has that role.....but he's nowhere near the level of the aforementioned players
BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:Almost all of them were from set pieces, but still a defender contributing 10 goals in a season is pretty dam good.
BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:
It is the case with alot of players in the 90s. Hierro, Desially, Matthaus and Mihajlovic all used to play in midfield and moved to defence. Doesn't happen so much these days.
The Professor wrote:I'm a fan of these type of CBs. Laurent Blanc is the best i have seen despite his dodgy performances for ManU. Used to love him, he was an amazing footballer.
Alive and Kicking wrote:The Professor wrote:I'm a fan of these type of CBs. Laurent Blanc is the best i have seen despite his dodgy performances for ManU. Used to love him, he was an amazing footballer.
Yep agree with that, he had a nice style of play.
as for offensive LB, Sagna and Evra are pretty offensive for defenders. Roberto Carlos was a monster, he'll be remembered as oen of the best LB and the one that assisted this nice pass to Zidane's great goal in the C.L
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