As the title says, these guys are 5 of the finest center backs in football and they all play for our club, any team would be proud to boast these top stars on their books so we should consider ourselves blessed.
Not so lucky for us is the fact that 2 of them have real serious injury problems and don’t play that often. Ledley has a troublesome knee and can’t really handle 2 games in a week at his peak. Woodgate has been plagued with injuries his whole career and had recently missed a whole year of football for Tottenham. Luckily the other 3 have no serious long-lasting injury problems.
Kaboul in my opinion is definitely on the up and will be a top player for us in the next year or two. My question for you is that if these guys were all fit and able to play week in week out is which 2 would you pair at the back, who do you see as your best partnership. For me it would be Ledley and Woody but I am just wondering how you rate them, I know many will not want to leave out Dawson and that’s fair enough because I see him as future England captain material. It’s a shame we have been unlucky with injuries but put that aside and pick your partnership.
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Dawson and King- Done! COYS!
ledley and woody is there a better pairing in world football and ledly and gallas as back up terry and ferdinand have had better carrers due to the injuries of ledders and woody who
without a doubt would have been englands first choice
ledley completly fit is the best centre half in the world
Well said that man..
Thats easy, king and woodgate everytime. Unfortuneately it will never be those two. I see dawson and either gallas or kaboul being the pairing. Kaboul was improving lots and scoring goals and is ample cover for r.back. Would gallas sulk and cause trouble if he was left out, presuming he signs the two year contract on offer. I also think that in two seasons caulker will be a major contender and due to what kaboul has said in the past there is a possibility that if a so called big team like madrid or barca came in for him he would definitely move. King imo is the best cb in the world when fit but he aint! I would predict that in three seasons time our 1st choice cb pairing will be dawson and caulker.
At center back – Dawson and King, with Kaboul in for King when Ledley is crocked. But I think Kaboul played some terrific games for us at right back just before he was injured. He is a multi-talenrted player, who can move up the wing as good as Hutton can, or better – can dribble, head -the works. So what I’m saying is when Kaboul is fit, he should play -wherever you want. He’d even be a great holding midfielder but we’ve got plenty of talent there already.
Dawson and Kaboul- a vote for the future…and they’ve both scored more than that garden gnome Defoe
Ideally, King and Woody every time. Unfortunately, given the circumstances it doesn’t look like we will ever see them grace the field again together, let alone one at the moment.
Realistically I would say For now, it would be Dawson and Gallas given the experience of Gallas, the pace and the cool head and Dawson’s take everything bullish approach they seem to work well together. But Dawson/Caulker and Kaboul seems to be the long term partnership as Kaboul has all the attributes to be a top class centre back, but lacks that concentration at times. That will come, with experience though.
Cant believe the lillywhite glasses here, are you really Spurs fans or know anything about football !!
Gallas is way beyond any of them in ability maybe not not in temperament but he as knuckled down this season and shown he has got the mental fight aswell. You guys are clowns !!
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well im surprised that so many people hae gone for kaboul – i thought i was the only person that was impressed with him!
i’m pleased others share my view – he looks class now!
that said the question if they were all fit……..i guess king plus a n other!
@Mike
Gallas has done well for us – no doubt – and fully deserves his new contract, but Ledley King, injuries aside, is in a different league from either Gallas or any of the others. But for his dodgy knees, it is widely acknowledged that he would have been one of the finest centre backs of his generation, rivalled only by Ferdinand of his English counterparts.
Don’t know what your allegiance is but clearly you are the one who hasn’t a clue if you think Gallas has more ability than King. Not even a close contest.
Any 2 of King, Gallas & Woodgate. I love Dawson, but he’ll never have the pace to be a real mountain at the back like King. Kaboul physically has the potential, but still lack concentration and decision making skills sometimes. It actually upsets me sometimes thinking about King. Could you imagine having a fit King and Gallas every match. With Woodgate to rotate with? We would be fantastic. But it’s something we’ll never see consistently…
1.Woody
2.Ledley
3. Willy
4.Kaboul
5. Dawson