Sideshow Bob?

[Just Trent]

Much better player in his second spell with them compared to the first. Probably better than all our defenders apart from the hairy Greek.

Luiz hugely improves our passing from the back. Which was pitiful at times last season. A lot of our defensive issues were caused by this. Getting pressed into errors constantly. The rest of his game can be a bit erratic, but probably no worse than Mustafi and co. In all honesty, we were never going to land a massive CB signing in this window with our current budget. We’ve done quite well overall. Getting Pepe was a huge bonus.

[eastgermanautos]

Luiz hugely improves our passing from the back. Which was pitiful at times last season. A lot of our defensive issues were caused by this. Getting pressed into errors constantly. The rest of his game can be a bit erratic, but probably no worse than Mustafi and co. In all honesty, we were never going to land a massive CB signing in this window with our current budget. We’ve done quite well overall. Getting Pepe was a huge bonus.

You have only to look at the last match vs Barca to see what a problem this was. Kept shooting ourselves in the foot by giving it away, and of course Matland-Niles did an own goal. Think Luiz adds considerably, if you want to know. And Upamacano is only 20, thus another understudy.