Nicholas Otamendi

[Stephen Paul]

Starting to look like a decent player now

[Ludo]

Still a bit rash when it comes to a tackle.

[Swiss]

That's part of his charm!

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Still a bit rash when it comes to a tackle.

But at least he tackles. We are a bit tackle shy sometimes.

[Sean]

Hopefully when Kompany comes back, Otto will be with Him in defence

[KunDB]

Prone to the odd mistake but gives 120% every game. He is the type of player we need.

I love watching him play.

[gavin]

We still look dodgy at the back despite a couple of clean sheets. I like many aspects of Otamendi's game but he is a bit rash sometimes. I wasn't very impressed by how he fell to the floor after getting a slight tap recently either. I'm undecided whether he will be a great signing.

So far this season we looked best with Vinny and Mangala at the back in the first few games.

[clevblue]

Yes Vinnie makes the difference after a couple of games,  Otamendi will partner up well -IF he gets back okay

[Stephen Paul]

hard to find a decent centre half these days but Otamendi is getting there

[Ludo]

It's not that hard. Everton signed Stones and Chelsea signed Zouma for peanuts compared to Otamendi and Mangala.

[Swiss]

Neither of them were the finished article, which is what we were after.

[Stephen Paul]

Neither of them were the finished article, which is what we were after.

true ,Stones is dodgy

[Ludo]

You couldn't by any stretch of the imagination say that Mangala was the finished article when we spunked £40m on him. For half that money we could have bought an experienced premier league defender like Shawcross.

Perhaps it's our scouting network that needs an overhaul.

[Swiss]

Or just stop buying players from Porto with massive buyout clauses!

[nimrod]

Or just stop buying players from Porto with massive buyout clauses!

why not just buy Porto and sell them back

[lee]

id rather have stones or shawcross than mangala

[gavin]

Mangala looked great with Vinny at the start of the season. Shawcross is still a filthy sod. Can't see Stones being any cheaper than Mangala was.

[Swiss]

Not sure he looked great, always a bambi on ice for me!

[Neil Mcnab]

Stones, although looking like he could be the real deal, is not the finished article. The way the market is going, northwards of 40/50 million now.

In comparison, Alderweireld looks virtually like a free transfer at £11.5 million from Southampton to Spurs in the summer.

[Tricky Trev]

Hilarious how little worth we get from mangala and otamendi. Surely a record shit business and performance deal.