Matip is one of the best defenders I've seen at this club, maybe, my growing up age with the club was with Joe Fagan (great never mentioned manager/ back room staff too of course), I went to games before that but yeah, I remember Fagan more as I started to actually make it a part of my life. There is nothing that can be done about his fragility it seems. He's got presence, positioning, and is so great at deceiving when going forward. plays some midfield splitting passes. Clever and calm player is our Joel. it's so disappointing he can't just be not injured for lengths of time (double negative oops), I'd have him over Joe Gomez every time. So I don't really get how people think Gomez is better than Matip. Suppose that isn't the point, nor do I really want to put Gomez down while complimenting a player here.
Everyone has felt this for ages, we mightn't need one CB we may need 2, so if we don't get a CB in the January window I won't exactly flip out about it like transfer fever can bring that out of people but, it's a safety net for the team, I want Fabinho in the midfield too if you wouldn't mind. I'm sure he wants to be there too.