Historical Analogue

Nathan Collins vs Gary Cahill

The player

Nathan Collins

Brentford · CD

tall proactive CB · front-foot defending · aerial threat

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Historical Analogue

Gary Cahill

Gary Cahill — Bolton 2008-2011

Bolton

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Why is Nathan Collins similar to Gary Cahill (Gary Cahill — Bolton 2008-2011)?

Why the comparison works

A centre-back arriving at corners

Cahill’s Bolton 2008–11 phase offers a reference for Collins’s aerial threat. Cahill rising to meet a corner against Aston Villa in March 2011 illustrates how a centre-back can become a finishing option at a set piece.

Shared qualities

Aerial set-piece threat
Arriving to meet a corner

Where it breaks down

Unknown — a main difference has not been established yet.

A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Nathan Collins’s ceiling.