tall proactive CB · front-foot defending · aerial threat
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BRS v2 · Brentford 2025-26 completed league season
tall proactive CB · front-foot defending · aerial threat
D(C) / DM
Converted from recorded positions. Positional familiarity has not been assessed.
A way to understand the player’s game.
Current Analogue
Bayer Leverkusen
CD
Collins and Badé connect through central-defensive presence in the air and a willingness to organise those around them. The link combines contesting the delivery with taking responsibility within the defensive line.
A separate main difference has not yet been established in the published comparison.
Historical Analogue
Bolton 2008-2011
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.
A separate main difference has not yet been established in the published comparison.
A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Nathan Collins’s ceiling.
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A way to understand the player’s game.
Current Analogue
Bayer Leverkusen
CD
Collins and Badé connect through central-defensive presence in the air and a willingness to organise those around them. The link combines contesting the delivery with taking responsibility within the defensive line.
A separate main difference has not yet been established in the published comparison.
Historical Analogue
Bolton 2008-2011
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.
A separate main difference has not yet been established in the published comparison.
A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Nathan Collins’s ceiling.
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