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Leaves big questions for Shaw aswell.
Riley left. Demi just came back from injury this year at sometime and the winger spaces were taken I am guessing. There was a vacancy at left back so I am guessing they just wanted to try him out there.
I know Shaw can attack better than he has. When he does, it is clear as day he overthinks everything and is too worried about losing the ball and so doesn't try anything adventurous. He needs to play more consistently to get out of this rut of his. His confidence must be really low right now, and Demi is attacking really well right now because he's so inexperienced he doesn't overthink about anything and he's not too worried and his confidence is high.
A bit harsh. He's attacking really well because he's generally a great attacker and used to play on the wing. He's got great awareness and vision as well as being able to dribble, cross and shoot. If he can tie this together with the defensive side of the role which is a big IF, then we have a player on our hands.
He's lost a bit of the stardust that was on him at 15/16 thanks to the injuries, but its great that he's forging a way forward and seems mentally strong.
Agreed. That's exactly what Danny Rose at Spurs did, and he's one of the top left backs in the league.
Decent? He looks rapid.
What I am saying is that he can use these qualities of his right now because him playing on his debut means that he can play without worry or expectations on him. He's playing with freedom and his confidence is probably really high.
TBF this boy seems to be the real deal
Yeah I wasn't really undermining him, just saying that Zaha vs anyother of our left backs wouldn't have been into such a contest.
Spot on. That control and turn in the top left hand of the pitch midway through the second half too
To be fair this was a dead-rubber game where I imagine Mourinho told the kids to go out and enjoy it. There's definitely times where our fullbacks are instructed not to press up the pitch.
