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Any examples of this you can remember? AWB is usually quite reliable when it comes to beating the press.Teams identified him as the weakest on the ball and force the press to his side and pressed.
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Any examples of this you can remember? AWB is usually quite reliable when it comes to beating the press.Teams identified him as the weakest on the ball and force the press to his side and pressed.
Definitely happened in the CL, Galatasaray/ Copenhagen. Remember it being specifically mentioned at the time.Any examples of this you can remember? AWB is usually quite reliable when it comes to beating the press.
I’d argue the first part might have been his fault, Dalot didn’t get boxed in all game. Either way, it’s clearly a weakness, we’ve seen it for years.He was boxed in the corner with nowhere really to go and found his man (Bruno) who was too weak at keeping the ball (some would say fouled). That's not Wan Bissakas fault
He sure was. What a performance coming off injury. Dalot's rise and AWB playing well gives me a little hope we don't have to spend much at the RB/LB position. Shaw cannot be relied on as a starter anymore though.I saw a side to his game I've not seen before in moving the ball quickly and beating the press. Hope he does that every match from now on. He was brilliant.
Spot on. Never looks like he knows what he's doing and his footballing technique is just non existent. Extremely limited footballer. He should be moved on in the summer for sure.The Fred of fullbacks. Shaky and will always let you down
Yep. His best games for us are games of hyperfixating on keeping a player out of a game — City vs Sterling; Salah Liverpool, PSG etc. his basic positioning and back post defending is atrociously bad.When he doesn't have a man-marking job he can he really bad... his positioning tonight was atrocious.
Put him on the right or on the bench. What is this stupid experi
You don't play a better player out of position for a lesser player. And his weakness would persist no matter which side he plays.He was fkn sht but so was everyone else and for me he gets more leeway for playing in the wrong position with no help from Rashford. Play Dalot LB and Wan B at RB. Why is that so hard?
Dalot pretty much came to prominence covering Telles at LB at Porto and has played the position many times. It’s not as if he is pulling up trees on the right setting up chances every 5 minutes. I could understand it against Pool, putting him up against Salah who is most likely going to want to cut in coming on to Bissakas strong foot.You don't play a better player out of position for a lesser player. And his weakness would persist no matter which side he plays.
It was baffling to me. Only reasonable explanation would be if there was a particularly dangerous player for him to cover, but that wasn’t the case.Why was he playing as a left back, and not Dalot, when Dalot has always performed better than him there? When has AWB ever been good as a left back?
I guess the theory is that Dalot has been playing quite well, doing a fair bit to help us play out from the back and moving into midfield, things which he might find easier from the right. So keep him there and play AWB on the left.He was fkn sht but so was everyone else and for me he gets more leeway for playing in the wrong position with no help from Rashford. Play Dalot LB and Wan B at RB. Why is that so hard?
That would only work if AWB was able to do a half decent job on the left. But he already struggles with his positional awareness on the right and it seems completely gone on the left. He was utterly lost there and basically a huge harm to us.You don't play a better player out of position for a lesser player. And his weakness would persist no matter which side he plays.
Yep was coming to say this.He comes across as not really switched on most of the time. I don’t know what it is, but his concentration seems awful, or he’s just way too casual. It does my head in.
He’s just such an awkward player.
Its really interesting because there are certainly times when he doesnt react fast enough. When marking a player, or seeing a run, or sometimes if the ball breaks... And yet averaging 2.3 interceptions a match AWB is 2nd only to Antonee Robinson from Fulham for interceptions. He has 2.5 per 90 mins.He comes across as not really switched on most of the time. I don’t know what it is, but his concentration seems awful, or he’s just way too casual. It does my head in.
He’s just such an awkward player.