Desert Eagle
Punjabi Dude
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In modern football the fullback plays one of the most important roles on the pitch. They contribute defensively and offensively, they are tasked with stopping the opponents most dangerous threats , they have to provide width and do a lot of running. The refs helped them out yesterday but that was a brilliant performance by Robertson yesterday for Liverpool. Him TAA, cancelo, walker are all huge reasons for their teams success. We had the likes of Evra, Neville, Irwin etc in our most successful teams. The two seasons we had decent fullback play are probably our best in the post Fergie era ; valencia/darmian and shaw/awb
Even looking at those four fullback it should be clear they're not good enough to compete at the highest level which brings us to our current 4. Shaw, Telles, Awb and Dalot.
I don't think any of them are good enough to start for us. I'd take Shaw and Awb as subs but that depends on their fitness, mentality and wages. You'd have to ask how much are we actually losing by having a Brandon Williams( who I also don't rate) as back up as opposed to a Awb.
Shaw- inconsistent , injury prone, question marks over mentality and motivation. At this point I think selling him is the correct option.
Awb- poor positioning, switches off a lot, inconsistent technique. Because he has great physical attributes I do hope ETH can do something with him. I'd keep as a back up but if we get a good offer then sell.
Telles/Dalot- not physical enough, average at almost everything, has shown this year that they're not at the required level. I'd sell them both as well.
Now obviously this won't all happen in this summer but it is a clear weakness that must be addressed for us to become a better team. Ideally I'd like us to sign a starting caliber left or right back this summer and offload one or two of our 4 and then do the same next summer. What does the caf think?
Even looking at those four fullback it should be clear they're not good enough to compete at the highest level which brings us to our current 4. Shaw, Telles, Awb and Dalot.
I don't think any of them are good enough to start for us. I'd take Shaw and Awb as subs but that depends on their fitness, mentality and wages. You'd have to ask how much are we actually losing by having a Brandon Williams( who I also don't rate) as back up as opposed to a Awb.
Shaw- inconsistent , injury prone, question marks over mentality and motivation. At this point I think selling him is the correct option.
Awb- poor positioning, switches off a lot, inconsistent technique. Because he has great physical attributes I do hope ETH can do something with him. I'd keep as a back up but if we get a good offer then sell.
Telles/Dalot- not physical enough, average at almost everything, has shown this year that they're not at the required level. I'd sell them both as well.
Now obviously this won't all happen in this summer but it is a clear weakness that must be addressed for us to become a better team. Ideally I'd like us to sign a starting caliber left or right back this summer and offload one or two of our 4 and then do the same next summer. What does the caf think?