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Is he one of Man Cities best signings of the decade?

He's been so important for them at defending the space they leave behind in their aggressive high line. But his improvement on the ball has been incredible. I've noticed a few times, but he pings the ball around likes he Xabi Alonso at times which was something you'd never expect of the player he was at Spurs.

He is getting on a bit now and they dropped points when ASM actually got the better of him. Is it going to be a big task for them to replace him?
 
Thought you was on about the presenter on Sky. Can't stand him.
 
Probably one of the best RBs in the PL era. He's excellent when he's on his game, a true force of power but liable to making mistakes or switching off unnecessarily.
 
Yeah he’s done well at City. Not sure if he’s up there as one of the signings of the decade as City’s got a few outstanding signings done - but he’s been a definite “hit/success”. Pep’s done well with him. He was considered more brawn than brain but there’s an intelligence in his play. Even for England he’s done well covering the RCB position. I still think, for someone of his physical attributes and the spaces/positions in the final third he got himself into over the years, his output could have been better. His recovery pace has been very important in helping with the high line though.
 
Yeah I echo the high line recovery stuff, really intelligent use of him and he’s adapted really well to the role.
 
No. If he was our player we would be complaining about him. Made mistakes for some recent City goals (both Palace goals) as he is liable to do.
 
He is out most limited player, but it is a testament to how important his qualities are that such a limited player has been Pep's first name on the teamsheet for so many years.
 
Wonder Pigeon said:
How would City fans rate Walker compared to Zabaleta?
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Overall a better player because of his exceptional athleticism, and being such a huge part of the way we play. Zabaleta will always be more loved by the fans though, but that is simply because of who he were as a person and his all-action attitude. Zabaleta also probably were the more proefficient attacker, but other than that there is hard to argue against Walker being a level above. They have both been consistently good servants for the club.
Walker arrived as a relatively finished product, while Zab was very raw when he signed
 
FeedTheGoat said:
Overall a better player because of his exceptional athleticism, and being such a huge part of the way we play. Zabaleta will always be more loved by the fans though, but that is simply because of who he were as a person and his all-action attitude. Zabaleta also probably were the more proefficient attacker, but other than that there is hard to argue against Walker being a level above. They have both been consistently good servants for the club.
Walker arrived as a relatively finished product, while Zab was very raw when he signed
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All makes sense. Walker has had more staying power than I expected also.
 
There has been so much talk about how great Kyle Walker was against Mbappe. Utter nonsense.

Mbappe played him like a puppet without even doing anything spectacular. England has to use an extra couple of players to keep Mbappe “quiet”. Yet Walker seems to come out as the greatest right back ever.

If Walker was a proper world class right back, he should have said “leave Mbappe to me and you lot concentrate on your game.” But no, he needed help from the other players in team to double up on him. This made him look like he had done a great job on Mbappe, which left space for the other French players to finish England off.
 
What nonsense. Walker was absolutely brilliant against Mbappe.
 
Mbappe managed 1 shot all game and Walker was to thank for that. The right flank was not the problem. Mbappe can be neutralised if you match his pace as Tuanzebe once showed, and Walker managed him brilliantly.
 
Josh 76 said:
There has been so much talk about how great Kyle Walker was against Mbappe. Utter nonsense.

Mbappe played him like a puppet without even doing anything spectacular. England has to use an extra couple of players to keep Mbappe “quiet”. Yet Walker seems to come out as the greatest right back ever.

If Walker was a proper world class right back, he should have said “leave Mbappe to me and you lot concentrate on your game.” But no, he needed help from the other players in team to double up on him. This made him look like he had done a great job on Mbappe, which left space for the other French players to finish England off.
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I hate City but fecking hell this is some bizarre take.
 
Josh 76 said:
There has been so much talk about how great Kyle Walker was against Mbappe. Utter nonsense.

Mbappe played him like a puppet without even doing anything spectacular. England has to use an extra couple of players to keep Mbappe “quiet”. Yet Walker seems to come out as the greatest right back ever.

If Walker was a proper world class right back, he should have said “leave Mbappe to me and you lot concentrate on your game.” But no, he needed help from the other players in team to double up on him. This made him look like he had done a great job on Mbappe, which left space for the other French players to finish England off.
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Shockingly poor post. Mbappe was disappointing.
 
He keeps getting away with clear fouls that should have resulted in getting booked or being sent off like for instance against Sarr in the WC clear foul, no card given or against Southampton when he tackled Armstrong from behind no penalty given no nothing, ridiculous. Just pay close attention to him next game and see for yourself how blatant his recklessness his style really is.
 
The truth is as often somewhere in the middle. Walker would have been in a lot more trouble without the fantastic support he received to contain Mbappé, but at the same time it wouldn't have meant shit if he had not been very good himself.
 
To be fair Walker did have very solid support from (I think) Henderson and Rice, but still thought he did well overall. Mbappe wasn’t as destructive or influential as we know he can be.
 
Mbappe only got past him once or twice.
 
Did about as well as you can realistically do against someone like that
 
Did well against Mbappe, but yeah England doubled up on him. Mbappe was quite hesitant to try dribble most of the time, the one time he fully attacked Walker on the outside he completely left him for dead which put an end to the debate of Walker being able to keep up with him.
 
I'm not saying he had a bad game, but he didn't contain Mbappe, England did, with multiple players. Mbappe did him every time they were left 1v1, but England controlled him well by doubling/tripling up at some points. I really don't see how Walker gets the credit for that.
 
Cloud7 said:
To be fair Walker did have very solid support from (I think) Henderson and Rice, but still thought he did well overall. Mbappe wasn’t as destructive or influential as we know he can be.
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See I thought Henderson was really letting the side down on that front (despite being good overall), he bought everything Mbappe tried and kept fouling him when Walker had him with no idea what to do and providing no danger.
 
I don't know if people spotted it but Théo and Rabiot actually messed a lot. While Mbappé was doubled and kept in check, England were routinely letting one of the other overlap but neither really fed the overlapping player and tried to target Mbappé or past it back.
 
Conor said:
I'm not saying he had a bad game, but he didn't contain Mbappe, England did, with multiple players. Mbappe did him every time they were left 1v1, but England controlled him well by doubling/tripling up at some points. I really don't see how Walker gets the credit for that.
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Fully agree with this. England had 3 players dedicated to defend Mbappe when he got the ball. They got it done most of the time, not just Walker. Reactions yesterday about how Walker kept Mbappe quiet looked really strange to me. It was a team effort.
 
Been caught on cctv kissing another lass, groping her boobs and flashing his cock.
 
Sounds like a pretty standard night out to me... Pics are online, though grainy CCTV.

Seriously, he's an idiot and the aim here is to derail City. Guess bar owners not City fans...
 
Mb194dc said:
Sounds like a pretty standard night out to me... Pics are online, though grainy CCTV.

Seriously, he's an idiot and the aim here is to derail City. Guess bar owners not City fans...
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:lol: What? I don’t think that’s the bar owners aim. :lol: Prob just wants a quick payday over whoever he sells the footage to.
 
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