I think there's a good chance he'd reject us. Remember listening to an interview he did and he's from a massive Leeds suppporting family. Villa tried to sign him while they in the Championship but his nan convinced him to stay at Leeds.
It might not happen but I don't think its totally made up. Athletic aren't Mirror or Daily Mail
To be fair it could be one of those Jordan Henderson transfers. Injuries are a worry though.
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Doesn’t compute, they want an ”upgrade”.
I’d bite their entire arm off.
And AWB is an upgrade over them how? Bite their hand off for anything above £20mil.
I'd honestly take £5m, he's crap.
Thank God for that. We are well stocked as it is with average British players.
He was very good for Palace and he is actually a good player. Just not one you would want at a top side that want to rely on him getting forward.
Nah. He’s championship level. Like all our players. That’s the new narrative now right?
You’re wasting your time here fella. Nobody wants your logical reasonable take on our player. The judgement has been passed by the mob and hatecafe is in full effect.
I have to disagree on him being a good player, we have many good ones in our squad despite what some might say; but AWB is an extremely limited footballer, much of his defending leaves a lot to be desired (he, more than often loses his man at the back post, for example), and he has one redeeming feature. He's generally an honest and likeable lad, but he's also one of the most limited footballers I've seen at this club in the past 30 years.
Alright ladies, calm down. Stop creating your strawmen.You’re wasting your time here fella. Nobody wants your logical reasonable take on our player. The judgement has been passed by the mob and hatecafe is in full effect.
Bu the way I agree with you that he is decent when deployed correctly.
A lot of people did cream themselves when we signed him. We ignored his issues going forwards and the fact his highlights reel was largely 1vs1 tackles and slide tackles.
We hate all of our players here at the CAF
I completely agree, he's not a bad player AWB would play consistently in a united team of old I feel. The modern tactical elements of football now requires the right back to also play an inverted role and be on the ball far more frequently. This is something we seldom see outside the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea and City.
I think thats because he has fallen into the United malaise. The jogging back instead of sprinting isn't a lack of awareness and we have fundamentally asked him to do something he is really bad at. Get forward and play as part of a defensive unit that will be fluid and not dug in at the back most of the time.
If he’d come into the side with Bruce, Pallister, Irwin etc his defensive weaknesses would have been ironed out and like Neville he could have worked on crossing.
It is a fair point that the entirety of the Man Utd back four has been relegation quality this season so maybe I am being overly harsh on him. Still don't see a player though. He's terrible at dealing with crosses, his opposition player can easily find space behind him and he will be completely oblivious. He needs the ball right in front of him otherwise he's snookered.
Swap AWB for Olise? :P
I think most were in awe (and still are) with his tackling ability. After a while you kinda find out he's not actually too good at football.
His dodgy positioning and losing his bearings have been there since day one. Arguably it would have been ironed out through better coaching but i wouldn't say he's regressed much at all.
Palace actually try to play football now though, Vieira is a progressive manager.
Not that am a football expert, but not everyone thought he was the dogs bollocks in the first few months. You could see the issues from the start, but what was most glaring was why the f he was brought in when he didn't suit the style we were aiming for. That was very clear from the beginning.
What makes him a good defender?
What have I made up?
And a practical manager too. AWB can play football, just don’t ask him to be the attacking outlet on the right without anyway winger infront too
I personally think AWB is a better RB than Lindelof is a CB. They are 2 of the 3 I’d sell from the back line regularsWhat makes him a good defender?
His best season with us was probably 20/21. But he was still not very good. Neither on or off the ball. In terms of «ball recoveries» for fullbacks he was in the 29th percentile in the PL. Meaning 71 % of the fullbacks in the PL made more recoveries than him. In my opinion, probably a reflection on how poor his positioning is.
His best asset was probably his «one-on-one» defending. And while his last ditch tackle is still great, he got figured out. He was in 20/21 in the 78th percentile with 52,5 percent success ratio. Good, but not great. And when he got figured out, he started losing his confidence more and more and became less aggressive (also a part of the game I appreciated).
He also really struggle to learn. He still dont have a clue how to defend a cross from the left side of the pitch.
Lindelof is ten times the defender he is. If Conte, Pep or Klopp had to chose between the two of them, there is not a chance in hell they would have picked AWB. Even if it meant they had to play Lindelof at RB.
