He's not a rightback. Well, he has played there but not regularly and its not their first choice. And all his good games are as a wingback with a 3 man defence.
His positioning is not poor when he does his 1v1 tackles. That's a myth. His defensive positioning with crosses? Yeah but it's clear he has intent with his 1v1 defending.
He's played more games at right back than right midfield. He can play both.He's not a rightback. Well, he has played there but not regularly and its not their first choice. And all his good games are as a wingback with a 3 man defence.
We dont play a 3 man defence where the job of the RCB is to constantly defend behind the wingback. If you dont understand this much you are a lost cause
I am sure we'll plan to bring someone in the summer if we are going to sell him.
What is more insulting? saying somebody is a cheeky muppet, or telling a person you have never met or talked to before, what they are thinking and how they have come to that opinion? I know which annoys me more! also calling somebody a liar who doesn't agree with you... very mature!
Why is that a myth? I mean I know I feel it is that way based on watching him play that way, watching him being completely out of position and slowly jogging back whilst the opposition are sprinting towards our goal.
He played right back for Celtic. I didn’t realise that playing right wing back for his current club because they play 3 at the back automatically rules him out playing as a right back for another clubHe's not a rightback. Well, he has played there but not regularly and its not their first choice. And all his good games are as a wingback with a 3 man defence.
We dont play a 3 man defence where the job of the RCB is to constantly defend behind the wingback. If you dont understand this much you are a lost cause
He really was not. He was bang average at Palace.
He'd have struggled to get in permanently ahead of Joel Ward.
It's not exactly a defender who defends. Wan-Bissaka excels at one element of his defending, most of his other defensive traits leave a lot to be desired.
Where does the idea of passing being weak continue to come from? Got a couple of others saying he cannot control the ball as well. There are a lot of things being said which are not true.
Indeed, absolute rubbish. He’s actually good on the ball.
I wish people would watch the matches and look at him rather than just repeating silly nonsense they’ve heard or read elsewhere
Kyle Walker is not rounded or tidy at all. He’s an athletic freak. No more, no less. People like to dismiss AWB’s defending as mere ‘recovery’ - Kyle Walker is terrible positionally himself and is exactly the same, and his on the ball ability doesn’t go much further than kicking it 20 yards ahead and racing you. The ability between him and Cancelo was night and day for example. It’s just that Walker is a cheat code athletically.
Fair enough. What transfer fee should we budget for a RB and who should we target?
He's pretty good at certain things on the ball but equally is poor in other ways.
He's arguably not even a wingback this season -- check his heatmap in Bundesliga matches or even his FBRef for the defensive actions -- he almost functions straight up as a right winger most of the time.He played right back for Celtic. I didn’t realise that playing right wing back for his current club because they play 3 at the back automatically rules him out playing as a right back for another club
These things are largely aesthetics. Despite how he looks when doing it, he tends to get it done no less than most other full backs from what I see.
You watch AWB get on the ball and think "here we go, something's about to happen"?! Surely not! Because he can't do anything. The opposition do a gentle lazy press in his direction and he'll do a short predictable down the line pass, or a pass back to keeper. He's never the one to make the difference.
This. Also the phrase "not a priority". I hate it. Other than a handful of players, they are all a priority.
Hate it all you want, it's just not feasible. This isn't football manager. This is how the club has operated for the last 8-10 years. I don't expect half a season of INEOS doing audit reports will change that.
And it needs to change. He has no divine right to stay here any longer than anyone else. The majority of these players are in the same boat. You can start with him or you can start with one of his sub-standard mates. Not good enough.
Well then no point in blaming the 'football structure' then, if we don't want to make changes to a bad structure.
Yeah but right back really, really isn't a priority when we already have 2 decent options there.
Neither is he bad on the ball. He’s a full back for Christ’s sake not Scholes. An old fashioned right back who is not afraid of the ball, can pass it accurately and carry it very well with his dribbling.
Forest showed us how not to do it. History has shown us that you can’t just kick 20 out and get 20 new ones in. That’s not how you build successful squads
If there is good business to be done, priorities can be changed. That's how it is.
Your description actually fits Antony more than AWB.
They are exactly where I expect them to be, even after changing 20 players. I would argue the mass change hasn't really made a difference in terms of destabilisation.
I'd be happy for either of them to go if I knew who we were getting in was an obvious upgrade but neither are bad enough that just any old full back is an upgrade on them. It's all good and well looking at players like Frimpong and saying he's going to be loads better but our Bundesliga signings rarely deliver.
For me it's not about the upgrade, but the initiation of change and more trust in youth. Instead of paying players 150k a week to sit half the season or more on the bench in rotation, a youth team player should be able and trusted to fill that role.
