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I must admit I was delighted when we sold Hutton, always rated Charlie way above him despite his lack of pace. He was better positionally, a far better reader of the game and was generally far more composed on the ball. Walker is already light years ahead of the Scottish Cafu
I don't even think Hutton will last at Villa wants big Eek gets the chop.
Last season Hutton was being picked ahead of Corluka on merit. And when Hutton first came he was good for us, no one was grumbling then.
Corluka was a more intelligent, technically gifted footballer but he was woefully slow, a very bad quality in a full back. Hutton wasn't as clever but was pretty comfortable on the ball, tenacious and liked to get forward and his end product when he did was often OK. And he was quicker than Corluka, but not Walker quick.
As I have said, I would choose Walker now of the three but I think we could do better. I was watching the City game last night and was very impressed with Zabaleta for example. Quick tenacious and gets forward well. He had a great game last night. Strange how Neville didn't make him MOTM ?