I genuinely do not understand how you can watch our games this season and come to that conclusion. If he's not good enough then pretty much every other LB in the league isn't goof enough as he's been better than almost all of them.
Agree. I don’t think his ability is the problem. His attributes might be.
If pace in a WB was really that important to him he wouldn't have even bought Davies and even more so Trippier.
I think Left Back, or Wing Backs as they are now called, get recognised for their offensive play these days, and little is spoken about the defensive side of the game. Young and Alonso are prime examples of this, not the best defenders in the league but great going forward. We used to say the same about Walker, and his speed gets him out of trouble, and when we said trouble it was really his bad positioning or defensive thinking we were talking about, but of course, we grew to love him because of his attacking prowess and the damage he could cause! And that is why City bought him.
@leonspurs care to elaborate on what you disagree with about this statement? Do you have any argument which suggests he Davies is not our first choice left back?
Was disagreeing with your statement that he has not had a constant amount of playing time in the last year, not that he is our main left back at the moment. I actually think he is a fantastic player who through hard work and a bit of patience and the right approach, to get where he is today. I do feel though that full back is the one position were we dont really have first choice players, as much as the other positions in the team. It is the one position that our manager in my opinion does chop and change on who he feels is best suited to who we are playing.
The not was a a mistake, duly amended. Though the tone of the rest of my post clearly implies that I believe he has played well, deserves to be first choice and is in fact first choice.
Well we can both agree that he deserves to be in the position that he is in within the team
