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Trippier lacks pace and strength. Great against lower table teams where we dominate and he doesn’t have to defend. As a result this thread will continue to be schizophrenic as a function of our opponent.
Aurier has yet to convince me. He doesn’t have Walker’s pace or physicality, albeit he is quicker and stronger than Trippier and a better footballer than Walker. His main issue is his defensive decision making, he regularly gets caught on the wrong side and has a worrying tendency to dive in recklessly.
I think our best bet is KWP, has Walker’s pace and seems to be a better footballer than Aurier.
Perhaps, though I think a lot of Aurier’s problem is the same for a lot of youngish foreign players, they need time to adapt, both physically and mentally, to the speed and physicality of the EPL.
I do think that Walkers footballing ability and brain are criminally underrated on here, though. I don’t think Guardiola would have made him his number 1 choice at RB if he thought he was thick as shit. I also don’t think he would’ve slotted in there like he has, so quickly, if he had little footballing ability and was slow on the uptake.
Not against KWP, though, and I agree re Trippier.