- Jan 12, 2012
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I always had a feeling AVB spoiled Benny. I felt he changed and stopped going as far forward when the manager changed. I can't say it's true, just an observation.I can't agree with this. Benni has become a superb Left Back in his absence. In actual fact he was a decent left back who had good technical skills.
Rose on the other hand is not as technical but is so much more suited to the role of a full back. Able to bomb up and down the flank all day, provide width, pull defenders away and cross the ball when required.
I love Benni and think he is a very cool dude but he is nowhere near as good as people like to think and if he came back tomorrow we'd have all the same old threads we did before - where he switches off, loses his man, when attacking he gets to the half way line and stops.
I don't think that Rose is good enough as I think the full backs are really important to the way that we play (I'm also really worried about a long term injury to Walker as Fredericks is not good enough for more than the odd cameo and let's just forget Naughton is in the squad!). We should still in January buy a left back - Luke Shaw would be perfect but will be waaaaay too much money.