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Walker makes a huge difference!

Bulletspur

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Absolutely. If you have inverted wingers, the WBs must bomb on and Dier is not one for that. Solid but not exciting. Him and Davies offer us a lot
Rose offers much more than Davies going forward. An in form Walker and Rose will boost our offence tremendously
 

Lilbaz

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And your point? The same was said of others like Huddlestone when he was 21 where is he now?

The point is that he can improve and is not yet the finished article. He may not and might never be a premiership player. But you have to give him a chance.
 

Spursh

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Will hopefully bring the best out of Lamela too, with those quick over-lapping runs on his outside. It gave Erik another option when attacking his marker, affording him more time and space, and these runs from Walker was probably one of the main reasons why Lamela performed well today.
 

eViL

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Needs to engage his brain.

Needs to get down the line with the ball and cross.

Needs to turn the clock back to his breakthrough season from an attacking point of view.

It will be an unpopular point of view, but Vlad has been our best RB this season.
 

FrankSpencer

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My girlfriend (fiancée) often says that situation recovery bears an admittance of guilt. I give you Kyle Walker.
 

Bulletspur

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The point is that he can improve and is not yet the finished article. He may not and might never be a premiership player. But you have to give him a chance.
I agree but until this happens we should keep Naughton as in this point in time Naughton is the better player, trust me on this one
 

Bulletspur

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Needs to engage his brain.

Needs to get down the line with the ball and cross.

Needs to turn the clock back to his breakthrough season from an attacking point of view.

It will be an unpopular point of view, but Vlad has been our best RB this season.
I agree he has but walker would reclaim the crown once back to his best
 

Larryjanta

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Rose offers much more than Davies going forward. An in form Walker and Rose will boost our offence tremendously

I like Rose. I like Davies as well. I'm not sure I agree on Rose, he gets forward more and is a better dribbler, however, I think Davies crossing is significantly better and he is a better defender. Really, though, I'm happy with either of them and think they could both get much better. Any difference between the two is marginal IMO
 

Mullers

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The problem is that both of them lack footballing I.Q.. Hopefully Poch can teach them to have better positioning, seeing as Poch was a defender himself.

That part needs an optimistic rating because I don't believe Poch is going to be here long enough to do that.
 

Barry Mead

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Walkers still shite defensively, it would be nice to have a right back that can actually defend well. I don't know much about Yedlin but the general comments are he's another pacy player that's good at attacking but weak defensively

Walker said he's spent a lot of time when he was out studying the game, understandable given how long he's been out that he hasn't really made any impact but I'm hoping to see that his studying of the game has helped him gain a bit of a footballing brain. Given his pace and stamina he has the physical ingredients if only he can play with intelligence and vision he'll look an excellent footballer rather than an athlete
 

mano-obe

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For some odd reason I when I see the thread I thought you meant Ian Walker, I have to get with the times!!
 
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