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As a right back, I would say Lamine Gassama from Lorient is an interesting player. He has gained some experience now and would be a bargain in my opinion. Wouldn't cost much.
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As a right back, I would say Lamine Gassama from Lorient is an interesting player. He has gained some experience now and would be a bargain in my opinion. Wouldn't cost much.
The guy can't defend, pal. His positioning is horrible, his reading of the game is horrible, he makes bonkers decisions all the time and really just doesn't know what's going on most games.What does he lack? Crossing ability, that's it. He has every attribute to be the world best RB if he improves his final ball, but it needs to improve dramatically. I actually think he's a very solid defender when he's fit and in form. He's out of position quite often, but who actually cares when he has the pace and determination to recover 9 times out of 10 when a team counters us?
Get on the training field and improve that final ball PLEASE! I don't want to see someone with so much potential squander it when it can be sorted with some old fashioned elbow grease on the training ground
The guy can't defend, pal. His positioning is horrible, his reading of the game is horrible, he makes bonkers decisions all the time and really just doesn't know what's going on most games.
I was looking forward to him coming back as we were desperate for his pace and hoped he would have had time to reflect on his game and come back more mature and composed but he's even worse.
Maybe poch can work on his game, but I can see that taking forever to bear fruit with kyle. He just doesn't have the right make-up to be a top defender imo.
I still fancy vlad there instead of him atm - that says it all! At least after all the bonkery at the back vlad would still get a few crosses in and try to get behind the LB and cause trouble for the oppo.
The only decent FB we have is Davies tbf (hoping yedlin comes in swinging and pushes Walker to get his head right, but I don't have much hope of that at all...walker getting his head right, I mean).
I really would sell walker in the summer and have us try and find a Clyne type. Watched kyle very closely for years now and hoped he'd develop, but it's the end of the road with him for me, personally.
Speed is nothing without a brain for the game.
Just back from a long layoff from injury give him some time. Only been back ?a month or so?
What this "pal" business bit unnecessary?
He's fine, just needs to learn to cross and attack the full back.
I can't take any of this seriously when you then say you want Vlad there instead. All of the issues you listed apply to Vlad in a worse way. Walker has only just come back from injury and our play has been better for it, even if he isn't playing well right now at all. He was awful against Sunderland going forward, but his energy makes a huge difference and he gives us an outlet on so many occasions out wide. His positioning isn't good, i agree, but it doesn't matter because like i say, he recovers 9 times out of 10 during counter attacks anyway, you can't deny that. I also agree that it's quite telling that Vlad's crossing ability, as a CB by trade, is better than Walkers and that's really what my post was about tbh. He needs to spend hours and hours on that final ball, because he so often gets into excellent positions. If he had a good final ball he would be such a threat. He's unorthadox as a defender and does lack some key attributes (he will improve under Poch's coaching IMO) like you say, but for me he gets the job done the vast majority of the time defensively anyway.The guy can't defend, pal. His positioning is horrible, his reading of the game is horrible, he makes bonkers decisions all the time and really just doesn't know what's going on most games.
I was looking forward to him coming back as we were desperate for his pace and hoped he would have had time to reflect on his game and come back more mature and composed but he's even worse.
Maybe poch can work on his game, but I can see that taking forever to bear fruit with kyle. He just doesn't have the right make-up to be a top defender imo.
I still fancy vlad there instead of him atm - that says it all! At least after all the bonkery at the back vlad would still get a few crosses in and try to get behind the LB and cause trouble for the oppo.
The only decent FB we have is Davies tbf (hoping yedlin comes in swinging and pushes Walker to get his head right, but I don't have much hope of that at all...walker getting his head right, I mean).
I really would sell walker in the summer and have us try and find a Clyne type. Watched kyle very closely for years now and hoped he'd develop, but it's the end of the road with him for me, personally.
Speed is nothing without a brain for the game.
The guy can't defend, pal. His positioning is horrible, his reading of the game is horrible, he makes bonkers decisions all the time and really just doesn't know what's going on most games.
I was looking forward to him coming back as we were desperate for his pace and hoped he would have had time to reflect on his game and come back more mature and composed but he's even worse.
Maybe poch can work on his game, but I can see that taking forever to bear fruit with kyle. He just doesn't have the right make-up to be a top defender imo.
I still fancy vlad there instead of him atm - that says it all! At least after all the bonkery at the back vlad would still get a few crosses in and try to get behind the LB and cause trouble for the oppo.
The only decent FB we have is Davies tbf (hoping yedlin comes in swinging and pushes Walker to get his head right, but I don't have much hope of that at all...walker getting his head right, I mean).
I really would sell walker in the summer and have us try and find a Clyne type. Watched kyle very closely for years now and hoped he'd develop, but it's the end of the road with him for me, personally.
Speed is nothing without a brain for the game.