I cannot believe what I am reading on this thread, have any of you ever seen Micah play at right back?
Richards has not got the quality to play right back, full stop. You cannot play someone at rightback who abandons all his defensive duties when on the flank in the hope of getting a goal. Micah is a liability on the flanks, you cannot have a right back with over attacking tendencies, no positional awareness whatsoever, and a plain lack of actual footballing quality. Especially in a team that is frail at the back and has a tendency to leave holes at the back when going forward.
I went through this before, but seeing as many of you haven't bothered reading it here it is again...
Oh, and one more thing;
for Christ's sake do not use a computer simulated game as foundation for your argument, it's ridiculous.
I put Micah in the same category as Etuhu, good athlete poor footballer. Richards hasn't got the quality to play fullback, and at this moment in time (certainly after his 'performance' today) he shouldn't even be starting games. I have lost all patience with Micah, he just doesn't look interested, and looks as much of an England international as Pat Butcher. I don't believe he deserves a place in our starting line up, and I also believe in his current form he would struggle to get into any Premier League starting line up. He has been consistantly shite throughout the entire season, everytime I watch him his lack of composure amazes me, todays game epitomised his entire season;
Off the pace
Out of position
Lack of composure
Lack of awareness
Lack of urgency
Lack of communication
Lack of quality
If I have to watch Micah swipe at the ball completely panic-stricken (whilst under little or no pressure), resulting in the ball hovering vertically above his head for 10 seconds and then landing straight to the opposition's feet once more, I swear I will cry.
He needs to screw his head on and focus on his football rather than his physique.
*singingtheblues* said:
Richards best football was actually last season, when he played center half and actually looked like he could walk to and from the dugout without having a stroke.
The poll you mention was also a complete and utter (excuse my French) bag of shite, the poll in question was started when Micah was a promising, emerging youngster and people were excited about him, it was also at a time when his hype surpassed the equivalent of teenage boy expecting to loose his virginity. Also many people who voted on that poll had only seen snipets of Micah, and that poll was going on two years ago, i.e. things have changed, quite significantly.
Micah is not a right back! I stand by this and always will. Micah is a center half, well... he was. Now Micah is an overweight, out of shape athlete. He needs to focus more on his football rather than his physique, because after all he is a footballer.
Richards, IMO (and many others) will never get into England's first team again playing at right back. He could -possibly- after a few years of hard work and graft get in at center half after the days of Wio and Terry. However as I have said previously, he looks anything but an England International at the moment, and unless he takes and hard look at himself and makes some significant changes to his attitude and his game then he will never get a sniff of International football again.
