Every Kyle thread is bizarre. Ten pages of comments like this and ten pages calling him a liability and brain fart material! He definitely has his ups and downs
He should have been a sprinter. The only time he looks remotely interested and alive is when using his pace. All of this best work comes when he can stick his chest out and show everyone how fast he is. He can’t show off when standing stationary at the far post, so he falls asleep.The same issue keeps cropping up fir walker, when he has to defend at the dar post he falls asleep.
As happened yesterday, a fross from the opposite side walker just watched the ball coming towards him, this allowed the leeds plater to run in un chalkenged for the header
It is not good enough..he cannot stand there as a defender waiting for the ball to arrive, you have to drive forward to meet the ball and clear it
Time after time the same mistakes.
He sticks his chest out on throw-ins too, don’t forget that one!He should have been a sprinter. The only time he looks remotely interested and alive is when using his pace. All of this best work comes when he can stick his chest out and show everyone how fast he is. He can’t show off when standing stationary at the far post, so he falls asleep.
He’s not alone in this way of playing, look at AWB at United, he absolutely loves a 1-on-1 so he can show off his tackling ability. He knows the fans and media will lap it up. It’s basically the one string he has to his bow, like Walker has his pace. They both have one major attribute and they both play on it as much as they can.
Some of those watching, do lap it up, others can see right through it.
What does Walker offer to the side aside pace?
True that, I just think when we're put under pressure by a side on attack his defensive vulnerabilities show up a lot, ultimately another gap in the backline leaving us weaker. He doesn't quite get much forward either, or well, if he does, it rarely results in anything. I would like Cancelo to get a run of games in the positionGiven he is one of the few that can actually run, is pace is pretty crutial. He's not the best in the world but he's low down on the list of problems as far as I am concerned
He’s been really poor so far this season.
One on one he’ll always be fine - but he’s getting caught wrong side of runners and switching off when the ball comes in from the opposite flank. It’s a trait that he’s always possessed with his lapses in concentration.
I do however think that if we dropped the liability at left back and went with Ake we’d have a much more settled back four.
Alternatively Walker comes out for Cancelo and we give that a try too.
Dias / Cancelo could well form a decent pair on the right side of defence.
He should have been a sprinter. The only time he looks remotely interested and alive is when using his pace. All of this best work comes when he can stick his chest out and show everyone how fast he is. He can’t show off when standing stationary at the far post, so he falls asleep.
He’s not alone in this way of playing, look at AWB at United, he absolutely loves a 1-on-1 so he can show off his tackling ability. He knows the fans and media will lap it up. It’s basically the one string he has to his bow, like Walker has his pace. They both have one major attribute and they both play on it as much as they can.
Some of those watching, do lap it up, others can see right through it.
If we were to lose Walker tomorrow, we would have the same problem at right back as at left back, for years.
I can't believe people are singling him out as a problem, amongst the absolute shitshow of a team unit we have seen over the past year. Let's dump Walker & make it much worse, just as we've finally got a cb.
We would not improve on Walker, in our system, with any player from any other team. Only in attack & even then, most teams with sucessful attacking fullbacks 'do' headers.
His performance v Real Madrid was incredible.
We don’t need to look to another team, we can improve on Walker with a fit Cancelo, if he is given a proper run in the side.
Walkers performance against Real Madrid was incredible and I said as much on here at the time. If he performed like that most weeks, I would be labelling him as world class, just like you. That performance was an anomaly though. You can’t throw in a 10/10 full back performance against one of the best teams in the world and then surround it with 6/10s the majority of other weeks against what is most of the time, much weaker opposition. Walker can’t become another Gundogan, where he lives off a single performance for the next 3 years.
He should have been a sprinter. The only time he looks remotely interested and alive is when using his pace. All of this best work comes when he can stick his chest out and show everyone how fast he is. He can’t show off when standing stationary at the far post, so he falls asleep.
He’s not alone in this way of playing, look at AWB at United, he absolutely loves a 1-on-1 so he can show off his tackling ability. He knows the fans and media will lap it up. It’s basically the one string he has to his bow, like Walker has his pace. They both have one major attribute and they both play on it as much as they can.
Some of those watching, do lap it up, others can see right through it.
Against a more ruthless opponent we would have conceded 2 goals purely down to him. Last week ball watching -yesterday ball watching. Losing the ball on one of his headless chicken charges upfield are a problem. He should be on the doors somewhere or a personal trainer,If we were to lose Walker tomorrow, we would have the same problem at right back as at left back, for years.
I can't believe people are singling him out as a problem, amongst the absolute shitshow of a team unit we have seen over the past year. Let's dump Walker & make it much worse, just as we've finally got a cb.
We would not improve on Walker, in our system, with any player from any other team. Only in attack & even then, most teams with sucessful attacking fullbacks 'do' headers.
His performance v Real Madrid was incredible.
Against a more ruthless opponent we would have conceded 2 goals purely down to him. Last week ball watching -yesterday ball watching. Losing the ball on one of his headless chicken charges upfield are a problem. He should be on the doors somewhere or a personal trainer,
I think you are blinkered where Walker is concerned.I was one of his biggest supporters 12 months back,but his game has definitely deteriorated.He's often found out of position and his head is in the clouds,he is incredibly one footed,and he also needs to keep his hands off players as they don't need an invite to claim fouls these days.That's grossly unfair.
I can't get my head round people singling out a player who is one of our biggest non worries over a season, because of a couple of mistakes out of a team which made 150.
Liverpool's fulkbacks will make more fuckups than Walker in the next month & they will likely get away with it, just as he did. Nobody will be advocating getting rid of them.
I think you are blinkered where Walker is concerned.I was one of his biggest supporters 12 months back,but his game has definitely deteriorated.He's often found out of position and his head is in the clouds,he is incredibly one footed,and he also needs to keep his hands off players as they don't need an invite to claim fouls these days.
He's still a great player and asset,he's just not the rock steady/Mr dependable you describe anymore.