2 | Kyle Walker - 2023/24

[youngbob]

Was awful for 60 mins then excellent for 30 (+8) mins.

 

[Gabriel]

Was tired like all of them but when it came to covering our lapses he was there time and time again. Might have been unfortunate/fortunate for a couple, but he is still in remarkable shape and we cannot replace what he brings as easily as some seem to think.

 

[fuskarn]

awful in the first half, decent in the second. nowhere near his best

 

[ninjamonkey]

I'm giving him a free pass today. Coming back very quickly from injury playing 120 minutes then 90 today, is subhuman conditioning. he was pretty awful in most of his game though.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I don’t think he was great today but 2 games of that magnitude and intensity in 72 hours takes some doing after a month out!

 

[supercity88]

Pretty fucking heroic to come back from injury and play two games like that back to back including extra time. Fair play to him. Not quite at the level we need him to be just yet, but bloody impressive.

 

[normskih]

I don’t think he was great today but 2 games of that magnitude and intensity in 72 hours takes some doing after a month out!

Fair point.

 

[decmancity]

Good job we had his pace today or we would have been in trouble. The rest of his game didnt seem any worse than normal tbh.

 

[JewelZee]

He was 2 yards ahead of the rest of the back 4 despite being able to see across it, then lost Rodrygo in the box anyway. He also kills our build up from the back because he's crap on the ball and always plays a negative pass that puts his other defenders under pressure.
I'll argue this till I'm blue in the face, he's been a complete liability for 2 years. Akanji can do everything he can do defensively at right back and Rico is miles better going forward.

But Gary Neville keeps telling me he's the best fullback in the world so what the fuck do I know!

There is merit in this, I have to say...

 

[JewelZee]

We cannot afford to buy anymore Kalvin Nunes's

Clever...not...

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

To say he and his agent struck gold on a THREE-year extension would be an understatement.

 

[Gorbachev]

To say he and his agent struck gold on a THREE-year extension would be an understatement.

His agent knew we were panicking after losing Gundogan and Mahrez and knew we couldn't lose all 3 in one window.

I firmly believe Pep would not have wined and dined Kyle had only one of those above left. It was simply too much experience to lose in one window and the money needed to replace him would have been far more than what we would being paying Kyle for the next 3 years.

I do think he leaves in the summer personally.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

His agent knew we were panicking after losing Gundogan and Mahrez and knew we couldn't lose all 3 in one window.

I firmly believe Pep would not have wined and dined Kyle had only one of those above left. It was simply too much experience to lose in one window and the money needed to replace him would have been far more than what we would being paying Kyle for the next 3 years.

I do think he leaves in the summer personally.

Your last sentence might be right, but the rest isn’t.

I doubt many look to Walker as a mentor, he’s just a guy with an ego that needs to be massaged in order for him to be a monster in one on ones vs Vinicius and Mbappe.

 

[Haaland94]

He has been a brilliant servant for years, but he is nowhere near as good as he used to be. He is our weakest link at the back this season and cost us many goals. He had a good run for a month or two, but otherwise, he has been vulnerable. People still look at his historical accomplishments instead of what's in front of them and get excited by how fast he is (or was). This season, he is slower than Haaland or Nunes, for example, and 2km/h slower than he was last season. He must be replaced in the summer.

 

[SouthernPlastic]

Anyone would think we conceded yesterday. Chances came from all over the defence, but I’m willing to bet they would have had a goal had Walker not played.

 

[Akira]

Not great for a large portion of the game, but we are throwing him onto the pitch straight after injury for 2 games back to back plus extra time against Madrid. He'd be forgiven if he is unfit and exhausted.

 

[B\connellblue]

He has been a brilliant servant for years, but he is nowhere near as good as he used to be. He is our weakest link at the back this season and cost us many goals. He had a good run for a month or two, but otherwise, he has been vulnerable. People still look at his historical accomplishments instead of what's in front of them and get excited by how fast he is (or was). This season, he is slower than Haaland or Nunes, for example, and 2km/h slower than he was last season. He must be replaced in the summer.

Bollox is he slower than the players you mention. Don't bother pulling some stats from some clickbait internet site either. As long as we continue playing the high line we need him. Nunes? Good grief.

 

[Lowtower]

Our Kyle has made the headlines in the gutter press today (again)

Thought he was off it in both games this week for the first half hour or so then grew into them, put it down to the injury recovery.

 

[mosssideblue]

Our Kyle has made the headlines in the gutter press today (again)

Thought he was off it in both games this week for the first half hour or so then grew into them, put it down to the injury recovery.

What's he alledgedly done?

 

[skillman]

Started poorly but grew into it I thought, same as Wednesday.