2 | Kyle Walker - 2024/25

[Gorbachev]

Worst City player by far in the last 3 years.
Pep Guardiola biggest mistake ever, that night in the restourant

Should have gone with Gundogan after the treble and left as legends.

Just like De Bruyne should have this summer.

 

[MCFC ISRAEL]

One of the greatest right backs in history and I'm not exaggerating. One of the best purchases made by this wonderful club. But time is catching up to him. lets be honest, his strengths, his amazing pace, this is what his game was based on. He is not a football genius, a technical smart player or scores/asists a lot of goals.

For a player like Walker who was a super athlete, with physical superiority and pace against any opponent,for him losing this physical superiority means game over.

 

[ninjamonkey]

He very clearly wasn't fit today. Lambasting him for playing despite not being fit and looking like that isn't fair.

 

[Tevez City]

Big summer coming up

 

[denTTony]

Only slack for him today was we dont know how fit he was but he was woeful again. Should not be a starter and should not be captain

 

[houraisen]

So why did he start?

 

[OrigamiNinja]

I respect the hell out of @OrigamiNinja[/B] 's takes, but we couldn't differ more on our takes of Lewis. We've seen him get the best of multiple top PL wingers thus far.

I maintain the goals we've conceded that our on him, have come down to the fact that Pep has him more or less playing as an attacking midfielder in possession, and for every counter-attacker we suffer, he has to run further and harder than EVERYONE on the pitch. Who could maintain that effort in one game? Let alone all season.

You’re on your own there. :-)

The reasons for your defence of him, is exactly why I don’t see him as a long-term successor to Walker. We need a top quality RB, not a guy masquerading as one. I want the Gvardiol equivalent over there, so we can maintain our levels. Rico is a good youngster but we operate at a different level to that.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

So why did he start?

I’d have guessed at more than 19 days after that performance.

 

[warringtonblue]

One of the greatest right backs in history and I'm not exaggerating. One of the best purchases made by this wonderful club. But time is catching up to him. lets be honest, his strengths, his amazing pace, this is what his game was based on. He is not a football genius, a technical smart player or scores/asists a lot of goals.

For a player like Walker who was a super athlete, with physical superiority and pace against any opponent,for him losing this physical superiority means game over.

Time isn’t catching up with him, it’s already caught him

 

[Jonas.shaffer]

You’re on your own there. :-)

The reasons for your defence of him, is exactly why I don’t see him as a long-term successor to Walker. We need a top quality RB, not a guy masquerading as one. I want the Gvardiol equivalent over there, so we can maintain our levels. Rico is a good youngster but we operate at a different level to that.

Fair enough, but Gvardiol has quite a few moments where he's suspect defensively, such as today, but the positives with him continue to outweigh the negatives, as in my eyes, they do for Lewis.

 

[skillman]

So why did he start?

Presumably because Lewis was knackered. But a knackered Lewis is better than a half-fit Walker.

Mistake from Pep today.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Presumably because Lewis was knackered. But a knackered Lewis is better than a half-fit Walker.

Mistake from Pep today.

I would then question why Lewis started against Spurs in a game that Pep had almost said wasn’t important if it meant he would miss this one.

 

[Roachy]

Time isn’t catching up with him, it’s already caught him

This is more than likely the case. Been signs for the past 12 months or so and I'm not just on about his pace. All the personal life shenanigans probably hasn't helped either. Been superb for us but nearing the end sadly.

 

[Gaz76]

He looked like he had been in a 4 day bender when they lined up at the start, he played like he had been on a 4 week bender

 

[come-on-barney]

So why did he start?

If that’s true that is shocking

 

[Trickyblues]

Unfortunately his off-field antics have now caught up with him on the pitch.

 

[WallyA]

Okay, lets give those mistakes aside given the lack of training.

He is simply not gonna offer anything going forward.

The touch is awful and will be exploited for the press alot.

 

[SamBlue]

If that’s true that is shocking

Yeah, a lot of people, probably most of them just read this without even putting it into perspective, but it is astonishingly shocking.
Fitness people say that after only two weeks of not training your overall fitness goes down 10%, but with age and injury it is even higher percentage. Incredible he is counting how many grams players put on after summer break and yet letting Kyle play after being out with injury for almost three weeks.

 

[.db.]

Clearly wasn’t ready for that game, but we can’t play Lewis every week.

 

[Crouchinho]

Unfortunately his off-field antics have now caught up with him on the pitch.

Are you saying mentally or physically?

I only caught the last 15 minutes as I was watching the Liverpool match until 75 mins. It looked to me like Walker was hobbling a bit after he won the ball from Tavienier (I think it was him anyway)