Bluewars
Well-Known Member
A weak link in the team, only those with a keen eye will notice it. Compare his distribution to Ake on the other side, if only his balls on the pitch had penetration like it does........ah forget it!Good Lord. I'm always hesitant to kill him on here because he has so many defenders for whatever reason.
I can't wrap my head around the club giving him an extension for so long. Pep benched him in the CL final for a reason and that was spot on. He's useless on the ball and gets more touches than anyone bar Rodri for us. I've said it before, but if he was locking things down defensively for us, then I'd be able to live with it more, but he's been shockingly on top of it all this season.
At 33 he's being coached by Stones into making the right passes and angles, if it's not a game whereby he's defending against an Mbappe or Vini, Akanji should start.