2 | Kyle Walker - 2023/24

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Tricky_Trev said:
He’s great as a counter to elite pacy wingers but in practically every other scenario he kind of holds the team back imo.
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Spot on, mate.

I'm pretty sure it was unpopular but I was fine with moving on from him. I'm not upset in the slightest that he's still a blue but I do wish we had a more 'modern' fullback in games like this. If Lewis isn't trusted to defend against Sheffield United and the odd counter every now and then, then IDK where he's going to get minutes.
 
Was absolutely fucking flawless until that braindead backheel. What was he thinking? And then he didn't get up? He just lay down for five seconds and watched the ball go in. Made up for it though - it got his tail right up and made himself known down that right side before Rodri got the winner. He'll never do a backheel like that again, lol.
 
Why is it people always seems to delight in absolutely shitting on Walker whenever he makes a mistake? We’ve seen Laporte, Stones, Ederson make loads of similar mistakes and there’s never the same animosity afterwards, no queue of city fans lining up to call them shit.

He does that little flick/back heel/chest control quite often when mopping up and in close proximity to opposition players, and he was very unlucky Sheffield United actually scored from it. After the goal he was absolutely incredible trying to make up for it, and we did.

He’s been one of our best players, the cornerstone of the defence for 6 years and 5 PL titles, why are so many City fans desperate to stick the knife in? At least his teammates know how valuable he is to them, hence being elected vice captain.
 
youngbob said:
Was absolutely fucking flawless until that braindead backheel. What was he thinking? And then he didn't get up? He just lay down for five seconds and watched the ball go in. Made up for it though - it got his tail right up and made himself known down that right side before Rodri got the winner. He'll never do a backheel like that again, lol.
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I didn't see a flawless performance, thought he slowed us down again and again.
 
Every time we play at Bramall lane he adopts the mentality of a school kid trying his best to do something to impress a watching parent, it's out of his system for a year and didn't ultimately cost us, played well ignoring the fuck up for the goal.
 
domalino said:
Why is it people always seems to delight in absolutely shitting on Walker whenever he makes a mistake? We’ve seen Laporte, Stones, Ederson make loads of similar mistakes and there’s never the same animosity afterwards, no queue of city fans lining up to call them shit.

He does that little flick/back heel/chest control quite often when mopping up and in close proximity to opposition players, and he was very unlucky Sheffield United actually scored from it. After the goal he was absolutely incredible trying to make up for it, and we did.

He’s been one of our best players, the cornerstone of the defence for 6 years and 5 PL titles, why are so many City fans desperate to stick the knife in? At least his teammates know how valuable he is to them, hence being elected vice captain.
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Don't see anyone showing delight. At 1-0 and struggling to get the second the last thing you do is gift the opposition so late in the game and in such a dangerous area.

Walker isn't the greatest baller, and as Captain, should know better than to try it on.
 
domalino said:
Why is it people always seems to delight in absolutely shitting on Walker whenever he makes a mistake? We’ve seen Laporte, Stones, Ederson make loads of similar mistakes and there’s never the same animosity afterwards, no queue of city fans lining up to call them shit.
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I don't know about similar mistakes. He was trying to be too cool and cute. These are the worst types of mistakes. It was unnecessarily stupid.

Mistake due to a flaw in your technique is one thing. Dumb fancy shit is something totally different.

domalino said:
He does that little flick/back heel/chest control quite often when mopping up and in close proximity to opposition players, and he was very unlucky Sheffield United actually scored from it. After the goal he was absolutely incredible trying to make up for it, and we did.
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Good! As he should try to make up for his dumb decision. And no, it's not like his header or chest back pass to the goalie. Some of which are dangerous but tactically sound because It ends the play altogether. His back pass even had it been completed ran the risk of putting the receiving player under pressure.

It was just dumb and it's fine to point out it was dumb.


domalino said:
He’s been one of our best players, the cornerstone of the defence for 6 years and 5 PL titles, why are so many City fans desperate to stick the knife in? At least his teammates know how valuable he is to them, hence being elected vice captain.
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The above has nothing to do with a dumb decision that's being tightly criticized for being dumb.

Great player. Very dumb decision. Criticism warranted l.
 
It was a poor decision but to be fair he made up for it afterwards. It was his run that lead to the Alvarez chance and his desire to win the ball back that lead to Rodri's winner.

I'm not a big fan of him playing high and wide though. It's a big contrast to seeing Mahrez receive the ball out there knowing he'll control it first time and be able to progress the attack quickly. Walker's inferior technical ability means he's more likely to miscontrol it and needs more touches before he can pass it. It's just not as slick and the move is more likely to break down is basically what I'm saying. It also puts more responsibility on him to cross which we all know isn't his strongest asset. I prefer him on the right of the back three like how we used him towards the end of last season where he can focus primarily on defending.
 
Great defensively but doesn't offer much in possession. He is the best in the business against some of the best players in the world, but not really needed against the likes of Sheffield. Bad mistake today, but these things happen to everyone every now and again, and his reaction was phenomenal. He was inspired thereafter and largely responsible for that 2nd goal for us.
 
He made a mistake but responded brilliantly will be massive for us again this season especially in champions league
 
Great servant to the club. Gives his all. Defying the years with his pace. Overlapping on the wing that gives an option that we would otherwise never have. Good lad. Etc.
I will just never see him as, naturally, a captain. Does anybody think for one second that Kev would have tried to backheel the ball when you're leading by the single goal at that point in the game? Would he fuck.
I can think of at least four others who are more naturally captains, and that's in the absence of Kev (who I don't actually see as very naturally a captain, either, although it falls more naturally on his shoulders than on Kyle's).
Pep — please don't do it. There are other ways of letting Walker know that we need and appreciate him, and that it's time for him to sign that contract.
 
He's lost half a yard. As soon as he loses a full yard he's a gonner. He was always been prone to catastrophic brain farts (e.g wigan away in the cup that got us knocked out), but he seemed to iron them out or keep them to a minimum over the past few years, but I thought he looked a liability even before that catastrophic brain fart moment today.

See how he gets on this season but if he's got another two years after this one I don't think they'll be pretty. Definitely not the second year
 
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