his physical powers covered the weaknesses in his game and as they have dropped off badly in the last 12 months it is really showing and he is a liability at the moment
the number of goals he has cost us recently by being out of position and causing the offside trap to fail mounts every appearance.
he also loses concentration a lot, more than most players and previously could recover due to his pace but now he can't. he keeps switching off at corners and losing his man and keeps costing us goals
he has been a great signing for us, much better than I expected and deserves to be mentioned as one of the pillars of the team that has done so well the last 6-7 years, seeing him handle some of the best wingers with ease, that incredible burst of pace to surge past people, there hasn't been many full backs like him
unfortunately time seems to have caught up with him really quickly, last player I saw drop off this badly was Beardsley who went from playing amazing at 37 to not being able to kick a ball in 6 months.
I don't think we could bring in any of the youth team that would be worse than how he has been playing. We are a better team without him at present, yes we miss his pace but there are more negatives than positives