2 | Kyle Walker - 2024/25

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Jonas.shaffer said:
Traore is fast, yes, but Walker has been getting burned for pace for well over a year now. I mean, it wasn't even close between them. Play Akanji at RB, if anyone. He's done at this level.
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How much faster Traore is than Walker really surprised me. Traore went past Walker as if Walker were standing still.
 
ken tali said:
neither of Akanji and Lewis are the solution to replace Walker , a full back or 2 are needed next summer for sure.
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The problem we seem to have is that lack of recruitment and not strengthening full back centre mid and striker options is gonna really give us a massive rebuild in the near future and it can’t be done in one season . Why did we fail to make any covering signings this summer even though we apparently have this massive war chest I’ll never know and it’s now coming back to bite us .
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
How much faster Traore is than Walker really surprised me. Traore went past Walker as if Walker were standing still.
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He is absolutely rapid to be fair but Walker’s pace has been on the wane for a while. He’s still obviously very quick but we’ve seen over the last 12 months a few times where his odd thing of giving players a head start by either arrogance or shite positioning has come back to bite or on the arse.
 
Very remiss in not getting a replacement a couple of season ago, and persuading him to stay and give him a three year contact was madness The fact that he's club captain and still getting up to his antics outside the club baffles me
 
He's still quick enough to get himself out of bother most of the time. But Traores pace is frightening and absolutely killed him yesterday.
 
Players with the speed and physique of Walker and indeed Traore are hard to come by. Neither Lewis nor Frimpong would have the abilities needed to catch and hold him off. Walker will get better after the international break, once he starts to play more games and finds his rhythm; he’s only played 390 minutes of a possible 990 minutes. He’s in the twilight of his career with us, we all know that, so constantly griping about his waning powers is pointless. The club needs to identify his successor, presumably from outside, and make that signing a priority next summer.
 
freshie said:
Yeh he’s done. His recovery pace was the only thing he had going for him

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Adama Traore (28) is arguably the fastest winger in the world. Very few, if anyone, can match his speed.

This ain't the right moment to mock a 34-year-old Walker for
 
Craig said:
He is absolutely rapid to be fair but Walker’s pace has been on the wane for a while. He’s still obviously very quick but we’ve seen over the last 12 months a few times where his odd thing of giving players a head start by either arrogance or shite positioning has come back to bite or on the arse.
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He had a yard on Traore and still got burned off
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
How much faster Traore is than Walker really surprised me. Traore went past Walker as if Walker were standing still.
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Adama was doing that when Walker was 26. I'm not sure people understand how quick Adama is in a foot race - he was once clocked at similar speeds to Usain Bolt during his 100m world record sprint and (officially) the fastest player in the history of the PL.

I don't particularly think Walkers done - if you're 18 and have a bad patch then you're not going to make it, if you're 33 and have a bad patch then you should retire. Only players between about 22 and 30 are allowed to go through a poor run of form apparently.

He's had stop-start run so far due to early rest time in pre-season, then an international break, then another international break. He's not had chance to really get going this season as many of our players haven't and its resulted in us being a little disjointed.

But make no mistake about this, if we get to a CL semi final and we're playing Real Madrid against Vini and Mbappe then Kyle Walker will be 100% playing. He's still our best and most reliable RB.
 
I still don’t know how people don’t see that we need a new RB. Walker has done enough. It’s not ageism - he just isn’t that good anymore.
 
Craig said:
He is absolutely rapid to be fair but Walker’s pace has been on the wane for a while. He’s still obviously very quick but we’ve seen over the last 12 months a few times where his odd thing of giving players a head start by either arrogance or shite positioning has come back to bite or on the arse.
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Traore may be quick but he can’t shoot for fun .
 
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