2 | Kyle Walker - 2024/25

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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)

At one point in the second half, all four of our defenders were limping… and not Saka “limping”.

 

[St.Pauli support]

I for my part am grateful he played without any training in an alarming situation when our defence is half dead on their feet.
Most seem to think Rico is Mr Universe who also should start the next 2 tough away games, and Bournemouth are NOT an energetic physical team.
Walker has played the minutes without being match fit when we had zero alternatives. None.

No idea how we can recover til Tuesday. 4 days recovery til Brighton might help a bit, then have an Intl break without much intensity for most of our tired lads.

 

[Richie Rich]

He definitely shouldn't have played. Lewis should have been in the starting 11.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Walker has been world class but now he's a has-been. Move him on next summer or January if we get an adequate replacement.

 

[Richie Rich]

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.

Yes. They knew Walker would get very little, if any, training before today but still decided to let Lewis play 90 minutes against Spurs. And that was a game they apparently couldn't care less about.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Yes. They knew Walker would get very little, if any, training before today but still decided to let Lewis play 90 minutes against Spurs. And that was a game they apparently couldn't care less about.

Yep. And also played Foden, Stones, Savinho and Dias who are are key players when we are so short. Madness. Surely the EDS game the night before wasn’t that important !

 

[come-on-barney]

Not saying he's part of the future, but please remember this guy has played a huge part in our success over the years.

 

[yankblue]

He's cooked, unfortunately. Been a great player for us for a long time, but he's past his best ... and combined with the off the field stuff, it feels like it's time

 

[Elliot houghton]

Not saying he's part of the future, but please remember this guy has played a huge part in our success over the years.

Yh at his peak not sure there is many better RBs in Pl history

 

[sarcastico]

4 league starts
2 draws
1 loss

He is past it.

 

[youngbob]

Another player, like Gundogan, who is clearly playing through poor fitness because no bugger else is fit.

Withholding judgement until March, like with everything else.

 

[Stelea]

Walker was diabolical fit or not. Some of his decisions were a joke for a seasoned pro

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

I’d like to know what the fuck is going on with the training all these injuries WTF is going on

 

[Phil1]

Thanks for the good times Kyle. Time to call it a day. That chance for them at the start of the second half was painful viewing.

 

[vanchi]

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.

never ever missing the chance to shit on the players you dislike while refusing to acknowledge your faves can have a bad game. you are not capable of having an objective take or you just never grasped the concept of constructive criticism.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Man gets on in years, declines, makes some questionable choices in life, is no longer physically quite what he used to be.

Welcome to the World.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

Kyle's not my favorite player by any means. Been a vocal critic of his for both on field performances and off field behavior.

However, watching the game I felt....bad?for him. Hasn't practiced, not in form, been injured, in a physical decline, etc. Should have been hooked. It almost felt cruel to leave him on.

 

[Mcfcok1971]

An absolute liability these days,said a bit back i wouldn't start him again

 

[Mike S]

Walker was diabolical fit or not. Some of his decisions were a joke for a seasoned pro

I’ve been saying for several seasons that once KW loses his pace he will offer not a lot else because he’s not the most intelligent footballer and decision maker, but his pace has got him out of trouble until now and glosses over that.

That said his contribution to our success until now has been huge [emoji122][emoji122][emoji122]

 

[Lowtower]

Felt sorry for him yesterday.

He's been a massive part of how we play and our success, but yesterday was fucking awful, pace used to get him out of trouble but when thats on the slide its going to be hard for him.