Completely agreeHe’s fucking ace. Stones and Ake our best defenders.
Yeah not really who you’d want on at 2-0 down but good solid player. Why the fuck we’ve not bought a left back though is as puzzling as it getsA vital option at left-back. Very limited in supporting his winger going forward, but he does his job defensively and provides a solid base we can build from.
Doesn't have the flashes of attacking flair we might see from Cancelo or Gomez, but he's so reliable and (in the absence of a proper top class specialist left-back) that's what we need.
We needed him to stop the rot unfortunately.Yeah not really who you’d want on at 2-0 down but good solid player. Why the fuck we’ve not bought a left back though is as puzzling as it gets
Yeah, but in terms of chasing a game at 2-0 down i’d have preferred Walker to right back and that goon on the right moving to the left in the hope he improved a bitWe needed him to stop the rot unfortunately.
The whole defence was way off it first half, we can't play Walker at CB, plus Cancelo, plus Gomez. Too uncertain, too unreliable.
Ake's never going to come on and put in the dream full-back performance and spark a comeback, but at least bringing him on (along with Akanji) made the defence look like an actual defence.
Or better buy someone now...I think he is our 2nd or 3rd most important player right now. Not because he is world class, but because both Cancelo and Gomez are so awful, that Ake looks like Passarela in comparison. But really, if Ake gets injured, that's it for us. If Cancelo and Gomez cannot defend against Southampton, then against elite competition we would be destroyed. Pep has to manage his minutes very wisely.