@Damo
In what way is Clichy more direct than Kolarov. Look at his stats in assists and goals over the year. Its bloody awful. Clichy offers very little going forward I feel but he is a very good defender and has the pace to match any quick wingers like bale, nani etc. Kolarov on the other hand is much more direct and he hardly ever stays deep. He loves to bomb forward and is a very attack minded fullback and neglect his defensive duties at times. At times, he looks like he just doesn't know how to defend. But I agree that he is more "direct" in his approach to defending that clichy is. Clichy is a much more smarter defender and you need that to counter tricky,pacy wingers.