Kyle Walker : 2018/19 performances

[mccity]

Normally this thread is a bit critical of him as an attacker and I normally pop in to praise him for his defensive work.


But weirdly, his attacking game was better than it has been today. Not so much with the ball at his feet, but more so in his movement and proactive play. His defensive game though was not good enough. It's opposite's day!


Fortunately though, unlike with other players' threads people seem to be cutting him some slack and recognising it as a blip.

 

[supercity88]

The poor choice of pass annoys me. Often plays Ferny into trouble rather than playing the easy ball. He isn't a great footballer, he is athletic and that works for us. Again, hasn't had much time off so it is mental and physical fatigue that is the problem. Danilo never seems to be fit when we need him to cover. Danilo is good enough to challenge Walker and push him on. Stones then covers and gets injured making him have to play midweek. He is good enough to play for City of course but when he is below par he sticks out like a sore thumb because of how good our other players are.

 

[its a Barm]

No idea what's going on with kyle, defo our weakest player.

 

[Trojan1962]

Not sure if this is true but seem likes alot of the chances we are conceding/goals scored this season are coming down the right hand side. I would drop him to the bench for a bit when Danilo is back. Also seems like he isn't as quick as he was last season.

I was saying the same to my brother at the game today, he seems to have lost a yard of pace and let’s be honest that is his best quality. It might be that he has a slight knock or tired.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Garbage this season. All he has is pace, nothing else.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

He’s played a lot of football in the past 18 months. I think we need to perhaps look at signing a young RB seeing as Danilo can’t keep fit.

 

[oldhamblue]

definitely our weakest link. Latter stages of CL will expose this

 

[ws01]

Garbage this season. All he has is pace, nothing else.

I reckon he's even losing that.

Looks a yard slower lately to me.

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Poor yesterday again for me

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Scares me in and around our penalty area. Doesn’t seem to have a leap, never short of a nudge or push, and thinks making a back for a jumping attacker isn’t a foul.

He’s a footballer, no doubt, but I wouldn’t bet my life on him on Mastermind! One of the least intellligent footballers in our team and is easily read on the ball. Speed and strength are his forte, but end product is wank most of the time when he gets down the line.

Lastly, he is not a good cross stopper, and that ball is a killer to our defence.