Kyle Walker : 2018/19 performances

[Gabriel]

He knows that he's not getting a break any time soon so is likely playing within himself.

 

[Gabriel]

Our fullbacks situation has room for improvement in general our first choice will be good when in form and up to speed thought imo, Walker has been making more mistakes this season.

Mendy still hasn't been allowed to settle into the system to point where it's second nature to him because of injuries. Long term, I think we might buy a proper LB to push Mendy for a starting place.

Danilo when he's fit can do that for Walker and give him a much needed rest. In fact towards the end of last season, Danillo for me was starting to look like a very smart buy when he got a run of form going.

Before his latest injury (don't even know how that happened), Danilo was fit for about a month yet hardly appeared. Think he's actually played more for Brazil this season than us.

 

[Metalartin]

Before his latest injury (don't even know how that happened), Danilo was fit for about a month yet hardly appeared. Think he's actually played more for Brazil this season than us.

Yep I was wondering about the reasons for that but we don't normally get to know them, it could be a question of how fit was he? In other words, if he came back in good shape in Pep's opinion or if he was showing the hunger in training and so on.

Come to think of it, it could have been Pep's reward to Walker for deciding to come back early for training, despite going late in the WC. Perhaps a reason he did that, is even Walker thought Danilo was doing well towards the end of last season and was worried about his place being under threat? Then again, would Pep favour a player like that, even if he did sacrifice a bit of his holiday?

 

[Gabriel]

Yep I was wondering about the reasons for that but we don't normally get to know them, it could be a question of how fit was he? In other words, if he came back in good shape in Pep's opinion or if he was showing the hunger in training and so on. Come to think of it, it could have been Pep's reward for Walker deciding to come back early for training despite going late in the WC. Perhaps a reason he did that is even Walker thought Danilo was doing well towards the end of last season? Then again would Pep favour a player even if he did sacrifice a bit of his holiday like that?

Really don't know. The position of fullback (right and left) at the club has been an unfathomable mystery for countless years now. We're much cited as having invested heavily on them, and did so long before the summer of 2017. I thought we were heading in the direction of having two thoroughbreds on the pitch and two champing at the bit on the bench for every game. We now have one workhorse.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Not a patch on Zaba at his peak.

 

[supercity88]

Was fucking dire again. Poor passing, taking the wrong option, running and giving the ball away, poor positioning defensively.

Someone give the lad a rest!

 

[FantasyIreland]

Was fucking dire again. Poor passing, taking the wrong option, running and giving the ball away, poor positioning defensively.

Someone give the lad a rest!

Dire is OTT.While he is definitely out of sorts somewhat,he also made some decent interceptions,especially where the incredibly fast,and dangerous,Gray was concerned.

 

[mccity]

Dire is OTT.While he is definitely out of sorts somewhat,he also made some decent interceptions,especially where the incredibly fast,and dangerous,Gray was concerned.

I appreciate that someone else has made this point. I'm not going to delude myself into saying he's been anywhere near his best, but I do believe fans can take his excellent defensive capabilities for granted, probably owing to the obvious fact that he's not a technical whizz in possession like most of our other players. But even when he's not near his best he's still our best defensive fullback comfortably.

I also think the fact that we as fans tend to miss that stuff is a measure of how intelligent and assured he is as a defender; for a seemingly old-school English fullback he does occasionally display Italian levels of positional awareness. And on the continent they say the best defenders are the ones you don't see do anything, due to the previously stated reasons.

 

[Gray]

Can not trap a bag of cement and continually diving in to tackles, something not right with him at present.

 

[Withnail]

Desperately needs some rest and recharge those duracell batteries. We need the Kyle Walker of last season ASAP.