I see the sense in that ... but ... imo all of our players need to know the time and place to take a risk.Honestly, I think you're misreading. We play safe passes, which is why we play 800+ passes a game. The risky passes are reserved for KDB/Silvas. Walker isn't a guy who is going to play a risky forward pass. In that situation, passing sideways and keeping the ball was the better option than potentially losing the ball.
I see the sense in that ... but ... imo all of our players need to know the time and place to take a risk.
It’s a split second risk/reward decision and whatever you decide you need the ability to execute it..
Disagree. Ota, John and Laporte all making fwd / attacking passes. I agree with the poster you replied to, we had a clear breakaway and it wasn't a difficult ask to pass it fwdHonestly, I think you're misreading. We play safe passes, which is why we play 800+ passes a game. The risky passes are reserved for KDB/Silvas. Walker isn't a guy who is going to play a risky forward pass. In that situation, passing sideways and keeping the ball was the better option than potentially losing the ball.
Totally agree - we can share flak jackets when the shit storm comes :)Walker's problem is his predictability in his passing. nearly 100% of his passes are either a simple pass to the midfield forward, or safely back to the CB. On top of that, he is certain to get the simple pass wrong at least once in the game. Most obvious today was the poor backpass as mentioned, but also there was a moment in the game where fernandinho was under pressure, passed to walker, only for walker to pass it straight back. Almost like the ball is a hot potato wherein he is afraid to take responsibility/initiative.
One might think he does this since he might be self aware of his own shortcomings and limited technical ability, but he often has the nerve to scream a bollocking at other players for a missplaced pass or if it wasn't where he demanded. Even if he may be fatigued as is the common excuse of his blind fans, he still shows no desire to make any positive movement to get into a good forward position. Too predictable. Sadly he is becoming a passenger in his own defence. Quite literally just the ball recycler for stones/otamendi or fernandinho/sterling.
Disagree. Ota, John and Laporte all making fwd / attacking passes. I agree with the poster you replied to, we had a clear breakaway and it wasn't a difficult ask to pass it fwd
TrueUnless you're Kyle Walker.
Im now convinced I am watching a different game to some
Aye, good game today. He’s much better when he keeps it simple and he hit a couple of nice cross fields to sterling.I think it's telling as to how well he played that this thread has become a bit of a ghost town.
Not a huge pool to compare him against. Has good and bad momentsI wish we had someone similar on the left side. Fit. Can play centre half. Keeps it simple. Bombs on when he can. Our best full back.
I’m mystified as to why Pep plays him. Once again we got a result despite him.Offered so little going forward last night that it’s unbelievable really.
He gets forward, can even beat his man but is unable to put in one decent cross. I don’t get it.
Needs to be staying after every training session to work on this.
His instructions are clearly not to be an overlapping fullback though - the fernandinho at the back move means laporte and walker are auxiliary centre halves when he moves into midfield.I’m mystified as to why Pep plays him. Once again we got a result despite him.
I get that he offers pace in defense and he’s solid. Even last night he wasn’t bad at driving forward tgrough the middle for a while but he can’t do what you need from a FB when you are behind. He can’t put in a cross.
True but ... :-)His instructions are clearly not to be an overlapping fullback though - the fernandinho at the back move means laporte and walker are auxiliary centre halves when he moves into midfield.
Walker has do my head in plenty this season but I think the last few weeks have been a big improvement
I’m mystified as to why Pep plays him. Once again we got a result despite him.
I get that he offers pace in defense and he’s solid. Even last night he wasn’t bad at driving forward tgrough the middle for a while but he can’t do what you need from a FB when you are behind. He can’t put in a cross.