Left Back

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Signing a left back is the ideal but if there isn't one available who is good enough, a right back needs to be signed.
At least then Cancelo wouldn't have to cover for walker.

 

[WallyA]

I think of the players already at the club the one most suited to trying as an inverted left back would be Kevin Ake. Phillips maybe on the right side if Walker and Cancelo were unavailable.

Ake cant play inverted because its a whole new differenr style playing in midfield.

He can play leftback defensively if it tilts to a back 3 with him on tbe left, but he isnt good enough on the ball to played inverted, the onlt CB who might be able to do it is Stones.

 

[blueparrot]

Ake cant play inverted because its a whole new differenr style playing in midfield.

He can play leftback defensively if it tilts to a back 3 with him on tbe left, but he isnt good enough on the ball to played inverted, the onlt CB who might be able to do it is Stones.

Fair enough but we have Walker and Cancelo that can do it on the right , but only Cancelo on the left so if we are still buying a left back it isn’t as simple as any old left footed left back will do so if we can’t find one Ake is about the best we have in the current squad that could fill in. That said I still think we’ll turn a new one up.

 

[ManCityGR!]

If we do then let’s hope we have a season like never before and avoid injuries because if we get injuries at the back we are fucked .

HOPE is NOT a word for professional football and it's a word people at top level of pro football should hate!
You make your own "luck". Just buy some good defenders, a LB for sure, and the fear of injuries and the CERTAINTY of fatigue over season, will be reduced or eliminated.

People seem to forget that we were very lucky in the end to win the title last season and injuries at the back caused it and we have now actually gone out and weakened an already weak full back position by getting rid of one of our most reliable players .

Exactly!!

 

[M Gaudino]

having 2 first team full backs is not advisable. surely we go big for a top prospect, and the budget is £50m.

there must be some 23yo in spain/portugal i’ve barely heard of who comes to city and becomes one of the best in the league. its happened loads of times already with Diaz, Bernie, Cancelo, Laporte, Rodders. just do it again city

 

[WallyA]

Fair enough but we have Walker and Cancelo that can do it on the right , but only Cancelo on the left so if we are still buying a left back it isn’t as simple as any old left footed left back will do so if we can’t find one Ake is about the best we have in the current squad that could fill in. That said I still think we’ll turn a new one up.

I mentioned it when you first replied, that Phillips would be used as an inverted fullback.

I also think Pep will use JWE and Rico Lewis. People here may not like using academy as depth, but it seems to be going that way.

 

[bumbleblue]

Think I would go for Estupian (sp) at Villareal.

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

Three more weeks to go. Relax. Plenty of time.

No news .Two more weeks, still no news.
One week to go still no news cant see it happening we know the script

 

[PabZabb]

We needed another fullback BEFORE Zinchenko left. We need at least one more before the deadline although I don’t expect more than one. There’s no way our back up fullback options should be Stones and Ake - the two kids, as promising as they are, are nowhere near ready to compete at the level we need them to just yet.

 

[fuskarn]