Our glaring weakness at LB, will it be fixed?

[ono]

I think we should be looking at Rodriguez at Wolfsburg to be honest. Great left back. Gaya at Valencia is also very good. For what it's worth I do think Clichy will be better with Sterling in front of him. He presses well and has a bit more about him defensively than Silva. We do at times leave our full backs out to dry.

 

[City_Sean]

If Clichy is wanted by Inter then maybe we'll sell and reinforce the left back position.

 

[bitterblue]

I think we should be looking at Rodriguez at Wolfsburg to be honest. Great left back. Gaya at Valencia is also very good. For what it's worth I do think Clichy will be better with Sterling in front of him. He presses well and has a bit more about him defensively than Silva. We do at times leave our full backs out to dry.

Think our left side will be solid with Delph and Sterling in front of the left back. It's our major weakness and
every opponent tries to exploit it, the amount of goals that come from there is ridiculous.

 

[City_Sean]

Gaya has a €50m release clause, but would be a fantastic addition. One of the best LB'S I've seen a long time.

 

[EalingBlue2]

Hear me out.......

I actually think when fully firing and in form kolarov is great, he is better than most of the left backs in the Prem and going forward he is very good - arguably to me the best attacking left back in the prem and possibly the best left footed crosser in the prem.....

But I think he needs to be at 100% to play at this level and to do well and when he is 95% fit he is not 95% effective he is suddenly 50% effective. With clichy if he is 95% fit he is 95% effective.

I have seen it early in the season , in friendlies and coming back from injury every time these things happen kolarov is at his worst. However a few weeks into the first team and particularly towards the end of the season when he is at 100% he is actually a very good player . For me therefore we need to play clichy early on whilst we get Aleks up to speed and get some miles into his legs.

But I don't think we have a glaring issue there we just have a need to play Kolarov and cliche at the right times

 

[waspish]

Hear me out.......

I actually think when fully firing and in form kolarov is great, he is better than most of the left backs in the Prem and going forward he is very good - arguably to me the best attacking left back in the prem and possibly the best left footed crosser in the prem.....

But I think he needs to be at 100% to play at this level and to do well and when he is 95% fit he is not 95% effective he is suddenly 50% effective. With clichy if he is 95% fit he is 95% effective.

I have seen it early in the season , in friendlies and coming back from injury every time these things happen kolarov is at his worst. However a few weeks into the first team and particularly towards the end of the season when he is at 100% he is actually a very good player . For me therefore we need to play clichy early on whilst we get Aleks up to speed and get some miles into his legs.

But I don't think we have a glaring issue there we just have a need to play Kolarov and cliche at the right times

Agree stat wise Kolorav is one of the best left backs in the premier with clichy as well we don't need a new left back

 

[Monkchester]

Really interesting item just been on SSN with Mike Riley regarding new interpretation of offside rule - should suit the way we step up and may help our defence and therefore some of the issues we all have had concerns about.

 

[lancs blue]

I would think the plan is to leave the LB position until next summer by which time Clichy is out of contract and hopefully Angelino will be ready for a squad place. At that point Kolarov can probably also be replaced if we've identified a target as our first choice LB.

 

[celf]

Angelinos loan to NYCFC is a fast track into our first team thinking I feel.

 

[oldius]

Angelinos loan to NYCFC is a fast track into our first team thinking I feel.

Spot on. There feels to be some movement with some of our younger players now and Viera's opinion of Angelino is very high indeed.