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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Saul Goodman » Sat Mar 09, 2019 7:18 pm

Ive been noticing over the past few weeks just how bad Walker is in the offensive third. Yes he's got pace but his crosses are atrocious. I'm not sure what happened. At Spurs he used to get quite a few assists from the right. I'd prefer he stayed back around the halfway line and let Bernardo/Sterling/Robben take the space on the wing.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Wonderwall » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:45 pm

I have watched him closely and he is absolutely reliant on pace to get him out of trouble, he is very poor on the ball and his first touch is wank.

I am torn between needing the pace and the quality, if we can find a player that has both, we will rule the world
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby mr_nool » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:16 pm

Wonderwall wrote:I have watched him closely and he is absolutely reliant on pace to get him out of trouble, he is very poor on the ball and his first touch is wank.

I am torn between needing the pace and the quality, if we can find a player that has both, we will rule the world


He's a very good safety valve when Otter and Komps are playing in the middle. He totally redundant when Laporte and Stones are.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Beefymcfc » Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:27 pm

Wonderwall wrote:I have watched him closely and he is absolutely reliant on pace to get him out of trouble, he is very poor on the ball and his first touch is wank.

I am torn between needing the pace and the quality, if we can find a player that has both, we will rule the world

Mmmm, I wonder who signed him?

Probably right, but does he work in our system?
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby iwasthere2012 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:23 pm

Beefymcfc wrote:
Wonderwall wrote:I have watched him closely and he is absolutely reliant on pace to get him out of trouble, he is very poor on the ball and his first touch is wank.

I am torn between needing the pace and the quality, if we can find a player that has both, we will rule the world

Mmmm, I wonder who signed him?

Probably right, but does he work in our system?

I’m not a fan and have maintained for a long time now that he is not s footballer, in the Pep sense of the word.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby sheblue » Sun Mar 10, 2019 6:34 am

The lights are on but nobody is there.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Hazy2 » Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:02 am

This reads like the early Raheem worries. I see no issue with him he had a dip, World Cup short pre season and is full of energy, which we need with Otter and Vinny. Both Zinch and Kyle have been awesome since the turn of the year.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Beefymcfc » Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:13 am

Hazy2 wrote:This reads like the early Raheem worries. I see no issue with him he had a dip, World Cup short pre season and is full of energy, which we need with Otter and Vinny. Both Zinch and Kyle have been awesome since the turn of the year.

I agree with that.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby s1ty m » Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:17 am

sheblue wrote:The lights are on but nobody is there.


That's how I see it. He has amazing pace but not a lot else. Maybe a powerful shot but we rarely see it.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Foreverinbluedreams » Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:23 am

Beefymcfc wrote:
Wonderwall wrote:I have watched him closely and he is absolutely reliant on pace to get him out of trouble, he is very poor on the ball and his first touch is wank.

I am torn between needing the pace and the quality, if we can find a player that has both, we will rule the world

Mmmm, I wonder who signed him?

Probably right, but does he work in our system?


Excellent at stopping counters, good physical presence defending set pieces, great engine to get up and down the wing.

The same profile as the other two full backs Guardiola signed.

Not the greatest footballer but doesn't necessarily need to be in the role he performs.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Foreverinbluedreams » Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:24 am

Saul Goodman wrote:Ive been noticing over the past few weeks just how bad Walker is in the offensive third. Yes he's got pace but his crosses are atrocious. I'm not sure what happened. At Spurs he used to get quite a few assists from the right. I'd prefer he stayed back around the halfway line and let Bernardo/Sterling/Robben take the space on the wing.


Nothing happened, it's the same as it ever was.

He did put a lovely ball across the six that if Sterling had still been on he would've gobbled up.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Mase » Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:13 am

I like Walker. He's the best right back in the league so we can't complain too much.

Only issue with him is he seems to have a Dunnie moment and it didn't used to happen a lot but it's happening more and more where he'll just have a howler out of nowhere
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby PeterParker » Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:45 am

Soon we might need someone else. He will be 29 in may. Home we learned from the last time we forgot to change the line of our fullbacks.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Saul Goodman » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:24 pm

He was truly terrible in the offensive third again today. After spending SO much in Walker and Mendy very recently could it already be time to spend again to replace them?
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Kippax Sean » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:37 pm

If he was a light bulb he'd be a 40 watt, his pace is his saving grace.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby sheblue » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:38 pm

level zero football intelligence.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby john@staustell » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:43 pm

Kippax Sean wrote:If he was a light bulb he'd be a 40 watt, his pace is his saving grace.


I like Forest

And he wears his heart on his sleeve. And gets stuck the fuck in

More seriously, the alternative is..............?
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby Kippax Sean » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:52 pm

john@staustell wrote:
Kippax Sean wrote:If he was a light bulb he'd be a 40 watt, his pace is his saving grace.


I like Forest

And he wears his heart on his sleeve. And gets stuck the fuck in

More seriously, the alternative is..............?

Don't think there's one out there. He's still a top class right back but if his brain matched his physical attributes he'd be right up there.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby PeterParker » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:58 pm

At 2-2 when they caught us on a break he slipped in a way that reminded me of a FIFA bug.
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Re: Kyle walker

Postby blues2win » Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:08 pm

He’s got the worst technique of any of our players, He’s strong and obviously fast which helps him. In a CL final I’d be worried about our defence. If Stones and Laporte are fit that’s something but the full back positions against top strikers? Hmm. Otter by the way has no pace.
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