The sunderland fans are going on like he is the next Roberto Carlos. 1 even said he would pay anything upto 12mill for him.
The sunderland fans are going on like he is the next Roberto Carlos. 1 even said he would pay anything upto 12mill for him.
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I do not rate him at all as a FB, the only way we should keep him if he is used as a back up flank player.
I disagree massively. I think he looks tailor made to be a good left back.... Quick enough, strong enough and good enough on the ball, can beat a player on the outside and seems to have good delivery with his left foot. I don't think he is quite good enough at receiving the ball in tight spaces or dynamic enough to be a really effective left winger, but as he is gradually learning to defend properly with more and more games at left back he is looking better and better. I would leave him at Sunderland for the whole season and then by next season I think we'll have a genuine alternative option to Ekotto.
I think after a full season with Sunderland there's no chance he wants to come back and sit on the bench for 95% of games. Yeah I think he would be good back up but now he's had a year away and knows he can hold his own at an established PL club I reckon he will just end up leaving in the summer and we'll cash in and buy another LB instead.
Lets hope that MON really likes him enough to buy him at the end of the season, he will never be a LB here.
Why would it be 95% of games?
Imo Bae and Rose as Lb's would be a decent combination to have, simply because they are very different players. There could be tactical choices to picking one over the other.
Bae in the games in which we would have to defend more, and Rose against the teams that will sit back and defend just like Swansea yesterday.
Why won't he? He's already a decent player who is learning and will only get better. Please inform me of all the world class LBs we've had in the past....
Is this the [say it enough times and it might come true] strategy?
Why won't he? He's already a decent player who is learning and will only get better. Please inform me of all the world class LBs we've had in the past....