He is 21 with very limited experience as an attacking fullback. As a one on one defender, he's nothing short of perfection. But, he is going to have to be a lot more than that to be considered a United fullback. A few things that stood out about yesterday's performance and they are something I truly hope the coaches and him are working furiously on.
1) His positioning when the ball is on the other side, yesterday was not the first time where he hasn't been aware enough for that ball over his head and yesterday it lead to a goal.
2) He can be very sloppy when he tries to go backwards when in possession, not sure if he is just not aware or what but, at the moment been lucky with the lack of quality of the opposition and that he does have it in him to recover but, that is no excuse.
3) Yesterday was a flashback to Turn Back Tony days. He had chances to put the ball in early a few times but, didn't. Often he waited for the defender to try and take him on the outside but, the defender was up to the task and he was easily able to cut back but, not having a left foot of any note, he either passed back or ended up losing the ball.
4) Missed a golden opportunity because ball came to his left foot. He won't become two footed but, he has got to be able to find some confidence to make a pass/cross with his left or take a shot with it on occasion.
AWB has the skill, speed, strength to be a devastating fullback but, he needs some serious coaching and so does the rest of the team. When he has the ball out wide, we have got to have more players flooding the box, at least someone should be looking to attack the near post most of the time. Right now he is somewhat easy to defend against.