The goal was his first. He failed to put a tackle and refused to recover to cover the ovelap.
Honesty I feel we got robbed for what we paid for him. His is so far from his valuation that I am hoping Palace get relegated for this thievery.
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Honesty I feel we got robbed for what we paid for him. His is so far from his valuation that I am hoping Palace get relegated for this thievery.
What a strange comment. Why wouldn't you agree with me? Is it because of my views on Pogba?
Can’t remember if it was Maldini or Baresi who said something to the effect of “if you have to make a slide tackle, it’s because you’ve already made a mistake.”
Pretty damning indictment of a defender whose entire highlight reel is last ditch slide tackles...
Simply not a good enough footballer to be playing champions league football. With a fit, in form Shaw next season (who himself probably isn’t top class), Laird and Williams should be pushing AWB for a starting place. But with the 50mil price tag and the overhyping he gets with every long leg slide tackle, Ole will feel the pressure to start him.
Pretty damning indictment of a defender whose entire highlight reel is last ditch slide tackles...
Simply not a good enough footballer to be playing champions league football. With a fit, in form Shaw next season (who himself probably isn’t top class), Laird and Williams should be pushing AWB for a starting place. But with the 50mil price tag and the overhyping he gets with every long leg slide tackle, Ole will feel the pressure to start him.
Need to give Dalot more of a shot if he can stay fit, at least he can offer support going forward.
Well yes. Sometimes I feel your criticism of some players especially Paul can be over the top.
In general AWB is not a bad player but can easily be upgraded upon and that's damning after paying north of 45m pounds on a RB.
Bissaka was atrocious on both goals
Look at the first one (granted Lindeloff wasn't perfect, but AWB got pulled out of position and got beaten on the easy one-two)
Elementary mistake.
And then for the second goal he's looking ahead while the ball is being played in the zone when he's marking the only Sevilla player.
Negative football IQ. Clear the fecking ball, don't hop around like an idiot
50 milllion quid, JFC!
Look at the first one (granted Lindeloff wasn't perfect, but AWB got pulled out of position and got beaten on the easy one-two)
Elementary mistake.
And then for the second goal he's looking ahead while the ball is being played in the zone when he's marking the only Sevilla player.
Negative football IQ. Clear the fecking ball, don't hop around like an idiot
50 milllion quid, JFC!
Just don't think Pogba is as good as people say he is. He was shite first half today. Played really well for 30 mins in second half and then quiet again last 15. I just want more from him. He's not once been World class in a Utd shirt.
And back to AWB...... The lad just isn't good enough. So many weaknesse it's scary.
Not entirely, but he was awful in the build up - let his man run off him and didn't follow.
He's great 1v1 but, currently, that's about all there is to his game. He needs to work on his positioning and heading to even be a top defensive full back.
Terrible post lockdown. Looks physically and mentally shattered. Looks lost on the pitch at fault for both their goals in my view. Don’t understand why he’s so tired
A needed break and he’ll be back to his best next season.
Valencia mark 2. I can't understand why this club has given up on signing technically sound players. We just love shit-on-the-ball players.
Fact or Fiction?
According to @Suedesi its a fact. I concede the fact that his offensive part of his game is lacking. Braindead all-round though?
I unfortunately don't have the fortitude nor patience to refute such a ridiculous claim/belief, so maybe the Cafe can come to the rescue. Alternatively, lock the thread before it goes to the second page and accept that certain posts (and threads, like this one) are just
According to @Suedesi its a fact. I concede the fact that his offensive part of his game is lacking. Braindead all-round though?
I unfortunately don't have the fortitude nor patience to refute such a ridiculous claim/belief, so maybe the Cafe can come to the rescue. Alternatively, lock the thread before it goes to the second page and accept that certain posts (and threads, like this one) are just
Not a very good > brain dead
I wouldn't put it quite like that, but he lacks both offensive and defensive awareness. Not sure why you've created this thread though.
Shite thread but starting to think hes not good enough, maybe it's the beer 
A lot of rubbish said tonight about one of our best young players.
He is not an intelligent footballer..brain dead is a little.harsh
Needs a lot of coaching going forward , needs to know that you can tackle without going to ground also.
Went for a nap for the 2nd goal
But saved us with that tackle v Copenhagen just a few days ago .
Brain dead is a very harsh statement
Went for a nap for the 2nd goal
But saved us with that tackle v Copenhagen just a few days ago .
Brain dead is a very harsh statement
Is there no quality control here?
At fault for both of their goals, but to call him brain-dead is part of the hyperbole that's an endemic to this forum whenever absolutely everything doesn't go right. He just had a shit game.
This thread is brain dead though.
AWB is not a very good footballer, and we won't play beyond his quality.
AWB is not a very good footballer, and we won't play beyond his quality.
Don't intend for this to go beyond 1 or 2 pages. More than happy for it to be locked soon, just wanted the views of other caftards.
I did say it was. Right there in the OP.
Weird, when there was a time this season where he was contender for player of the season for us before Bruno came in. Or maybe I was just imagining it.
Apart from sliding around on his arse what is good at?
Terrible on the ball, lacks the engine to get up down at full pelt, defensive positions suspect. But he puts in a slide tackle. 50m well spent.
Terrible on the ball, lacks the engine to get up down at full pelt, defensive positions suspect. But he puts in a slide tackle. 50m well spent.
English youth coaching isnt about teaching youngsters how to play. They teach how to do the basics and thats it such as tackle in the case of a RB. He needs to be coached on how to play in an attacking sense. He will improve if he receives such coaching. Its on all the coaches to improve a player like him. Id guarentee he'd be playing differently under a manager that actually tells the players exactly what to do ala Guardiola. Granted guardiola would probably sell him because he doesnt have the close control/dribbling required for the style of play he would like to play
You can continue the discussion in here.
Only reason why we ain't getting rid of him, and age too. Alot of us hoping somehow he will improve his offensive ability as he ages but it won't happen.
For me it's simple, Liverpool have TAA, we have AWB. The contrast between the two is huge, say's it all at how much we have to catch them.
Not surprised to see some pretty grim insults hurled at him tonight. Sums up this forum.
He has undoubtedly has a successful season. Defensively he's been ace overall. His tackling is just ridiculous.
He needs to improve going forward. Fortunately, he did improve going forward as the season went on. Noticeably.
There was fatigue towards the end of the season and that's understandable given the distance he consistently covers.
Cracking player. People say we overpaid, I wouldn't take 50m for him if it was offered now.
He has undoubtedly has a successful season. Defensively he's been ace overall. His tackling is just ridiculous.
He needs to improve going forward. Fortunately, he did improve going forward as the season went on. Noticeably.
There was fatigue towards the end of the season and that's understandable given the distance he consistently covers.
Cracking player. People say we overpaid, I wouldn't take 50m for him if it was offered now.
Having watched the replay for the 2nd goal again it's definitely more Wan-Bissaka's fault than Lindelof's.
Ball watching
Ball watching
He is shite and honestly we've been robbed with that fee.
Of course it is, he gets sucked out and then lets his man run 50 yards unopposed with barely an ounce of an attempt to actually get goal side. He even slowed down half way through for no reason.
The sooner Laird permanently displaced him, the happier I will be. He is so limited going forward that he needs to be a prime Thuram at defense to compensate for that. And he is not a prime Thuram, which makes him a total liability.
Overrating him isn't really any different than insulting him either imo.
He's targeted by every team we play against
They press when he receives the ball and they don't bother marking him when we're in the attacking third
I think he deserves another year to show improvement but if that improvement doesn't come the club will have to buy a replacement.. you can't get away with being that poor offensively in the modern game as full back
They press when he receives the ball and they don't bother marking him when we're in the attacking third
I think he deserves another year to show improvement but if that improvement doesn't come the club will have to buy a replacement.. you can't get away with being that poor offensively in the modern game as full back
Did he have a stroke for the second goal? Literally no opposition in a 15m radius of him to mark and he lets him loose. Completely made sense why some say footballers are just dense as feck.
Yeah he was an absolute disaster in this first goal. Was jogging there as if it means nothing. Didn't care one bit about actually trying to stop their attacker.
They were targeting him all the time during first half. Though to be fair, he immensely upped his game in second half, but fecked it up again in the second goal out of nowhere.
I agree that on balance he's had a good season, but I do worry about him. Obviously he's young and so has time to develop, but he certainly has a way to go to justify the expense, in my opinion.
I still rate him although he hasn't finished strongly. I think he'd benefit from some genuine competition for a starting spot.
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