Obviously they are different players. It is a principle to which I speak. And this whole painting tackling as a negative thing doesn’t work for me. We were all there, watching these same games. These tackles have been very much a positive for AWB, and it is a very important part of the game for him, less so for other full backs because they are not as good at it. If a winger tries to dribble him 1v1 and he tackles them; that is not a negative, and that is what typically happens. To be a full back that doesn’t get beaten is a good thing - Wan Bissaka could easily point to his stats, but we know there is more to it than that, which is my point.
If dribbles completed are important for a winger, then conversely - tackles completed are important for their opponent. As I said, it is more a non-issue because most are rubbish at it, and full backs are probably the most yellow carded players as a result. As I said, I’m not saying it makes Wan-Bissaka great, I’m saying it is part of the story.
And Bruno posts 20+ goals and 20+ assists a season. There have been several better 10s than him in the history of the game, even a fair few today, who do not post those figures - simply because it isn’t a requirement to be considered a top-class 10. What has been more traditional to me in all my years watching football is that the 10 is usually the most talented player in the team more often than not. The player you want on the ball all the time. That doesn’t apply to Bruno. He himself doesn’t really want the ball. He wants rid of it with his first touch because his weaknesses start getting exposed as soon as his second.
