The fan base have a massive blind spot over him. If Holgate or Mina put on the weekly shambles he does they would be getting hounded out the club. Keane is practically booting it into his own net most weeks and lids on here are still calling him out best centre half and could play for a higher club etc.
He’s one of the worst signings in our history. 30 million pounds for a fat carthorse who can’t run, cant turn quickly, gets caught out by diagonal balls, loses his head if he makes a single mistake, and has zero leadership qualities whatsoever. He’s been terrible, absolutely terrible for nearly the entirety of the time he’s been with us.
No doubt though he’ll have two or three games where he doesn’t cock up and does the basics that any defender should do and people are straight back to worshipping him. He cost 30 million for christs sake. He’s supposed to be one of the best centre backs in the league for that price. Lescott used to be bagging multiple goals a season, flying out from left back, bringing it out of defence at pace, Jagielka in his prime used to be able to pocket prime Torres one on one. They cost nowhere near what he did, he’s absolutely nowhere near those two, he’s nowhere near Stones or Distin, nowhere near Heitinga, nowhere near Yobo, Stubbs, Weir. Nowhere near.
He is absolutely crap and always has been. An awful awful player who is just completely dog turd. I hate watching him for us, knowing at any point he’ll just mess up a five yard pass and give it to the striker, or close his eyes and miss a simple clearing header, or balloon it against our own player which he’s done multiple times. He probably cost us europe last season with his clown show against Spurs.
Just get out of the club please god, I hate having to watch this utter clown week in week our ruin my footballing enjoyment with his turd show every week.