Coleman looked like a Sunday league player when he first got here, his positional awareness and defending were absolutely abysmal. I remember him being destroyed in a europa league game (left back against sporting?) and I also remember him being played at right midfield because he was a defensive liability. Patterson has been evidently better. It was clear to anybody who had eyes Coleman needed to go on loan to a lesser league and he did well at Blackpool and we were better for it and so was he. Coleman was very good when Dyche first came in but he’s not been good enough for a while and was being targeted by opposition for the last 2/3 seasons.
Patterson has looked nothing like as bad as Coleman was when he first arrived, whatsoever. The difference in performances is night and day, he’s clearly our best right back when all are fit but he played for Rangers and isn’t Irish so bigots, bad judges and jingoistic cretins pretend he’s far worse than he is because their parents might have lied to them about Jesus’ favourite colour and Nathan (through no choice of his own) wasn’t born in the right part of the British Isles.
I have no idea why the same people are allowed to continue to block up this thread by spouting inane, bigoted, agenda driven drivel, the forum as a whole is worse off for it.