Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
Hasn’t done any worse than any of the other experienced pros we have put there this season, whose mistakes have directly led to conceding goals/penalties and dropping points.….its nothing to do with being young or old, its about being good or bad. Branthwaite is younger and holds down his place. Unfortunately in our predicament we’ve not been able to afford an effective RB so have had to do with converted CBs or old blokes on Bosmans.
Watch games back where Patterson plays and see how many crosses come in from his side. His positioning sense is poor, he’s either rushing at his winger making him easy to get past or standing way off. He makes me nervous when he plays, I’m sure Dyche and the coaches feel exactly the same.
As is often the case with our club, unless he can turn things around, he just looks another poor piece of business. Young players still have to be good enough.
The difference is, Patterson will likely improve with games whereas we have seen that they won’t.