HalfTimeSayers
Player Valuation: £30m
If he gets his chance, he needs to just defend properly and not try and prove a point, particularly going forward and getting caught too far forward and too narrow, then getting riled and injuring himself sprinting after someone. Dyche will want this anyway, but stay in sensible positions, zero defensive mistakes, keep it simple, just stay in the side. Same as Myko did who was a rabbit headlights for a couple of months, then became really solid and consistent last year, all whilst never saying a word.
If he does want to express himself going forward, tough. Wait for the manager to instruct this, or more likely, a new manager to instruct this and set the team up to facilitate this. Or after a season of just being solid, move to a club that plays wingbacks.
Even ignoring injuries, he’s ticking the years off his career and doing nothing. He needs to build again right from the beginning. His reputation is on its arse. If he comes in and is rock solid defensively, couple of nice crosses from deep, Dyche will play him.
Get fit, get in the team, stay in the team through solid defending alone. Then assess where he wants to go from there. Sadly, bombing forward and leaving a clearly knock-carrying Tarks chasing balls in the channel and he’ll be behind Seamus, Young, Dixon and Garner by the end of the game.
I still have hope for some reason
