Egil Olsen
Player Valuation: £8m
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Leylo
Player Valuation: £35m
Maybe but he's terrible he's the worst defender at the club that's saying something
You need fullbacks to contribute something offensively, and I don't think he has it in his game.
Since he joined, I can't recall a single decent cross, never mind an assist.
It feels like the best we can hope for is he doesn't make a mistake.
No idea about Vinagre - but if he has any pace or can cross a ball I'd say have him in at Goodison. Or Godfrey, at least Godfrey has pace/offers a presence.
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
Nah, go back and watch McNeil and martinelli. McNeil sees martinelli running and just turns away. Myko then is torn between getting saka or martinelli and is totally exposed. He could make a decision quicker but he is caught in no man’s land.
BigDuncTributeBand
Player Valuation: £25m
The threat is the man who was on his shoulder, who he was marking. who makes a run inside him. It’s all on him I’m afraid, nobody else, the more I’ve watched it the worse it is. Schoolboys would get a bollocking for positional sense like that, let alone someone playing premier league football.
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
An I’m sure if he had marked saka and it had gone to martinelli instead and he scored it would have all been Mykos fault for not passing Saka on.
Egil Olsen
Player Valuation: £8m
I don't think it's obvious that this is Myko's fault. Ideally, the inner spaces should be prioritized over the outer ones, and it can be argued that Saka is in his zone. At the same time, it is worth watching the goal in the replay, and looking at the excellent positioning of the Arsenal players - if you wonder what positional play is, then you see the essence here. One of the purposes is precisely through the positioning to set up the opponents in lose-lose situations.
But anyway, it's worth looking at the positioning of Tarkowski. He is pulled out of the positioning by Martin Ø, and in this way a space opens up between Tarkowski and Myko. Tarkowski makes a classic mistake here, pressing before the pass is played, instead he is deceived by a visual fake. His primary task in that situation is to shift, and cover for the back - lie on the right side of Saka on the goal side. It should also be said that Gana does a terrible job of closing down passing angles.
Is he still way better than Digne like some of you suggested? Lol
Peter The Dog
Player Valuation: £8m
his signing was a feel-good one, but despite my support for the Ukraine, I think he's another dud to add to an already long-list of terrible deals.
Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £50m
My view is that he had a year of Ashley Cole (probably the best all round LB ever in the PL) doing one on one coaching with him and he has never really improved any.
dannyboy
Player Valuation: £60m
I could tolerate him playing every week if he was a defender who imposed himself on the opposition, but you barely notice he's on the pitch unless there's an opposition player directly running at him.
Azzurri
Player Valuation: £70m
Definitely not just him at fault. And like you say communication needs to be far better. Gueye also did a terrible job of screening the pass. But, in hindsight, he’s got to let that ball go out wide where it’s not as dangerous. Having said that, hindsight init.
BigDuncTributeBand
Player Valuation: £25m
You’re putting up a better defence than Myko did for the goal. As the boys on Toffeetv said, you wouldn’t expect to see a positional error like that from a fullback all the way down the leagues, right to the lowest levels, it’s basic.
One things for certain, we wouldn't get anywhere near 17m back for him. Looks all the world like a solid if unspectacular 4m defender.
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