2022/23 Vitalii Mykolenko

[Bonnie Blue]

I think he has a lot of potential, there was a very clever pass to Iwobi in the second half (which ended with Gordon’s offside) and he made some great passes last season, too. Just hope he’ll do it more often. Probably just needs more confidence

 

[jazzy]

Excellent defensively but still not great going forwards

 

[AndyC]

Excellent defensively but still not great going forwards

Signed as a defender, employed as a defender, excelling as a defender... no need for any buts.
Clearly, he's going to be one of this season's unsung heroes.

 

[Sharpies volley]

That's just not true is it. He's up against Bowen and has kept him relatively quiet.

Well it was true when I made my comment which was on his first half performance and Bowen was being allowed far too much space. 2nd half he improved tremendously.

 

[leslad]

Got torn a new one by Bowen in the first half but stood up to the challenge for the rest of the game. tough opponent as well

 

[Dixie1sixty]

Got torn a new one by Bowen in the first half but stood up to the challenge for the rest of the game. tough opponent as well

Bowen beat him once in the first half after a unfortunate tangle.

That was it.

 

[Amokachi1995]

Signed as a defender, employed as a defender, excelling as a defender... no need for any buts.
Clearly, he's going to be one of this season's unsung heroes.

I get your point but if we are playing with 3 defensively sound midfielders (which we did today) we will need something offensively from our fullbacks.

I'm hopeful myko can do that but will ultimately need a bit more from him.

 

[roy vernon]

He was solid today, he's solid most games, that's what he is, a solid full back. Just what we need at the moment, if/when we push on, he may well be found lacking, but, for now, he is a good solid full back.

 

[Goat]

Signed as a defender, employed as a defender, excelling as a defender... no need for any buts.
Clearly, he's going to be one of this season's unsung heroes.

A modern fullback needs to offer something going the other way.

Its not a deal breaker, but at some point him and Patters are gonna have to improve on that aspect.

 

[Glasshalffull]

He was solid today, he's solid most games, that's what he is, a solid full back. Just what we need at the moment, if/when we push on, he may well be found lacking, but, for now, he is a good solid full back.

But is he solid, though? ?

 

[roy vernon]

But is he solid, though? ?

Yes

 

[Baggzio]

Excellent defensively but still not great going forwards

With Patterson going forward so well I'd honestly prefer it this way to be honest. He's a good defender and can drop in next to Coady and Tarkowski when needed, he's also very raw. Playing in a team like ours which will hopefully gradually build our attacking output throughout the team will help him to no end, he's very raw but he's also still very new to this league and overall system. I don't think he'll ever be as good as Digne going forward but he might be, what I will say though he's already better than Digne at the back and I was a huge supporter of him when he was here.

If Patterson can become a very good attacking full back, which he seemingly is on the path to being, I have no issues at all with Myko becoming a very good defensive full back, suits us better in my opinion. If we wanted a good attacking full back we'd be playing Vinagre, he'll probably come in if Coleman does as there'll be a bit of a role reversal then. Myko will be a good player for us for years to come I would imagine, he's on his way there already.

 

[Charlie Sweet]

Our best full back by a mile. Top top player.

 

[Calvin]

Our best full back by a mile. Top top player.

Stop it

 

[davek]

Excellent defensively but still not great going forwards

TBF we are well short of that commodity on both flanks from both FBs.

This is a part of our game that we need a lot of work on as we progress.