No. Our current left back is recovering for injury. The other won’t be played so we’re currently playing a right back and left footed midfielder there as makeshift left backs. When Barasic is fit and gets a run I expect the position to be sorted.I always liked him when he was here and gave us a good balance and was a great attacking option at left back i think we could do with him now
He's played 160 minutes all season because of injury,
So no.
I think it’s cause he is a right back and very one footed. Teams have sussed this and noted he’s very uncomfortable at left back. He’s a back up for Tav, which is why we need a fit Barasic back. %^*& knows the score with Wallace but he’s a far better option than a right back or left footed midfielder!Why is Flanagan getting worse, he looks like an old man when he walks on a football park, so leggy - he doesn't even fall into the category of good engine etc and nor is he even defending remotely well, he really is giving us nothing
And no, not "knee jerk" it is a steadily building trend of dreadful performances and early removal from the park.
As an aside if it was simply Flanagn or John the player - I would take John over Flanagan every day of the week based purely on shape it offers a team.
Was there not a factor of Declan John wanting to move back home for family reasons as well though?
Omit the first five words of your post and I thought you were talking about FlanniganHe was decent going forward but a terrible defender, which is unsurprising as it wasn't his natural position. His defensive stats were very bad in terms of winning challenges, headers and stopping crosses.
I always liked him when he was here and gave us a good balance and was a great attacking option at left back i think we could do with him now
He was decent going forward but a terrible defender, which is unsurprising as it wasn't his natural position. His defensive stats were very bad in terms of winning challenges, headers and stopping crosses.
This, he is a perennially injured player,He's played 160 minutes all season because of injury,
So no.
Flanagan feels like one of these proper old fashioned full backs that never pushes forward, happy to sit back. No energy.
This is what gets me. Flanagan gets absolutely destroyed for offering nothing on the left offensively. Tav gets absolutely destroyed for not doing what a full back is supoosed to do, and sit back and defend. It's lose/lose whatever you do
Definitely, better than Wallace, Halliday and Flanagan at LB.
I reckon he would be on less than Flanagan aswell.