Moussa Niakhaté
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Ian Moore Gone Little
Viv Anderson
And that, as anyone who has ever been to a match with me will wearily attest, is one of my biggest gripes with footballers. All that time to hone their skills and 95+% of them are entirely one-footed. A hundred grand a week and they call one of their feet “the one I use for standing on” and point at it and laugh if they happen to shin one in with it.
You shouldn’t have a wrong foot, only one that perhaps isn’t quite as good as your better foot. Spend a bit less time on the golf course / gaming / gambling / whatever and use some of the talent that got you into the professional game in the first place to work on and improve your two-footedness, then maybe you wouldn’t have to beat the same defender three times before you can pass or shoot or end up passing backwards because you’ve given yourself no other options. I only played at school B team or bunch-of-workmates-having-a-kickaround level but it wouldn’t occur to me not to use both feet, so how the hell have professional players been allowed to get away with being one-footed for so long?
I’m off for a lie down in a darkened room now…
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
They will probably all be able to use their weaker foot and in most cases probably better than pretty much all of us on our stronger one.
But it's a game of fine margins especially at the very top level and a player's weaker foot might just not quite be good enough under pressure in a matchday situation where the time to think about the action is minimal so the execution has to be spot on.
Moussa's right footed passing hasn't been good enough so far though. And every time Callum gets down the left wing he has to cut in and cross with his right. So predictable.
But it's a game of fine margins especially at the very top level and a player's weaker foot might just not quite be good enough under pressure in a matchday situation where the time to think about the action is minimal so the execution has to be spot on.
Moussa's right footed passing hasn't been good enough so far though. And every time Callum gets down the left wing he has to cut in and cross with his right. So predictable.
Chappers85
Can't Play Left-Back
I reckon we've had a few players over the years that were no-footed too, being equally bad with each!
Berkshire Red
Jack Burkitt
Chris Wood on Sunday being one.
Dele Adebola surely merits admission under the „two-foot“ category, no?
valspoodle
Ian Bowyer
That's a gripe of mine, too, the player able to kick properly with only one foot.. Makes it so awkward to pass the ball; for instance, if you are right footed, you can't pass the ball to the right unless you swing your body round to face the right. Unless you try that outside of the foot which looks so odd and rarely comes off.
You would think that with nothing else to concern them whilst at work other than to train to play football, kicking strongly with your 'wrong' foot would be worth practising.
You would think that with nothing else to concern them whilst at work other than to train to play football, kicking strongly with your 'wrong' foot would be worth practising.
Far have we travelled
First Team Squad
I hadn't noticed but you might well be right. The essence of his role however is to defend, which he generally is more than competent at.
Far have we travelled
First Team Squad
Not so sure it has to be quite so binary as that but given a choice between the two elements for him as a defender, I know which I would choose. He had Calvert-Lewis pretty much sewn up at Goodison, and none of the City forwards had any change from him. I do think that had he been playing against Wolves, their forward (Cunho?) wouldn't have scored their first goal. I actually seem to recall both he and Boly playing some really discerning forward passes through the City lines in the second half. So long as he is not played out of position, he delivers a sound performance far more often than not, just as he did at the end of last season.
It’s for this reason I would play all 3 cbs until the season ends. Just play your best players
Far have we travelled
First Team Squad
My thought too.
Red Ray's Redlist
Viv Anderson
Really liked the way he was happy to step into midfield to deal with Palmer. Good game today.
Rubics
Bin VAR!
It was noticeable yesterday that all of the back 5 were more aggressive than they have been. Definite change in attitude yesterday.
MaxiRobriguez
Bob McKinlay
Niakhate has been sat on the bench too often this season. Makes an easy succession plan for losing Murillo over summer.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
I see Moussa as a future captain.
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
With the aggressive thing I agree and think that is what has been worked on, particularly with Niakhate who has clearly taken things on well - pretty sure Nuno mentioned a lack of aggression being the issue with two of the goals we conceded in the Newcastle post match...
Niakhate wasn't seen for a while after that, and he's definitely been more proactive following the return. Good defender, bloke and pro it seems - he's clearly got his head down and put the work in to that side of his game. Credit to him.
Niakhate wasn't seen for a while after that, and he's definitely been more proactive following the return. Good defender, bloke and pro it seems - he's clearly got his head down and put the work in to that side of his game. Credit to him.
Ragnar
Youth Team
Limping before the last two goals today. Spreading uncertainty. I felt he wanted to be taken off.
eyupmeduck
Grenville Morris
Percy says in talks for a sale with a French club to boost psr.
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Dawg
Viv Anderson
Like Moussa. But if his sale means we come ever closer to PSR safety then so be it. He's clearly not a Nuno favourite and does get injured often.