but defensively he is shaky to say the least.
If only he showed that much desire in defence he might have been a good full back!
First and foremost, full backs are defenders and therefore need to be able to defend; he struggles.
The notion that Glen can't defend certainly seems to hold sway amongst many Reds and because we can all see it with our own eyes; it must be true.
Let's set aside the knowledge that; a) in the 21st century, a top full-back's primary role [in top teams anyhow] is attack; hence the name wing-back; b) the way we are set up to play [i.e. emulate top teams] means that our full backs will often be caught out high up the pitch and c) in the 21st century, the role to cover them, in such cases falls to both the defensive midfielder(s) and centre halves.
Even if we pretended those three points weren't accurate; it would surely come as a surprise if it transpires that Glen is our top performing defender
under Brendan, wouldn't it? I mean; people may be shocked if it were true that in the things which best measure defence, clean sheets/goals conceded, Glen ranked highest; wouldn't they?
And... if that
were indeed true, maybe people would understand why Brendan tends to pick Glen when fit, even if they don't agree with him; right?
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One thing I have been critical about, recently, is his apparent lack of interest. Even if you allow for his discontent re: contract negotiations - apathy is inexcusable in my opinion. However (and although it's maybe only one sign), putting his head in where it hurt so late on in the game, on Saturday, was encouraging that this might be changing. Fingers crossed.
Like him or loathe him - right here and now we have no-one better than him in his position. I like Manquillo but he's just not ready -
yet.
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