Trent had one of his can't-quite-be-bothered-defending days today. Bit risky to do it in the CL against the Italian champions Trent. Could easily have cost us with one of his failures to track back or block a cross. He even stepped out of the way of a shot at one point. (The contrast with Robbo defending for his life on the other flank is really striking on these kind of days.)
RB is the one position were we really lack genuine cover. Bit of competition would be handy just to keep him on his toes. As it stands he knows he is a stick on to keep his place almost no matter what, and it does show in his attitude to defending sometimes.
Totally agree.
It was like he just couldn't be arsed. Perisic took him to the cleaners but thank f**k for us we had 2 warriors at CB covering his arse. I felt safe when Hendo came on coz Harvey and Mo gave Trent no support at all. Just his positioning seemed so off, he was miles away from Perisic whenever the ball was played out to him. When he sh*t out of that tackle, I nearly lost it.
That's why I was gutted Neco left. I actually liked Neco as the perfect back up Trent. Not the same putting Milner or Gomez in that position so Trent really has no competition for his spot at all.
Don't get me started on his corners or his free kicks that he has been delivering lately.
Really would love VVD to hit some of those free kicks, especially if they're directly in front of goal, every now and again, just to mix it up a bit.
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