Well they're not wrong, he is dangerous...Stopped reading when they said that "Rose always looks dangerous going forward....."
Nice to see us being linked to a LB as this has to be the number 1 priority over all other areas.
Whoever is the left back, he will have difficulties in tracking back to cover as long as we persist in playing a left-sided midfielder such as Eriksen in a role that permits him to track inside and attack the centre. This was one reason why Rose struggled defensively, having come back from injury to find himself with no cover.
The left back we already have who is visibly more conservative and defensively-minded is Zeki Fryers. Ben Davies races forward when there is an opportunity, which is exciting and sometimes productive, but if he joins us and we persist without a 'proper' left winger, he will have the same issues about tracking back as Rose had last season, because there's rarely any defensive cover on that side.
Walker also races forward when he gets the chance, but he usually has Lennon on his flank and can always trust him to cover. That's why Walker rarely got caught upfield last season - more so than because of any improvement on his part.
The underlying point, of course, is that it's a team game and fullbacks have the most physically and territorially demanding role of any position. Most of the fullbacks, for other teams as well as Spurs, who get individually criticised for their defensive positioning are being caught upfield because they have instructions to attack. When a manager provides a fullback with a responsible winger, it's much less of an issue.
Bit late for that really; let's just get on and replace/reinforce that position.I find it amusing that everybody in this community is against Rose as our LB. Its quite clear that he just doesn't make the cut, so how and why were we left with him as our only choice LB last season? I think management owes us an explanation. Its not like they never had the funds...
With all this talk of us after players from Southampton, i was kind of quietly hoping that it just might be Shaw, because out of all their players he is the one that we need most and he is quality with it.
I would welcome us matching Man utd's and Chavski's offer and leave it with the player to decide on the club he wants hoping that Shaw would like to continue working with Poch.
Spurs chasing Ben Davies but how does he compare with Danny Rose?
Ye let the others start bidding, messing him around and then jump in last minute with Poch as the main selling point. Far less disrespectful to Southampton that way and it's worth the outside shot
On the basis that a cardboard cut-out of Justin Edinburgh would compare favourably with Danny Rose, I think that the answer to this question is fairly obvious.
But the one before that was Pat Van den Hauwe.I'm not sure about this, the last welsh left back we bought didn't turn out to be very good...