England's fourth best right back

Walker, Wan Bissaka, Trippier and James would be ahead of him in my opinion. Great going forward but naive defensively.
 
Neville hit the nail on the head during MNF.

If you asked Jota, Ronaldo, Mbappe, Sane, Hazard (all players who play in that left channel and would be up against our RB) who they'd rather play against out of Trippier, Walker, TAA, James or Wan-Bissaka.....they'd all say, TAA every day.

TAA is incredible going forward and has the best cross and pass of any of our RBs, no question.

But at the end of the day, his main aim is to defend.

Personally, I'd take him but I'd play him in games in which we're likely to have most of the ball.

Against Croatia and potentially Perisic, I don't think I'd start him.
 
Marvanelli said:
Personally, I'd take him but I'd play him in games in which we're likely to have most of the ball.

Against Croatia and potentially Perisic, I don't think I'd start him.
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The thing that needs to be taken into account here is the media darling liverpool superstar, league winner, the kind of personality that believes he should start every match and get disruptive if he isn't? Or is he prepared to sit in the squad behind superior RBs and only play against weaker sides? How would he react at playing well against a weak opponent and getting a couple of assists only to be dropped against a dangerous RWer?

It's about personality at this stage, and maybe, someone like James or Wan-Bisaka might be more emotionally and psychologically reliable in that position and less media focus. The last thing we need is the media persecuting player for simply not being TAA.
 
Marvanelli said:
Neville hit the nail on the head during MNF.

If you asked Jota, Ronaldo, Mbappe, Sane, Hazard (all players who play in that left channel and would be up against our RB) who they'd rather play against out of Trippier, Walker, TAA, James or Wan-Bissaka.....they'd all say, TAA every day.

TAA is incredible going forward and has the best cross and pass of any of our RBs, no question.

But at the end of the day, his main aim is to defend.

Personally, I'd take him but I'd play him in games in which we're likely to have most of the ball.

Against Croatia and potentially Perisic, I don't think I'd start him.
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Great post, Perisic is an absolute nightmare.

But... which one would they rather track back against? Hazard vs TAA, they’d score 3 and we’d hopefully score more.

I’d defer to Gary Neville like, he knows a little bit about playing right back :D
 
BoroMart said:
which RB would you drop to put him in the squad, and is he better all round, considering attacking and defensive contribution against better teams, than Trippier or Kyle Walker, I'd put him on a par with Wan Bissaka?
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Hard to say actually, haven’t seen anything of Trippier this season - obviously he’s done brilliant to be top of the league, and Atletico don’t have passengers.

I’m not Kyle Walker’s biggest fan, but like someone said, consistent presence in the best defence in the league and Gareth loves him in that three at the back, which is fair enough.

One thing I do think is that TAA has proven it against better teams. Been the outstanding player on the pitch in loads of big domestic and European games over the last three years.
 
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