Jonny Ingbar
Well-known member
No, sorry, but I just dint agree with that at all. Clayton was more than comfortable in possession and could pass too. The problem he had (as did others) was that AK drummed it into them to make sure possession was never lost, hence both he and Leadbitter would turn back inside and start to build again.Clayton was clearly better at the defensive blocking role, but even under Aitor, his on the ball ability was very limited, he was too slow at getting the ball out from under his feet and out to the more creative players. Morsey looks much better at that, much more comfortable with ball at feet. I remember woodgate claiming that Clayton would playa 'quarter back' role for us, pinging balls from that deep position, but he just isn't capable of anything more than a 20 yard pass, Morsey is.