Gosh some of the stuff here is pure garbage and embarrassing. Some of the posters sound like opposition fans trotting out the same old shit about Trent.
All players have weaknesses and also strengths. Trent's strengths far outweigh his weaknesses. Yes you can harp on all day about him being beaten in the air at the back post (as you could do for Robertson).
Other teams will have good defenders as they need them. Their defenders will hardly cross the half way line nor ping diagonal balls to the far wing. Their defenders will sit tight and man mark all game so they will always be close to their player. Trent on the other hand will be crossing the ball from the opponent's touch line and is not a man marker of a defender.
Our game is all about pressing high and attacking. If you want to see us sitting deep and not coming out of our half then you are supporting the wrong team.
Trent's weaknesses will be exposed at times but don't be a prick and listen to United supporters and take the bait....."Trent cannot defend". Trent is a decent defender but is world class going forwards and taking freekicks.
Hyperbole much? No-one has said Trent cannot defend, the discussion (without resorting to you're a utd fan insults) is why he's stopped defending. If you want to argue he's not fair enough, but I think he is a much worse defender now than he used to be, again as stated before I don't know if thats tactical or personal but on the tactical side I think it's crazy to have both Trent and Salah with minimal defensive duties.
The key part is Bradley, being asked to do the exact same role as Trent (maybe less long balls) has been a far better defender.
It's a really strange situation because a few years ago when the the public (mainly around England call ups) statements he couldn't defend came out, it was with a great irony as that was utter rubbish, he was a good defender at that point, yet since then he's got worse (in my humble opinion). When we played 433 Trent and Robbo were the best all round fullbacks in the world.
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