Read somewhere that he's having an 'assist' competition with TAA. When you consider we've only conceded 6 goals in the league and we have fullbacks competing each for assists it shows how good a team we have at the moment. Most teams are either good at one or the other.
Thing is, the full backs in our system are the wingers. They are all the width of the team. They are more like Brazilian lateral than what we think of as full backs. They are extremely high in possession - often level with Salah on the pitch.
Which means they need to be capable of that high output. They are going to get a lot of the ball in good positions.
Which is also why Clyne has been made redundant. The system has moved on. He was our best player in the back 6 (the defensive positions) two seasons ago IMO. Now we have no use for him at all. He's not a bad player - but he is never someone a side would think they could use in midfield in the same way we have with Johnson & Riise in the past, and Trent & Robertson now.
Camacho & Lewis are the interesting ones for me next. Very much laterals rather than full backs. I have no idea how good they are defensively but, in a way, I don't really care. That is probably the easiest bit to tack onto their games if they are intelligent players. What I see is one player who will run at players with the ball and give them the shits - which is excellent against a low block. Another with a peach of a left foot - perhaps even better than Robertson potentially in that sense.
The full back market in world football is a bit shit at the moment. If you are recruiting for someone, there isn't much out there. If the academy can spit out players that cover those positions, it would be a huge bonus for us and give us quite the edge over other sides.
