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De Laet one of the fastest players in the Premier League

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Where is Walcott, Di maria, Schurrle etc

not sure how believebale that is tbh

Walcott's not played this season and it's just fastest speed reached, taking into account nothing else. Doesn't matter if they have the ball or not, what they're doing or anything, it seems. Just who's moved the fastest in a match. Not really that surprising that De Laet's up there in that case because he's rapid going forwards and disappointingly slow whenever he has to go back to defend

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Walcott's not played this season and it's just fastest speed reached, taking into account nothing else. Doesn't matter if they have the ball or not, what they're doing or anything, it seems. Just who's moved the fastest in a match. Not really that surprising that De Laet's up there in that case because he's rapid going forwards and disappointingly slow whenever he has to go back to defend

Thats why I think he would make a perfect wingback

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RDL getting a kicking again?

Not his fault he's the /only/ attacking threat in the whole squad

Not his fault the 2 CDMs don't know how to do the D in CDM

Not his fault the CB can't cover

Not his fault there is zero cover from whatever winger has played in front of him

Not his fault midfielders don't track opposing midfield runs

Not his fault when a CB plays opposition forward onside

But yeah, it's all on RDL

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Can't remember who it was (possibly obertan) but De Laet chased a Newcastle player back about 60/70 yards so that is a complete myth. If he's still being blamed for holding his line correctly against Swansea then there's no way of altering the opinion on Ritchie.

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RDL getting a kicking again?

Not his fault he's the /only/ attacking threat in the whole squad

Not his fault the 2 CDMs don't know how to do the D in CDM

Not his fault the CB can't cover

Not his fault there is zero cover from whatever winger has played in front of him

Not his fault midfielders don't track opposing midfield runs

Not his fault when a CB plays opposition forward onside

But yeah, it's all on RDL

 

No one's denying RDL is very quick although I think the findings are sketchy. RDL is a great runner, defensively he is okay, I thought he and montero had a fair battle on saturday, but going forward his first touches and final products are generally below par. 

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No one's denying RDL is very quick although I think the findings are sketchy. RDL is a great runner, defensively he is okay, I thought he and montero had a fair battle on saturday, but going forward his first touches and final products are generally below par.

Certainly, but I'm just say his apparent defensive lapses that everyone is wanting him out for aren't just down to him

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Certainly, but I'm just say his apparent defensive lapses that everyone is wanting him out for aren't just down to him

 

He does get very little praise for what he does well. He flourishes when we have a competent DM around. I think the midfield being generally very poor since United has increased the workload on RDL. He flourished in the second half at the United game when we had the diamond formation and I think that gave him space to play to his potential. I think he's underrated but he does make frustrating mistakes, like Swansea's second goal, so I can understand why people want to see more of Simpson

 

There are definitely more players in the starting line up in need of bench time than RDL. I'm looking at Drinkwater, love the guy but he's had very few things to be proud about this season

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Do feel sorry for De Laet, every game seems an almighty battle for him. He's obviously been targeted defensively by teams, generally he does ok but eventually will make a mistake.

Can't complain about effort and his work rate, he also needs a bit of help from team mates.

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Let's see how many of these players would be in the top ten of a 100m sprint. Not many. It's te fastest speed over a short burst.

35 kmh is seriously quick though, Phil Jagielka is not hitting that speed inside 10 metres even with a walking start. From a standing start it took Bolt 20m to hit that speed in the 2008 Olympic final and he had a top speed of 44kmh.

Basically it's a load if rubbish.

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35 kmh is seriously quick though, Phil Jagielka is not hitting that speed inside 10 metres even with a walking start. From a standing start it took Bolt 20m to hit that speed in the 2008 Olympic final and he had a top speed of 44kmh.

Basically it's a load if rubbish.

 

I don't think it's improbable to think he chased a player back over 30/40 meters.

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Here are the top-ten quickest footballer’s in the world according to FIFA statistics:

1. Antonio Valencia – 35.1 km/h

2. Gareth Bale – 34.7 km/h

3. Aaron Lennon – 33.8 km/h

4. Cristiano Ronaldo – 33.6 km/h

5. Theo Walcott – 32.7 km/h

6.Lionel Messi – 32.5 km/h

7. Wayne Rooney – 31.2 km/h

8. Franck Ribery – 30.7 km/h

9. Arjen Robben – 30.4 km/h

10. Alexis Sanchez – 30.1 km/h

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