An Away Move Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 Evidently we need to strengthen at RB. West Ham targeted RDL and others will too. He was lucky not to get sent off today. He's doing his best though. Not sure if getting on his back is going to help him improve his performances - it might have the opposite effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 He's better as a wing back with support behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFCCKEANO Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 His problem is he constantly allows his man 5 yards of space, as if he was a slow full back with positional sense. He is quick enough to get tight to his winger but doesn't ever, today's goal was him being too far back and allowing the two Bournemouth players and easy one two around him, if he gets tight to gradel he cuts that out by being able to stay close to a man, rather then having a triangle around him. Last week vs Spurs he backed off and allowed Chadli into the box, if he got tight, could've shown him the line and kept up with him. Such a mindless full back, shame as he is decent in attack, but desperately needs replacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackiepas Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 Made the most passes in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 I've always thought that he offered something as a squad player but that's about it IMHO. Last season we picked up when De Laet was finally dropped and we went with 3 CBs and Schlupp / Albrighton as wing backs. Now, with no real justification, Ritchie is back in the team and looking as shaky as he did last season - I dont get it? By all means keep him as a squad player but why LCFC managers persist with picking RDL in a flat back 4 is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 Maybe I'm too sentimental but I never get it when people say things like this? He's been the first right-back we've had in a long time to keep his place for more than a year. He wasn't great today. Everybody knows that. I do feel slightly sorry for him though, he gets no support from Mahrez whatsoever. All the players that surrounded him were not much better than he was. King and Drinkwater never seemed to want the ball off him and Huth was far from his best as well. I think we also overlook the fact that most teams in the league are really threatening down that left-hand side. The whole De Laet not being good enough debate is like a complete deja vu of the many negative Paul Konchesky threads that we've had over the years. Come off it, neither him nor Konchesky were good enough for the premier league and nothing has changed. De Laet is an ok championship player but he's punished for his many, many mistakes at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAprice_ Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 He looked surprisingly adequate playing in a back three when called upon last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxymcoxy Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 He's been far from as solid as you would want so far this season but he really hasn't been as bad as most are making out. Always has to be someone though I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 GERRIMOUT! After one bad game? He's been reasonably solid otherwise, although he was sold down the river slightly by Mahrez and the formation - Mahrez went wandering trying to make things happen since he had to to give us any attacking threat, leaving De Laet exposed. Poor today, but he's nowhere near as bad as people are making out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 Bit of a Nugent, very good in The Championship but not good enough to sustain an acceptable level in The Prem. Was completely roasted by Gradel today to the point where he became scared to do what he should have done. For their goal he hid in the middle from fear of coming out to meet the winger and try and stop the cross. Blamed Mahrez today as he also did when he got targeted at West Ham but the reality is that when Benalouane came on at Upton Park we stopped getting opened up down our right side. Time for him to be phased out. At this level he can't even impact offensively as well as he could in The Championship - something that also made up for/hid his defensive frailties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Away Move Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 In moments like this I like to remember RDL's role in our fourth goal in the Man Utd game. It offers some perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpower Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 Maybe I'm too sentimental but I never get it when people say things like this? He's been the first right-back we've had in a long time to keep his place for more than a year. He wasn't great today. Everybody knows that. I do feel slightly sorry for him though, he gets no support from Mahrez whatsoever. All the players that surrounded him were not much better than he was. King and Drinkwater never seemed to want the ball off him and Huth was far from his best as well. I think we also overlook the fact that most teams in the league are really threatening down that left-hand side. The whole De Laet not being good enough debate is like a complete deja vu of the many negative Paul Konchesky threads that we've had over the years. A good full back shouldn't need his winger to bail him out all the time. When an opposition manager sees him on the teamsheet they target him because they know he is not good enough. Ranieri I'm pretty sure will not pick him again. He just never looks confident on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpower Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 In moments like this I like to remember RDL's role in our fourth goal in the Man Utd game. It offers some perspective. Sums him up in a nutshell. Total confidence player. When your backs against the wall you don't want him in the side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 He's been far from as solid as you would want so far this season but he really hasn't been as bad as most are making out. Always has to be someone though I suppose. After one bad game? He's been reasonably solid otherwise, although he was sold down the river slightly by Mahrez and the formation - Mahrez went wandering trying to make things happen since he had to to give us any attacking threat, leaving De Laet exposed. Poor today, but he's nowhere near as bad as people are making out. Not sure what player you guys have been watching for the last year, he's looked out of his depth since the very first match last August. Regardless of who's backing him he is beaten way too easily and makes way too many silly errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAprice_ Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 A good full back shouldn't need his winger to bail him out all the time. When an opposition manager sees him on the teamsheet they target him because they know he is not good enough. Ranieri I'm pretty sure will not pick him again. He just never looks confident on the ball. A good winger can track back and defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 He's a car crash defender. Too many times he either just stops, or loses his man. Good going forward but his primary job is to defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 Not sure what player you guys have been watching for the last year, he's looked out of his depth since the very first match last August. Regardless of who's backing him he is beaten way too easily and makes way too many silly errors. Has he? because I seem to remember him looking reasonable last season, no worse than anyone else, and far better than Simpson, and this season he seemed to cope fine with all but Gradel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonaldinho Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 Has he? because I seem to remember him looking reasonable last season, no worse than anyone else, and far better than Simpson, and this season he seemed to cope fine with all but Gradel. Yes he has. He's looked very nervy, can't keep the ball, is positionally sloppy and his left winger has the better of him far far too often. Also saying he's better than Simpson doesn't say much given how bad Simpson is. We desperately need a new quality RB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpicko Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 He's better as a wing back with support behind. So you'd drop Albrighton as wing back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 Yes he has. He's looked very nervy, can't keep the ball, is positionally sloppy and his left winger has the better of him far far too often. Also saying he's better than Simpson doesn't say much given how bad Simpson is. We desperately need a new quality RB. Well no - if we're wanting to progress beyond lower midtable then RB is the first place we should be looking to strengthen, but he's not looked that bad over the past year - he's had poor games but all of them have, and conversely he's had good games, like Liverpool at home where he kept Sterling fairly quiet all game. He's not great, certainly not good enough at this level beyond a 14th-17th finish, but neither is he a car-crash waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayfox Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 Has he? because I seem to remember him looking reasonable last season, no worse than anyone else, and far better than Simpson, and this season he seemed to cope fine with all but Gradel. When you use far better than Simpson. You're on to a loser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 When you use far better than Simpson. You're on to a loser. It's not hard to be better than Simpson, granted, but the point is that of the alternatives (if we're not playing the wing-backs formation, meaning albrighton is needed on the wing) then he's the best we've got. Not perfect, one of the priorities for improving, but not a disaster - he's like Nugent was, fine, but if we've got aspirations of moving further then improving on him is the first step - but if we've not got someone in by Monday evening, it's not season over like some seem to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 So you'd drop Albrighton as wing back? Oh no, I don't mean drop Albrighton. Just pointing out I think De Laet is better as a wing back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 He is a weak link but that is exaggerated because he has no cover. Mahrez is hopeless defensively, Albrighton made him look better, if he had Kanté covering him he'd probably look like an international. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpicko Posted 29 August 2015 Share Posted 29 August 2015 Oh no, I don't mean drop Albrighton. Just pointing out I think De Laet is better as a wing back. Ah right, yeah I'd agree then, though I don't think we've seen much attacking quality of him in the Premiership as we did in the Championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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