Previous Message
Pre-COVID, he was a physical specimen. Didn’t he used to box with Duncan? As you say, that enabled him to get away with some of the more technical elements of the game and, in a physical league, he was a standout physical performer.
Once he lost that edge the curtain dropped and it was quickly apparent there wasn’t much more to his game. Shame tho, as he was useful enough prior to that.
Previous Message
but once he’d got Covid he struggled a bit physically and everyone knew they could get at him. Previous Message
As you say, defensive deficiencies, but his pace and strength often allowed him to recover. There was even talk of him as an England international and some clamour for him to make the Euro 2020 squad.
Then he got COVID, was out for a while, weaker and slower, plus got the ankle injury…the lot just did for him. Absolute shite after that.
The drop off from his ‘peak’ was significant. Previous Message
Masked his defensive deficiencies by flying into tackles.
Responses