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[Fowler_E7]

Best new signing by a country mile so far, hes an absolute beast of a defender and is tireless getting forward, for me he's the perfect balance of defense and attack that you need in a modern full back, im surprised that more hasn't been mentioned on him.

[leeroy74]

he's a positive so I'm not surprised. I mean it'd mean praising Brendan and that is frowned upon.

[Thommo's perm]

The jurys still out. The player we thought we had has now almost disappeared and a nervy, back-passing, crap-crossing, out of position, hesitant wing back has replaced him. Funny that no-one has bothered to comment on this thread since August?
Have people not noticed his de-Clyne?

[JC_81]

Disagree Thommo. Massive upgrade on Johnson imo. I think he's definitely good enough to be playing for a top 4 side which is where we should be regularly. He's had a few off games as all players do.

If a defender is doing his job you don't talk about him. The fact his thread had been left alone so long suggests fans had nothing to grumble about.

[7_Kewell]

Disagree Thommo. Massive upgrade on Johnson imo. I think he's definitely good enough to be playing for a top 4 side which is where we should be regularly. He's had a few off games as all players do.

If a defender is doing his job you don't talk about him. The fact his thread had been left alone so long suggests fans had nothing to grumble about.

Exactly....the lad is a good player and has room for improvement, but regularly puts in a shift and can defend well too.

[Thommo's perm]

I'll accept that hes having a few bad games, for now, but hes definitely not the player I thought he was at first.
My nan is an upgrade from Johnson by the way

[SkippyRed]

I have been happy with Clyne, but if anything, he just looks fatigued now. He has looked ***** on the ball the last 2 games.

Hopefully when Flanno is back we can sufficiently rest him, because his early season form was nothing short of brilliant.

[Thommo's perm]

Bring less and less each game

[UvS xR4GEx]

I thought Clyne just like Lovren would be a great signing after watching snippets of him on MOTD.. but what have we bought here?
He has no confidence whatsoever!! He passes either sideways or backwards. He looks nervous on the ball, and like someone else stated he's always out of position.

I thought he'd be a brilliant wingback, but against Watford every quick attack was massively slowed down by Clyne standing waiting for the ball instead of overlapping down the right. He was POOR yesterday really poor and for me a massive under achiever since he joined.

[Thommo's perm]

Ahem

[johnbarnes]

This guy is like a knife and fork. We use them everyday without complaint because the design is perfect for use.
Clyne isn't perfect but the fact he rarely gets spoken of shows what a great utensil he is.
One of the best LFC signings for many many years and may one day lead this club to glory as Captain.   

[C-R]

This guy is like a knife and fork. We use them everyday without complaint because the design is perfect for use.
Clyne isn't perfect but the fact he rarely gets spoken of shows what a great utensil he is.
One of the best LFC signings for many many years and may one day lead this club to glory as Captain.   :buttrock

I really liked your post and your analogy, but not sure about club captain... surely Emre Can is the man 

[johnbarnes]

This guy is like a knife and fork. We use them everyday without complaint because the design is perfect for use.
Clyne isn't perfect but the fact he rarely gets spoken of shows what a great utensil he is.
One of the best LFC signings for many many years and may one day lead this club to glory as Captain.   :buttrock

I really liked your post and your analogy, but not sure about club captain... surely Emre Can is the man 

I did write 'MAY'    But all of a sudden our future doesn't look as bleak

[Thommo's perm]

Last night he looked out of his depth because...he was. He is an average player who has been lucky not to be singled out by a good player with skill. Martial did just that and had him in knots for most of the game. He was clumsy, disorientated and useless and the penalty was embarrassing to watch. Hopefully a world class right back is in the pipeline.
Keep Clyne for back up

[JC_81]

Knee jerk that last post.

The lad has been a very good signing but just had a poor game last night, not helped by having zero protection in front of him the way we set up with a very fluid midfield.

Put the knives away.