Generally speaking, I try to avoid ripping on our players and if I do, I try and be respectful about it, so hopefully I'm not gonna overstep the line here, but my Goodness I think Todd Kane is giving Bosingwa a run for his money as the worst right back we've had in the 2010's and onward, and Kane hasn't even been an absolute tool of a human being.
Just to give some context behind this, maybe it's a common opinion or maybe it's just me, I don't know, but every time he plays, the amount of space exposed behind him is ludicrous and more importantly, he is so slow to react to that, it's no wonder teams take advantage of it and we saw that yesterday.
Here's the heatmap of the left side of the Brentford attack (You can see the players who's heatmap I've selected. Notice how far forward they go on their left side.
LeftHeatMap.PNG
Lets now look at the heatmap that looks more at their right side attacks. Notice how far forward they get:
RightHeatMap.PNG
They barely get forward on our left compared to our right and it's because Kane exposes so much space behind him.
Honestly, I'm trying to think of a right back we've had in recent times who's had such poor awareness and I can't. Bradley Orr, Luke Young, Nedum Onuoha, Jose Bosingwa, Danny Simpson, Mauricio Isla, Darnell Furlong. We really need to strengthen that aspect of our game because teams are really roasting us on our right side.
Just to give some context behind this, maybe it's a common opinion or maybe it's just me, I don't know, but every time he plays, the amount of space exposed behind him is ludicrous and more importantly, he is so slow to react to that, it's no wonder teams take advantage of it and we saw that yesterday.
Here's the heatmap of the left side of the Brentford attack (You can see the players who's heatmap I've selected. Notice how far forward they go on their left side.
LeftHeatMap.PNG
Lets now look at the heatmap that looks more at their right side attacks. Notice how far forward they get:
RightHeatMap.PNG
They barely get forward on our left compared to our right and it's because Kane exposes so much space behind him.
Honestly, I'm trying to think of a right back we've had in recent times who's had such poor awareness and I can't. Bradley Orr, Luke Young, Nedum Onuoha, Jose Bosingwa, Danny Simpson, Mauricio Isla, Darnell Furlong. We really need to strengthen that aspect of our game because teams are really roasting us on our right side.
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