Dunk wasn’t at his best but I cannot understand the clamour for Branthwaite. He plays for a struggling team who play horrible football which means he has to do a lot of defending. I’d like to think England want to play good football. Branthwaite has shown no evidence that he’s any good at...
In my opinion the big factor in the tie was that Roma were able to get a game out of their two star players (Dybala and Lukaku) whereas we were missing ours (Mitoma and Pedro).
I really don’t get the hype around Branthwaite. Yes he’s a good defender but from what I’ve seen he’s awful on the ball (although playing for a Dyche team might be the reason why).
It sounds like the only way teams can think to stop Leonard in league one is to try kick him off the pitch but he’s still too good for them. I know it’s a massive step up but surely it’s worth giving him a chance in pre season.
Branthwaite should not be in the England squad. He’s a solid defender but nowhere near good enough on the ball if England want to play progressive possession football.
He’s not been great this season and last night was possibly his worst performance in an Albion shirt. I wonder if there are some underlying injury problems or it’s just age catching up with him.
I do think he’s better when he has someone with a bit of pace next to him (e.g. Colwill or Webster...
I did fear that might happen today but Roma weren’t actually as good as I thought they would be. We just made it easy by gifting them easy goals and not taking our chances.