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Wasn't at all, he merely came here and proved what Bardsley lacks, though obviously he's not the complete footballer himself.
Bardsley is a trier and an all rounder. He's as good going forward as he is defensively, which isn't very. His defensive work is vastly overrated because he tries hard and chucks himself into tackles, when actually it's average at best.
Hutton due to his style leads him to be stretched defensively at times, but what he can give going forward is what teams aspiring to be good need and what someone like Larsson could desperately use. He's just come off the back of a season where everyone struggled at Villa and he was restrained from doing what he does best, hence he suffered as much as anyone.
There's no real competition to who's been the best player between them both over the last 4/5 years, because it's Hutton by a country mile.
Spot on. Hutton was fantastic when he was on loan for us. He was a stand out player and a different class right back compared to what we've had to put up with over the years.