Bardsley or Colback at left back


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Me. Bardsley, crap as he is, is better than Colback at left back.

Colback had that one blinder at RB but wouldn't play him there either.

He's a reserve quality premier midfielder...ok at linking play but that's about it.
 
Phil Bardsley, although this will stick in the craw of many on here, is no worse a full back than anyone who has played there for us this season. This doesn't mean I rate Bardsley highly, it means I don't rate any of our full backs highly!

IMO we should have tried to sign Alan Hutton who's out of favour at Villa as well as a decent left back of course. Hutton isn't the best defender but his attacking style suits our our limited attacking options perfectly.
 
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Both of them are poor, big part of the reason we are in this fking mess - both should have been peddled end of last season imo :confused:

Every other team seem to be able to sign a couple of half decent ful backs, wtf has been going over there that these two fking muppits are still touted by some as the best fb's we have? - it's fking embarrassing
 
LB options above Bardsley...
Dossena
Colback
Roberge
Celustka
They can all play there.

RB options before Bardsley...
Celustka
Gardner
Colback

No reason to see him again.
 
If Colback wasn't a local lad people would be baying for his blood.

Not true, local lads, especially ones like Colback from Newcastle get fuck all leway from fans. He's got far more abuse over the years than many who deserve it more. People who cost a fee and come with expectations generally get a better time of it than most local lads, barring the odd exception.
 
When in Central Midfield Colback is up there with the likes of Gerrard, Scholes and Carrick.

Wasted at LB. Although I wouldn't want to see Bardsley there either.
 
Bardsley is a better fullback than Colback hands down, he's not the best, but he is better than Colback
 
LB options above Bardsley...
Dossena
Colback
Roberge
Celustka
They can all play there.

RB options before Bardsley...
Celustka
Gardner
Colback

No reason to see him again.

Well unfortunatley he is better than almost all of them, which shows you how poor out squad is.

We need to find a solution to our fullbacks because we will are obviously going down.
 
Bardsley is a better fullback than Colback hands down, he's not the best, but he is better than Colback

:):)
colback's a regular for a reason and bardsley isn't for a reason.
on a brighter note i do think bardsley does have the odd decent game in his locker. if he does get another chance he needs to grab it tightly with both hands.
 
Think a lot of people are involved in a pointless argument here. At his best Colback as a RB was outstanding, but it was little more than one game sadly. Bardsley has had some good games, far more than Jack, but with plenty of dire stuff in between.

But recently (not so recently with Bardsley of course) neither have really looked like they are of the required standard. On the day either could play better than the other, though IMO Colback is less of a risk.

But Poyet has to choose based on what he sees and whoever performs in training will probably get the nod and we can only hope performs. We know Bardsley isn't a midfielder, Colback wants to be, but his 'great games' at CM have been pretty few and far between, and we have options there, some rate him as a CM, I just don't see the evidence.

Both full back positions have been badly neglected for too long, our best hope is that someone, anyone, from Roberge, Celutska, Dossena, Gardner, Colback, Bardsley surprises us and under GP turns it on regularly, and if we get lottery winning lucky maybe two of them.
 
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