credit where due Leahy had a decent game today only fault was the crossing floats it too much instead of getting pace and whip on his crosses Devlin also did well overall.
Funny thing is they have played better in the majority of games this season
Imo they have been made to be scapegoats and are the new boo boys, regardless to how they play a few of our fans wonāt praise themā¦Iām the first to agree they had a difficult first season and I too questioned their ability however this season thereās been an improvement and one thing they both do is give 100%, maybe Ferrier could do with taking a leaf out of their book and do the same.
I donāt think anyone is suggesting they donāt give 100%. IN fact, I have said several times they clearly do, and seem nice guys.
Howeverā¦ they are League 2 standard full backs. Compare them with our full backs in the successful teams we have had. look even a couple years ago with Demetriou and Rico/Taylor, these pair could not lace their boots.
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Rico Henry? Heās in the championship. If anybody expects them to be that standard they are delusional.
They are better than league two standard. What utter hyperbole.
Very strange response. Obviously Rico Henry was a special talent.
What about Demetriou and Taylor? Strangely they were ignored.
They are what they are, and theyāre who we have for now. How about moaning about stuff we can change instead.
Oh, hang onā¦
I think part of my mentioning of these two, is that you would not believe how much of the budget they have taken up. Unbelievable.
Thatās not the players fault, thatās Whitneys.
The constant targeting of them is completely irrational.
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Yeah they were and to be fair Iād rather have Demetrou than Devlin. I donāt get the point of the comparison though. Iād rather have a 25 year old Ian Roper at the back rather than John Guthrie. But time moves on. Taylor and Leahy are much of a muchness though really.
Itās still irrelevant to their recent performances. Which have been absolutely fine.
Bring back Wayne Evans.
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If constant targeting is responding to weekly comments about their crossing statistics is then fine 
Yes, constant targeting. I presume are on other social media platforms? Just look on there. The edgy cliqueās love to have a pop at him, itās almost fashionable.
Canāt the Koreanās just clone another Graham Forbes for goodness sake? 
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Who? I havenāt seen it. Tbh, I donāt follow much walsall stuff on twitter or Facebook. I base my inference on stats and the fact they both make ricks, and are poor positionally.
Theyāve improved this year no doubt, but if this side is to improve then those positions need addressing. Thatās all Iām sayinā yo.
Keates, meanwhile, scotched rumours in a national newspaper that left-back Luke Leahy ā out of contract next summer ā has turned down a new deal at the Banksās Stadium.
He confirmed: āThereās no contract been offered to Luke so whatās been said in one of the national newspapers is fabricated by the paper.
āHeās performed really well so far, Luke, and long may it continue.ā
Looks like Keates is pleased with LL performance and itās the fellas birthday today so perhaps cut him some slack.
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Interested to see the stats that prove heās been āpoor positionallyā. the most common throw away line on Leahy.
After all, I can find you plenty that show what an asset he is going forward. Samsara already posted them.
Why arenāt people critisising the wingers who are being outplayed going forward by a crap league 2 standard left back?
wowzers.