think rafa is a great prospect.........prospect being the important thing. he comes from a country where defending isn't given high priority and he is also very young and inexperienced.
his assests are evident to all but so sadly are his defensive frailties, but they are something that can hopefully be learned over the next couple of years. evra attacks but also has the ability to track back fantastically well or if he gets caught up field then slot in there and start defending there while someone covers for him at the back. one thing that does annoy me is rafa's tendency to either attempt a ridiculous tackle that often ends in a foul or just basically do whatever to stop the player which again results in a foul.
all these faults though are something you learn to take out of your game and improve on especially when you arrive in a different country at a club and in a league where football is played very differently to that of his homeland.
his assests still outweigh the negative issues , actually if anything he has been brought on a little too fast and it seems to have gone to his head and it hasn't taken opposition teams very long to catch onto his weaknessess.
let him get on with his playing over the next couple of years, let him learn the game and then make a judgement then.
for me nev is clearly not the future but has something to offer us still, but have always liked wes brown myself-he's not perfect and before the injury his performance level had slipped, but the guy can still do the job there
his assests are evident to all but so sadly are his defensive frailties, but they are something that can hopefully be learned over the next couple of years. evra attacks but also has the ability to track back fantastically well or if he gets caught up field then slot in there and start defending there while someone covers for him at the back. one thing that does annoy me is rafa's tendency to either attempt a ridiculous tackle that often ends in a foul or just basically do whatever to stop the player which again results in a foul.
all these faults though are something you learn to take out of your game and improve on especially when you arrive in a different country at a club and in a league where football is played very differently to that of his homeland.
his assests still outweigh the negative issues , actually if anything he has been brought on a little too fast and it seems to have gone to his head and it hasn't taken opposition teams very long to catch onto his weaknessess.
let him get on with his playing over the next couple of years, let him learn the game and then make a judgement then.
for me nev is clearly not the future but has something to offer us still, but have always liked wes brown myself-he's not perfect and before the injury his performance level had slipped, but the guy can still do the job there