StockGooner wrote:Think you can give him space Jay if you close down and harass quickly
Tierney seems to do that better than Tavares. The last game I saw Tavares seemed to amble out to put pressure on, whereas Tierney will sprint out. I think it's good to have both, but Tierney is a cut above Tavares and most left backs in the league
I think it's close - and as I said, I would slightly favour Tierney.
We were not punished last night for the space their wide player had on Tierney's flank...maybe it was by design, but it made me nervous. I saw it first hand as well in the Chelsea game earlier in the year and spent a fair amount of time watching his movement. He wasn't able to recover his positioning against James and it hurt us.
Tavares is pretty close overall and that is a good thing - last year we had to play Xhaka at LB when Tierney was injured!
I just hope we can hang on to Tavares if he is to be a back up - there might even be a role for him further ahead of Tierney in some matches.