2025/26 Vitalii Mykolenko

[Abraders]

think he’s a poor defender myself. Teams target him in every game. Think this comes off the back of one half decent display against liverpool.

Don't get me wrong he's no Baines or Digne, but he's fine. Doesn't mean I wouldn't upgrade

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Not sure where the Myko hate has been coming from. He's solid defensively usually and but for any niggling injuries he's a nailed on starter for now,

@Kev The Rat explain your reasoning and be honest.

 

[GoldenToffee]

So unbelievably slow and a liability in the opposition half.

 

[NeilMorepies]

So unbelievably slow and a liability in the opposition half.

To be fair O’Brien has been caught out of position a lot more against Sommerville, hence Tarks having to constantly bail him out on that side.

 

[GoldenToffee]

To be fair O’Brien has been caught out of position a lot more against Sommerville, hence Tarks having to constantly bail him out on that side.

At least he's got an excuse...
... he's a centre half.

 

[NeilMorepies]

At least he's got an excuse...
... he's a centre half.

you’d think he’d be more defensively aware and able to put a decent tackle in if that were true.

 

[GoldenToffee]

you’d think he’d be more defensively aware and able to put a decent tackle in if that were true.

Yeah but he's out of position and centre halves generally don't come up against tricky speed merchants all game. Doing as good a job as can be expected imo.

 

[NeilMorepies]

Yeah but he's out of position and centre halves generally don't come up against tricky speed merchants all game. Doing as good a job as can be expected imo.

At the end of the day Jake is our first choice Right Back and should be able to do the job.
If Micko was struggling as bad he’d be ripped to shreds.

 

[SuperKev91]

Found some alright positions and played a couple of nice passes forward, his delivery is woeful though. He’s so limited we just need better out there - especially with Grealish that side.

 

[Bebeto]

Found some alright positions and played a couple of nice passes forward, his delivery is woeful though. He’s so limited we just need better out there - especially with Grealish that side.

Many other positions to look at before lb...we need a quality cf, a gueye replacement, and a rb...then we can look at lb

 

[MaximusEvertonius]

I thought he’s been doing well so far. He’s gotten more confident playing up high and linking up with Grealish. That’s a big change for him and our philosophy from just two seasons ago.

 

[Walken]

Not up to it

 

[Vagner Love]

Crap

 

[Vagner Love]

Fed up with him always trying to shield the ball and fall down to win a free kick, if the decision doesn’t go his way it puts us in trouble a lot of the times a simple pass is on instead too

 

[Walken]

Maybe break into a sprint to close your man down