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Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 6:29 am
by toffee_scot
Cods wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2026 12:15 am
I'm not sure we've had a decent attacking right back apart from Coleman in the last 40 years.
It's not new.
- Ashley Young was well past his best.
- Neville wasn't great.
- Hibbert was solid but limited.
- Xavier was a centre back.
- Steve Watson was ok but technically limited, and often enough played in different positions.
- Jackson? Another who played better at CB?
Who else have we had since Stevens?
As we've been spoilt by Baines, Digne and Coleman as very good full backs in recent years, maybe expectations of easily and immediately securing a Coleman-esque quality is asking a bit much?
Munoz I'd take, Dumfries is out of our price range now. Name some that would suit us, improve us, and be within our price range.
Indeed, the only other right backs I remember we had included:
- Djibril Sidibe
- Lars Jacobsen
- Jonjoe Kenny
- Cuco Martina
- Alec Cleland
- Lucas Neill who really just played as a centre back
- Alessandro Pistone
- Tyias Browning
Then we used to play these players out of position at right back:
- Ben Godfrey
- Phil Jagielka (when he first joined before Moyes realised he performed best as a centre back)
- Dan Gosling
- Mason Holgate
- Matthew Pennington
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 7:07 am
by Cods
Bluebridge wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2026 4:28 am
We had Earl the Pearl Barrett, I actually liked Matt Jackson, probably the cup run clouds my memory.
Yeah Jackson wasn't too bad, cloudy memory but thought he had a reasonable cross on him for an out of position centre back.
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 8:10 am
by Bumble
Can we not craft a Nunes-type transition to RB out of one of the glut of midfielders we currently have?
Someone athletic with a good engine who can at least get up and down and then learn the defensive basics every day in training?
We’re going to have 2-3 central midfielders sat on the bench every game if they are all fit. Not sure which one might fit the bill but I suppose if we were going to do that then last season was your prime opportunity.
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 8:32 am
by bigmanbob
Not sure how you can class Steve Watson as not attacking
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 10:10 am
by CorkyOnTour
Pistone was a left back.
Hottiger was right back in those days.
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 10:15 am
by Risky
CorkyOnTour wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2026 10:10 am
Pistone was a left back.
Hottiger was right back in those days.
Pistone was mostly a left back but could play right back.
Hottiger was way before Pistone's time with us, and barely played anyway.
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 10:39 am
by bigmanbob
He was a left back mate, he might have filled in a few times at RB but he was a left back
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 10:51 am
by Cods
bigmanbob wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2026 8:32 am
Not sure how you can class Steve Watson as not attacking
Who said he wasn't attacking, he played up front for a handful of games?
I did say he wasn't much beyond a decent = OK fullback. Nothing special and still nowhere near Coleman level.
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 11:02 am
by Bluebridge
Pistone was a right footed left back, just like Maldini
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 11:17 am
by Lazarou II
Pistone, he was that good we signed him twice.
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 11:51 am
by toffee_scot
I could be wrong but I think Tom Davies might have played a handful of times at right back, or at least switched there as a game progressed and subs were made or injuries picked up on the pitch
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 1:42 pm
by bigmanbob
Pistone was too good looking to be a defender
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 3:25 pm
by Toddacelli
bigmanbob wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2026 1:42 pm
Pistone was too good looking to be a defender
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Allow me to take offence on behalf of all defenders. Some of us are very pretty! Me, Maldini (can you believe I just listed myself in the same sentence as Maldini - I’ve got goosebumps), Distin, ok I’m maybe struggling now, but there are a few of us!
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 4:28 pm
by sam of the south
Toddacelli wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2026 3:25 pm
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Allow me to take offence on behalf of all defenders. Some of us are very pretty! Me, Maldini (can you believe I just listed myself in the same sentence as Maldini - I’ve got goosebumps), Distin, ok I’m maybe struggling now, but there are a few of us!
Nesta was an absolute sex bomb, and Cannavaro had a glint in his eye.
Oh and Nigel Winterburn made me pregnant just by looking at me, and I’m barren.
Re: Patterson Future
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2026 1:43 pm
by Nicco
Sergio Ramos and Gérard Piqué.