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Kerryblueboy wrote: Tue Feb 10, 2026 10:49 pm Thought he was ok this evening
That pass that George put through level to the Bournmouth box, perfectly weighted for Mykolenko to run on to but he just pulled up and made no effort whatsoever, George must have thought WTF ,
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How anyone can say he was ok.

My god you've let your standards slip.

Absolutely horrendous player unfortunately
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Audrey Horne wrote:How anyone can say he was ok.

My god you've let your standards slip.

Absolutely horrendous player unfortunately
Agree. We need much better in that LB position


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Escalator wrote: Tue Feb 10, 2026 10:55 pm That pass that George put through level to the Bournmouth box, perfectly weighted for Mykolenko to run on to but he just pulled up and made no effort whatsoever, George must have thought WTF ,
Was terrible this.

Will be the last time he tries that.
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Escalator wrote: Tue Feb 10, 2026 10:55 pm That pass that George put through level to the Bournmouth box, perfectly weighted for Mykolenko to run on to but he just pulled up and made no effort whatsoever, George must have thought WTF ,
At that time I thought in my head he was thinking “Marc Cucurella would have been on the end of that”

Full Backs are absolutely the number 1 issue we need sorting

When it’s O’Brien and Mykolenko on either side, neither of them are comfortable on the ball or provide width. The play gets instantly slowed down the ball goes back inside and we lose momentum

Teams are onto them being our weak links, and as The Ram said, teams happily let them have the ball knowing they pose no threat at all

Another issue it creates is that it totally nullifies the threat of the wide players. You could see it with Grealish, how frustrated he was playing alongside Mykolenko, no overlap or width is offered and he refused to pass to him a lot of the time as he knew it was a complete waste of time - look at the difference in his game against Brighton at home with Garner there at left back

Equally though we’ve given Dibling, McNeil and now Ndiaye a bit of stick on that right hand side - again no overlap from O’Brien and no decent passing option so opposition easily nullify threat from that side as well as they know 1 player has to do all the attacking work on their own

O’Brien at least gets a slight pass as he’s not claiming he’s a right back. Mykolenko though has no real excuse other than he’s not good enough

I’ll be fuming if there’s not 2 new full backs next season
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Dont think I've ever seen a worse crosser of the ball.

Every single one swings completely away from anywhere an attacker would be making a run and ends up almost outside the box.

Complete myth he's a good defender as well.

Absolutely shite and I can't wait to see the back of him.
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I expect we're looking at options here in the summer, but wanted to bump as I thought he was really good tonight against Semenyo.

Wouldn't be entirely surprised if we offered him an extension with the idea of bringing someone in front of him IF Aznou really isn't working out.
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blueToffee wrote: Mon May 04, 2026 11:44 pm I expect we're looking at options here in the summer, but wanted to bump as I thought he was really good tonight against Semenyo.

Wouldn't be entirely surprised if we offered him an extension with the idea of bringing someone in front of him IF Aznou really isn't working out.
He seems to do well when he's got a task.

He's beaten Semenyo, Saka and quite a few others that ordinarily would cause most defenders trouble.

A lot is dependent upon how we play though. He's not got enough going forward, but that's not really his game, not sure we can expect too much of him there.
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Played well last night but we NEED to replace him in the summer.

Rumours that we have offered him an extension. but surely, fucking surely its to be second fiddle to a new LB?!
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Audrey Horne wrote: Tue May 05, 2026 9:35 am Played well last night but we NEED to replace him in the summer.

Rumours that we have offered him an extension. but surely, fucking surely its to be second fiddle to a new LB?!
I just look at Moyes' first time here and how important competent attacking full backs were... I just can't imagine a world where he accepts Mykolenko as a starter.
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Rather than let him go and have to buy two left backs, we need to keep him and buy a better one too.
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Can certainly do a very specific job but good lord I have had enough of watching him. What a scam this transfer was.
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Hopefully this summer is similar from when we went from Nuno Valente to Leighton Baines.
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Have to say i really dont mind him. I think hes a decent premier league player. Our biggest problem, for me, isnt so much the individuals in the team but the balance as a team. He needs a different type of winger and our wingers need a different type of fullback.
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Have to invest in a starting left back. Right back as well I know, but left back is a higher priority for me - we will most likely have Grealish again, need to make the most of that by giving him a competent attacking partner on the left.
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