Kieran Tierney: Top Tier

[GoonerJeeves]

If he can stay fit, him and Zinchenko should have that left back sorted for us.

 

[Tell.]

Mikel needs to tinker the system when he plays. The current style exposes his weaknesses.

 

[Macho]

I find Tierney looking like Pepe in this team hilariously ironic btw. Atleast he can defend.

 

[goonerfamily]

To be fair, I thought he grew into the game.

He's a very different type of full-back in comparison to Zinchenko whereas White and Tomiyasu are more similar types of players.

 

[Rex Stone]

I find Tierney looking like Pepe in this team hilariously ironic btw. Atleast he can defend.

The day has come

 

[Macho]

The day has come

I wrote a thoughtful post then I thought about some of his fans on here and I said f*ck it.

They will see a perfectly good player being used incorrectly and I want to see what they have to say about it. He wasn't awful anyways, he was genuinely good defensively.

 

[Red London]

Poor start to the game but grew into it. Dealt with Bailey quite well with his jockeying.

 

[LittleMo]

I feel a bit sorry for Tierney, he’s only been back for two games and comes into the team with Arteta asking him to play like Zinchenko and spend half his time in midfield.

He looks what he is at the moment, a bit rusty, figuring out a different way to play and really low in confidence. I fully believe he’ll improve, at his best he’s much better than he has been these last two games.

 

[pigge]

People underrestimate Tierney. If he gets a few games in a row he will be great imo. He's More well rounded than Zinko. Zinko is basically pure offenjce while Tierney is great defensivley and got a great cross on him, just rusty atm.

 

[Jury]

Well that was arguably our best 45 minutes and it had Tierney on the pitch so he must be doing bits... right?

 

[MutableEarth]

Always solid, just perhaps looking a bit underprepared for this role he's playing.

 

[TheGreatWright8]

Always a good option to have, solid defensively great to have both him and Zinchenko.

 

[Tom349]

I am sorry, i am sorry to be proven right, he is just a weak link, especially with how we want to play now.

Attacking - Just doesn't have the technical level. You can see when he passes, its not instant, there is always hesitation, a delay. He's not comfortable receiving the ball in tight spaces. He's definitely not comfortable drifting into the middle of the pitch, and when out wide, he's not comfortable to build, he'll just hit a cross.

Defensively - Once again, all attacks came down his side. Once again, Villa eventually scored from a corner conceded by him backing off and backing off. Rarely does he engage in the same way Tomiyasu or White do.

We should cash in next summer. Nothing against Tierney, but he's just not upto it at this level.

Good thing we have Tavarez and Lino Sousa cooking at Marsielle and in the under 23's respectively.

 

[mpower2540]

Deserves some love for today. I can't lie I'm a Tierney skeptic but thought he was really good

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Think he was solid today.

He also tried for moment to go into the midfield doing that Zinny role so it appears he is working on it in training!

 

[boonthegoon]

Silently doing well.
He should have started vs utd and now he should start vs Sp**s and other big teams in general. Zinchenko vs the other teams.

 

[Heavy Duty Rom]

Looked like Arteta was impressed with him at full time.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Thought he was excellent and has responded to the competition from Zinchenko in the right way.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Solid today with a lot more thought going in to his game. Today looked fairly easy for him which is encouraging.

 

[Entropics]

If Xhaka wasn't so good he would have been my MOTM

Clear of Zinchenko as things stand, can support the attack without being a danger in defense