As in Tierney got dropped partly due to his early season form combined with Tavares’ form. Most people are expecting Tierney to bounce back because of what he has shown at the club. Man City and Chelsea games are a bit of a stretch also considering how bad we were across the pitch and especially in defence. Tavares would have looked like a deer in headlights defensively in those games albeit giving more in our attack.Tierney has been complete trash in our bigger games though, leaving huge gaps behind him and not having the power to track back once he's bombed forward.
All to lump a sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe sh*t cross which none of our forwards are going to do much with.
Reece James in particular had a great time against him. Was the same story in City as well. I really wished Tierney played yesterday so people would see it wouldn't have made a lick of difference and maybe we can stop perpetuating certain myths on here.
And when it comes to crossing/end product, Tierney is much better than Tavares. He really needs to improve his crossing if he’s gonna be a finished article. Way too many have gone for goal kicks or skipped the box and gone all the way to our right wing.
Tavares definitely wins on dribbling and carrying the ball, as well as power. But he’s got some way to go to be a reliable defender you trust to not make silly mistakes. It’s early days, and there’s no rush playing him all the time right now.