Young Warrior wrote:
Was having a debate with friends earlier, how would you list the current English wingers? I'd say Johnson - Downing - Walcott - Young - Albrighton. Thoughts?
If Walcott stayed fit and got a good run in the Premier League (I mean a full season, not half a dozen games, as seems his norm), then he would be my number 1 winger.....I also like Lennon too, but he has similar problems to Walcott.....Johnson is class, but unfortunately, he is always going to be a bit part player in that City squad - Liverpool paid close on £18million for Downing....In my opinion, they should have made a serious push for Johnson and got twice the player.
Downing is a funny one. He seems to have the Heskey factor, in that coaches seem to love him and rate him, whilst fans are pretty baffled by what exactly he brings to a team - He is frustratingly inconsistant, and at 27 is running out of time to become a real international class player.
Young is probably a slightly better Downing....He has the advantage of having the United factor - Playing with good players in a good team and looking half decent because of it (Michael Carrick has made a good career from the same thing)....However , Young (and Carrick) both look average when playing away from United.
Allbrighton??.....Not sure how he made your list, maybe just shows the lack of quality English wide players??....He has potential, but at this point is a million miles from Walcott/Lennon/Johnson.
