zolayes 14,489 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Is anyone else a fan of him on the wing? very, very solid defensely (with Cole), and if Bertrand can sharpen up a bit offensively, then who knows...he's lightning quick.prefer him there to Malouda robdog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog 2,084 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 W/ the emergence of Bertrand, I don't find the need of Adam Johnson any longer. I was looking today on the transfer forum & there were 2 separate threads for Adam Johnson, w/ over 150 posts each. Bertrand is working w/ his mentor Ashley Cole & that along will help him get better. Another reason to resign Ashley, as we all know Ashley wants more jack to get another Aston Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Betrand is so defensively good he is wasted on the wing and i am worried about him getting too comfortable there.On the wing he knows if he gets skinned (which is a very rare occurance) Ash is behind him to bail him out, if he gets too used to that, it will take a while to get use to him not having that when Ash leaves and he is first choice.IMHO it should be a slow transition of who is first choice left back, starting with Ryan there tonight against The Royals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Is anyone else a fan of him on the wing? very, very solid defensively (with Cole), and if Bertrand can sharpen up a bit offensively, then who knows...he's lightning quick.Yep, I think he's decent there. When (rather than if) we are to park the bus again sometime in a big game, having Bertrand and Ramires on the wings would be great. However, I don't think he will be playing LW a lot. Plenty of playing time for him at LB because I just can't see Cole playing every game anymore and Ryan is more than capable of stepping up when needed. Also, when we get Marin back from injury we will have more options for LW and then there's also the possibility of adding yet another winger in Moses or Hulk so we wouldn't need Hazard / Mata to play RW ever, allowing them to make that LW position their own and limiting Bertrand's playing time there even further. Nonetheless, Bertrand makes for an interesting alternative if we want to try something else or if there are a lot of injuries.Hopefully Ryan gets the nod ahead of Cole today. Reading are not the strongest of opponents so I think he's capable of handling it just as good as Cole. Playing God knows how many competitive games in a row would do great things to his confidence. Also he should be know Reading well enough, having spent the 09/10 season there on loan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 W/ the emergence of Bertrand, I don't find the need of Adam Johnson any longer. I was looking today on the transfer forum & there were 2 separate threads for Adam Johnson, w/ over 150 posts each. Bertrand is working w/ his mentor Ashley Cole & that along will help him get better. Another reason to resign Ashley, as we all know Ashley wants more jack to get another Aston Martin Ash just likes to collect cup winners medals the way scousers collect hubcaps and gooners hoard whine robdog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Another solid performance by Ryan, even better than against Wigan imo. But if the commentators call him Bertron one more time I'm going to punch someone! sleazyB and francozola 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Congrats to Ryan for keeping his place in the England squad today. Fair play to Hodgson for rewarding his fine start to the season.With Baines and Ash also in the squad, Hodgson might be considering him for left midfield given how well he plays alongside Cole.As a side note we account for a quarter of this England squad - 6 from 24. Jose M and capriccioso 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea_4_eva 1,182 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 The master and his student! Term-X, Kez, Justin_3d and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 According to reports, Bertrand has been handed a new five year deal with wages doubled. Fully deserved imo, even though he still had four years left on the contract he signed only last year. This year just couldn't get any better for Ryan, could it? Superblue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusek 2,031 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 According to reports, Bertrand has been handed a new five year deal with wages doubled. Fully deserved imo, even though he still had four years left on the contract he signed only last year. This year just couldn't get any better for Ryan, could it?http://www.dailymail..._medium=twitterTotally deserved, so happy for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 @Jusek, nice to see you here too. How's the military service going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_3d 1,140 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Congrats to Ryan.And thank god RDM trusted the kid, cause otherwise he would have been a wash out like many of the young talents we had...Because all the managers we had in the past are incompetent to giving young players a chance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusek 2,031 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 @Jusek, nice to see you here too. How's the military service going? It's going well, thanks for asking! Only 124 days left, service will end on the 4th of January. Jype 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ja1 1,166 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 If you go about 15 pages earlier on this thread you'll see the guys saying PVA was better <ok> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 If RDM is going to keep playing the Ash-Ryan combo i hope he rotates who is the left back.My only worry is Ryan knows at LM if he get's skinned (which is a very rare occurance) Ash is there to cover up, he won't have that luxury at left back, so i don't want him to get too use to it. KingEssien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 If RDM is going to keep playing the Ash-Ryan combo i hope he rotates who is the left back.My only worry is Ryan knows at LM if he get's skinned (which is a very rare occurance) Ash is there to cover up, he won't have that luxury at left back, so i don't want him to get too use to it.good point all i wanted was for ash to get a fucking rest for once! hahahain an ideal world, ash is lb, bertrand becomes lm, and hazard-lw. that would absolutely shut down the left side, how amazing that would be..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FormerRussianSpy 163 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 We know Bertrand can own the LM spot in our 4231, but the 433 we played against Newcastle looked a much sexier, more flowing style of play. I wonder if Bertrand can produce on the left in that more compact middle 3... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 If Terry gets that stupid ban from the FA i would not be surprised to see Ryan used as a right back in some games.Reason being Robbie will probably use Ivanovic as rotation with Cahill and Luiz in the centre while JT is out, so Ryan will probably be used as cover for both Cole and Azpi as i don't think Paulo will be getting games unless absolutely nessesery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1184559/ryan-bertrand-replaces-injured-kieran-gibbs-in-england-squad?cc=4716Bertrand has been called up to the England squad after Gibbs pulled out with an injury. Reddish-Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo 6 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 i think PVA is better.. How times change Hannah and Sir Mikel OBE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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