Was he ever a good defender for 90 minutes?
His strength in those early days was brilliant attacking and that pace, sending opposition LB’s and LW’s into panic.
Briefly TL was an incredible attacker, suspect defender. He lost that attacking effectiveness a long time ago. My heart sinks when I see his name and not Veltman’s on the team sheet, he can’t defend.
It seems like a lifetime ago when we thought Chelsea were mugs for favouring Reece James over him. On this occasion, they called it right.
At SJP that time he appeared unplayable.
I wonder if he can justify an EPL starting place again?