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Davide Santon (now retired)


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3 hours ago, Myleftboot said:

Right footed left back.

 

I know that's where he played, so I guess he was, but I never felt he was good in that position.

 

I'd have loved to see him get extended time as a right back, or in the middle of the park, or as a right winger. He was a fantastic footballer but he just lost something playing left back from what I could tell.

 

Anyway, wish him well for his retirement.

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Lest we forget:

 

Pardew was quoted as saying by the BBC: 

"Davide Santon's midfield performance [against Chelsea], forget about what it looked like to the naked eye, his stats were very good, which is great news. It gives us a player we can put in there now."

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Can’t believe how fucking shit the football we played under Pardew was given the quality of players he had when he was here. Santon was a player that I thought would develop further after he left us but it looks like injuries just massively hampered his game 

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2 hours ago, Chris_R said:

 

I know that's where he played, so I guess he was, but I never felt he was good in that position.

 

I'd have loved to see him get extended time as a right back, or in the middle of the park, or as a right winger. He was a fantastic footballer but he just lost something playing left back from what I could tell.

 

Anyway, wish him well for his retirement.

 

I always got the impression he was put at left back at Inter Milan as the manager couldn't give him any game time anywhere else, and then he just became a left back. A bit similar to Hughes being a right back here because he couldn't get playing time at CB. Always wanted to see Santon getting an extended run at right back too.

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