
April 4, 2025
Do defenders get a raw deal?
As a central defender by trade, I wanted to try and find out why I always had far less Man of the Match awards than that of my other team mates that play in a variety of positions. For many years I have found that I naturally fitted into the right side of the central defence pairing, and had 121 training from the likes of Dave Kitson, and ongoing words of advice from my proxy god father, and Reading FC legend, Ibu Sonko. Defenders (including to some degree goalkeepers) in …