Look at today for example. Yes Doku completed some dribbles, but most times Trent funneled him to the byline or inside and Doku wasn’t really threatening for the most part. Yet the prevailing narrative is that he got destroyed by Doku.
He has actually been decent to good at defending this season yet people say he’s been a horrific defender. I don’t think this is quite true if you watch him play.
I won’t claim that he’s an amazing defender but he’s not a bad one either, he’s just a perfectly average to good defender but the narrative is that he’s a liability. It’s frustrating to see.
People have dug their heals into what side of the fence their on for this arguement and almost nothing will get them to change their stance.
What people fail to remember is some of the fullbacks they say are great defenders were actually poor defenders in their early 20s. Kyle Walker didn’t start getting praised for his defending till his late 20s.