Last night I put up a tweet for you guys to answer to and the question was do you prefer Ben Purrington or Alfie Doughty at left-back?
Thankfully this was met with a good reception and has given me the chance to write an article based on your opinions and this will be the first of an article series called Vital Debate.
What Vital Charlton is all about is giving the fans a voice and I will be doing things like this regularly for all of you Charlton fans to enjoy!
First off we will start with what I think and then move on to what you the fans have to say, first off I think with Ben Purrington he is more of a defensive player although sometimes it doesn’t show and he needs to work on how solid he is, because we all know there is a good player in him.
With Alfie Doughty he has come on the scene and surprised us all with how good he actually is, he is very quick as shown in his assist for Macauley Bonne in the Sheffield Wednesday game and now Lee Bowyer is starting to have a sense of trust around Alfie as he started again on Saturday’s defeat to Middlesbrough. He’s only young but he has started off his career in a very bright way.
Please take part in our poll too!
Who do you prefer, Alfie Doughty or Ben Purrington?
Doughty
Purrington
https://twitter.com/CAFCzac/status/1203815365211500551
Doughty, very quick getting forward
— Michael (@natediazisking) December 8, 2019
Alfie … defo!!!
— Mikey P (@Mikepot05) December 9, 2019
JFC when fit
— ollie (@cafcolliee) December 9, 2019
I think Doughty is just a better all round player, don't mind JFC once back either but won't hate too much on BP because he at least will work hard but Doughty is just a better player
— Sam Carter (@SamSamcarter11) December 9, 2019
Doughty💯💯
— Sam Wheatland (@SWheatlandCAFC) December 9, 2019
Alfie every day of the week because Ben get to the opponents box and has a panic attack because he can’t believe he’s so far up the pitch then gets a nose bleed and passes back to Phillips 😂
— CharlieAwsome03🏴 (@CAwsome03) December 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/TheAdamBartlett/status/1203974650994270208
Doughty 100% purrington is to slow
— Tom🇮🇪 (@cafc_tom28_) December 9, 2019
Because we traditionally play narrow, & we try and overload the midfield to unlock creativity for the frontmen, we heavily rely on those fullbacks to fill the gaps, going forward/backwards
Purrington struggles with that, especially when they look to him on the wing to get space. https://t.co/SfzDPXSV0e
— Valley Floyd Fred (@ValleyFloydFred) December 9, 2019
Because we traditionally play narrow, & we try and overload the midfield to unlock creativity for the frontmen, we heavily rely on those fullbacks to fill the gaps, going forward/backwards
Purrington struggles with that, especially when they look to him on the wing to get space. https://t.co/SfzDPXSV0e
— Valley Floyd Fred (@ValleyFloydFred) December 9, 2019
Attacking no one can deny doughty looks better but people forget bowyer told us that wasn’t Purringtons game when we signed him. He was signed to add defensive solidity and free up sarr to play in centre. No one can deny Purrington gave us that when he came in.
— Mart (@MartCAFC45) December 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/JChandler7198/status/1203992248632954885