Simply not good enough at this level. A new right back is a priority

Ffs! Well done.

Yep, should have had a player like Hazard in his pocket.

Thought he played really well. Tough first 20 when Hazard was on fire but he battled back superbly.

Hazard is too good

Interesting angle you’ve gone for after a fantastic result and a season defining point.

Lowton was very poor in the first half but he was often isolated against one of the best players in the league. Dyche tweaked something at half time and Lowton was given more help and as a result pretty much nullified Chelsea’s only threat.

I don’t disagree that a right back would be on my shopping list but I’m not sure why you would feel the need to start a thread about that now.

MRG wrote:Simply not good enough at this level. A new right back is a priority

So instead of "Dyche Out" we have "Lowton Out"

Unbelievable one of our best defensive performances in years and a players is slagged off. As one poster said earlier FFS .

MRG wrote:Simply not good enough at this level. A new right back is a priority

Stuck to the task well, Hazard roasted him in the 1st half but Lowton stuck at it and kept him quiet in the 2nd with help from Jeff, a great team effort

Rileybobs wrote:Interesting angle you’ve gone for after a fantastic result and a season defining point.

Lowton was very poor in the first half but he was often isolated against one of the best players in the league. Dyche tweaked something at half time and Lowton was given more help and as a result pretty much nullified Chelsea’s only threat.

I don’t disagree that a right back would be on my shopping list but I’m not sure why you would feel the need to start a thread about that now.

Common nature for this board to have some whoppers isn't it. I mean I know it's to create a bit of a stir but some people either way need to get a life.

Rileybobs wrote:Interesting angle you’ve gone for after a fantastic result and a season defining point.

Lowton was very poor in the first half but he was often isolated against one of the best players in the league. Dyche tweaked something at half time and Lowton was given more help and as a result pretty much nullified Chelsea’s only threat.

I don’t disagree that a right back would be on my shopping list but I’m not sure why you would feel the need to start a thread about that now.

Absolutely. Well said.

A superb team effort, a defensive master class in the second half, and we choose to nit pick Matt Lowton’s performance against the best left winger in the world.

Nice one.

And then logs off lol twonk.

Lowton was fantastic last season, if we was consistently brilliant in this league then he wouldn’t be playing for us. This season hasn’t been his best but he’s well worth keeping and tonight he played against the best player in that position in the league and a player who is frighteningly good one on one. Give it a rest

MRG wrote:Simply not good enough at this level. A new right back is a priority

Nob..

Hazard has taken the proverbial out of much better full backs than Lowton for years.Well done Matt for sticking to your task along with the rest of the lads !

Bloody hell...what do some people want ? We get a great result at a crucial time against one of the top 6 away from home ..and you pick out one player for a roasting ! Hazard, on his day ,is world class and , in the first half he was really up for it BUT they only scored TWO.,..same as us .UTC

Jesus.

Takes a certain kind of person to start a thread like this after a game like that....

A performance so proud it brought a tear to my eye and yet the OP is criticising Lowts who played against one of the best players in the world. Wtf seriously?

MRG wrote:Simply not good enough at this level. A new right back is a priority

Well done you! For trying to pick out a negative.on a night that only contained positives.
He spent all night trying to stop Hazard FFS!

Genuinely thought he was excellent second half.

MRG wrote:Simply not good enough at this level. A new right back is a priority

You sir, are a cockwomble!

Are you serious. Hazard was unstoppable by any defender in the world. Sean dealt with it second half. Brilliant by Lowton to keep on his feet.

A brilliant team performance tonight.

No need to type anything but praise

There is a reason Mr Hazard is being linked with a move to Real Madrid,he is actually quite good,and will toy with most right-backs in this league when he's in the mood,Lowts stuck to the task in the 2nd half manfully,sometimes you have to hold your hands up and give the opposition credit.

I thought that Lowton had an excellent game and that Phil Bardsley will be somewhat disappointed as he’s likely to lose his place in the team now.

There is not one player in our team tonight who should be singled out for anything other than praise for being part of an excellent team performance.
Eleven guys who worked their socks off for the point which they fully deserved against a team who have only dropped 13 points at home in 17 matches before tonight.

He had a bad start but give the lad credit he stood up to him and played Hazard well as the game grew

Lowton responded wonderfully after getting a difficult test at the start. In the 2nd half, Hazard (perhaps one of the best in the world, by the way) decided to shirk responsibility and pass the buck. He was helped by Hendrick and co covering deep. He stll deserves credit for a good game.

Too close to Wigan for my liking but, if you're talking about our right back, he did his best against one of the best players in the World. He'd have run any full back ragged tonight.

Did well against best player in Premier League

I genuinely believe the op is fishing and you’ve all fallen for it!!

Top stuff Matty Lowton

If we can find - and sign - a right back who is better than Matt Lowton, we will do very, very well indeed!

Dougall wrote:If we can find - and sign - a right back who is better than Matt Lowton, we will do very, very well indeed!

LoL - good bait from the OP though

Lowton struggled the first half with Hazard,second half when the much maligned Jeff Hendrick doubled up on Hazard with Lowton he didn't get a sniff,well played Lowton,Hendrick & Dyche.

Anyone who's played full back or wide know's you don't give the attacker room and time to think and Lowton was guilty of that in the first half, Dyche having played FB must have had a word because Lowts was better in the SH.

Anyone who's played full back or wide know's you don't give the attacker room and time to think and Lowton was guilty of that in the first half

I doubt there's many FBs on here played against a winger as good as Hazard. I certainly didnt - nowhere near.

Excellent throughout for me. Sure, Hazard gave him a tough time first half and got the assist for the equaliser, but the skill level was sublime and there's not a full back in the league who can cope with Hazard in that position, showing that much skill.

Big problem we had on that side first half was that Hendrick and Lowton effectively had 3 men too often - Emerson, Hazard and then Loftus Cheek going that way (as indeed happened for the goal - Westwood was the wrong side, bounced off Loftus Cheek and suddenly the overload was on). That meant we couldn't double up on Hazard because it would have meant both Loftus Cheek and Emerson being left free, not just one. Once Westwood/Cork were deeper, Loftus Cheek wasn't able to drive in behind them and from that moment we coped as comfortably with Hazard as anyone has all season.

South West Claret. wrote:Anyone who's played full back or wide know's you don't give the attacker room and time to think and Lowton was guilty of that in the first half, Dyche having played FB must have had a word because Lowts was better in the SH.

You'd best tell Sean Dyche that - he's been drilling our full backs to stay narrow and accept the cross coming in as the lesser of all evils for the last 6 years, with the wide midfielder working back to deal with wider threat. I think that's worked pretty well all told. Indeed, it worked for us in the second half yesterday once we'd dealt with Loftus Cheek, as I say - Lowton's positioning didn't really change.

For the main part Lowton kept Hazard away from the danger area's. Most fb's would've dived in, try to drop him or shown him too much respect. I think there was only one time Lowts went to ground. He's not the best defensively but I love the way he's not phased and gets in the opponents faces.

No way on this planet after that result and performance should anyone get slated or have their name brought up because at this moment in time it has no relevance.

Staggering how some people watch so many of our games and still don't understand how we defend.

Then again this board is is littered with folk who know more than Dyche

Weirdly, Chelsea caused us far more aggravation on our left flank, Taylor had his hands more than full over there, yet there's no thread berating him or wanting him replaced...

Credit it where it's due to Azpiluceta for his flick to Higuain for his goal, you wouldn't expect that from many fullbacks.

Foreverly Claret wrote:Bloody hell...what do some people want ? We get a great result at a crucial time against one of the top 6 away from home ..and you pick out one player for a roasting ! Hazard, on his day ,is world class and , in the first half he was really up for it BUT they only scored TWO.,..same as us .UTC

Hazard on any day is world class. It would be even more evident if he was in a team like Chelsea are at the moment.

South West Claret. wrote:Anyone who's played full back or wide know's you don't give the attacker room and time to think and Lowton was guilty of that in the first half, Dyche having played FB must have had a word because Lowts was better in the SH.

I played full back and I always stayed goal side, I'd rather they had room where I can see them and block their progress than get too close, dive in and watch them skip past me.