Matthew Lowton

[Steve R]

... deserves his own thread.

As a right back I assume he is right footed. In which case his strike against Swansea was with his 'wrong' foot and therefore even better than it looked.

I haven't seen this mentioned anywheres, apologies if it has.

He was born in Chesterfield almost 14 years to the day after I was married there. I take this as a positive sign and am now convinced he is a better player than Kyle Walker.

[eastie]

Very pleased and impressed with him so far- has settled in well and looks a great asset.

[PaulTheVillan]

He looks very calm in posession. He defended well against newcastle.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I heard that Sheffield United rated him higher than Walker

[rutski]

really like him. very impressive in first 4 games. i like the fact that our full backs are receiving the ball just in the oppositions half instead of 5 yards outside our 18 yard line. he looks very comfortable defending and attacking. great bit of business.

[mrastonvilla]

Looks a very good signing and has got better with each game. All credit to him because he has done very little wrong in the games I've seen him play in. Its also good that he's another of the players that look genuinely thrilled to be playing for us and works really hard for the team.

[*shellac*]

His performance has been almost flawless for the past few games, especially Saturday.  And some websites have Maicon as right-back in their team of the week.

[Ryu]

Was impressed with him from the first game at west ham. KEA and Vlaar have both looked good and Benteke scored on his debut but I reckon Lowton could turn out to be Lambert's most astute buy of the season.  I might be getting ahead of myself but he looks like a very good modern full back.

[Mazrim]

Impressive young man. Looks comfortable at this level, composed, unfazed and motivated. You can't really ask for much more at this stage.
Great bit of business.

[pauliewalnuts]

He seems to be involved in an awful lot of what we do - he must be right up there in terms of touches of the ball per match.

Impressed so far. He doesn't look remotely out of place at this level, in fact, he looks very comfortable.

[onje_villa]

Agree with all these posts, would also add that for our system to work we need full backs with an unbelievable engine, he was still going strong getting into the opponents box right at the end of the game.

Looks to have his head screwed on, future skipper.

[rutski]

His performance has been almost flawless for the past few games, especially Saturday.  And some websites have Maicon as right-back in their team of the week.

lets keep it this way and let us keep up these improving performances out of the press headlines

[nigel]

I heard that Sheffield United rated him higher than Walker

That doesn't surprise me.
I liked Walker, but, every game he was always prone to making 1 or 2 real howlers, his pace always seemed to enable him to recover.
I'm not saying Lowton doesn't make mistakes, but, he doesn't make big, howler type mistakes.
I think this lad could very well break into the England set up. Personally I hope not 

[Dante Lavelli]

He effortlessly seems to glide past players.  If he can maintain his form then he will be a major asset, the reality is he will probably improve as he gets more premiership experience. 

[OCD]

I look forward to seeing Bennett. If he can offer on the left what Lowton offers on the right, we will be even better. Incidentally how was Lichaj on Saturday? I've been in hospital since Thursday so I haven't seen any extended highlights.