Aly Cissokho - sold

[Nastylee]

He put a great ball in yesterday but surprise, surprise, no one was anywhere near it.

[Jarpie]

He's put in some very good proper crosses in througout the season so I think it's just lack of the confidence and coaching what's been lacking, so hopefully new manager and possibly new coaching team remedies that.

[peter w]

That's the thing with Cissokho he can put in some great crosses but some duff ones too. Just like any crosser of the ball save beckham and one or two others. Where he lets himself down in the attacking third is just the simple 5 yard passes, the give and goes, the overlapping to keep a counter-attack going or switching the play quickly. Lowton ticked just about everyone of these boxes and is why I hope he settles back down and improves defensively because if he can he'll be a massive plus. i'd even consider sticking Hutton on the left then a la Luke Young.

[Clark W Griswold]

I like him and Hutton because they defend well. We should be playing them behind Bacuna and Gill, giving them as much licence to create and cause damage in the final third as possible.

[mattjpa]

I would also say that the fullbacks have probably been criticised worse because they invariably have had one or occasionally two men to hit with crosses. Frequently the initial opportunity is passed up and they have to check back to allow men into the box, by which time they have a defender or two to beat and have to really work for the half a yard.
A noticeable difference yesterday was the filling of Leicesters box with midfielders second half. The FBs then have the luxury of being able to hit a dangerous area rather than 4 square inches of Bentekes head.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I can't see how his crossing is any worse than I've seen pretty regularly from Bacuna (yesterday in particular) and Westwood - who I would expect to be better - even from free kicks and corners we struggle to create danger in the opposition area and see almost every one sail over the assembled masses in the box.
He showed earlier in the season that he can get forward and put a good cross over; he may have told not cross it any more but to hold on to it and pass it back...much like every other player over the last few "possession" months.
;-)

[Boz]

Yesterday's second half was the best I've seen him play attacking wise, no doubt he can defend and he was linking up well and overlapping, really it's just his crossing ability that let's him down. Maybe Tim Sherwood can get the best of him, I'd say the same about Leo Bacuna both are talented guys they just need more confidence.

I think the varied opinions about Cissokho reflect how fans see different things from the same player. No doubt his crosses could be inproved and perhaps some new coaches might achieve this. Overall, I believe he could improve significantly with the right guidance and establish himself as our preferred left back.

As another poster said, he's a fit lad and if he cuts out his silly errors, he'll be a major asset.

[OCD]

He put some great crosses in against Newcastle. I remember thinking that Benteke would thrive on deliveries like those. Hopefully Sherwood sees that and gets a) better deliveries more often and b) more players in the box. Put that simply, you wonder how worthwhile Lambert's coaching badges were.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Cissokho seems terrified he'll have to cross the ball. You can almost smell the fear when he's in a great position to get the ball over he'll always give it to somebody else to do.

Very strange player.

[barrysleftfoot]

  Hes a full back, i want him to be a good defender first and foremost, and if he is good at going forward, all the better.

 As someone said earlier him and Hutton are fairly solid FBs , and i'm happy with him, after all he only cost £2m, and he doesn't have a great deal in front of him tbh.

[Dave]

  Hes a full back, i want him to be a good defender first and foremost, and if he is good at going forward, all the better.

 As someone said earlier him and Hutton are fairly solid FBs , and i'm happy with him, after all he only cost £2m, and he doesn't have a great deal in front of him tbh.

Quite. If he were brilliant at attacking then he would be the €15 million player that Milan and Lyon thought they were getting and he wouldn't be playing for us.

As it is, he's the most solid left-back we've had since Bouma. There are a fair few positions to upgrade before we start on left-back.

[Gregorys Boy]

Think he has had a solid season for us up til now but has faded a bit in the second half.

[OCD]

Cissokho seems terrified he'll have to cross the ball. You can almost smell the fear when he's in a great position to get the ball over he'll always give it to somebody else to do.

Very strange player.

He wasn't terrified of crossing when he first came so what's happened? He might have been told not do that, which given the total lack of attacking coaching wouldn't be surprising. If we can't get people in the box at the right times, then you could put the best crosses in and you'll just be giving the ball back to the opposition. Hopefully he'll be more confident putting the crosses in. It will be interesting to see if Lowton starts ahead of Hutton too. Hutton is the better defensive full-back but Benteke has thrived off Lowton crosses in the past.

[PaulWinch again]

Cissokho is a solid left back and I'm happy for him to be in the team. Also if we're going to have more licence to go forward under Sherwood it's going to be very important that our defenders can defend.

[PeterWithesShin]

I like Sisko. I always think we are harsh on wingbacks. We expect them to defend like Maldini and attack down the wing like Tony Morley in his prime. See Wright, Charles, UDC, Nelson, Samuel etc.