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.
At his best he can be fine but to say he’s a very good defender is a stretch. He’s unlike any other fall back there’s ever been attacking wise, if you’re saying he’s also a very good defender he’d legit be the best fall back ever he’d be in world 11 every year of that were the case.