Fans of Nottingham Forest have been reacting to a post on Twitter, which asks fans whether they believe Forest’s Matty Cash or Leeds United’s Luke Ayling is the best right-back in the Championship.
The post asked fans to retweet if they were voting for Ayling, and to like if they were voting for Cash, with the Reds defender well out in front of his Leeds counterpart.
In reaction, fans of Nottingham Forest flocked to reply to the post, which was uploaded by Second Tier Podcast on Twitter, with many stating that the choice of 22-year-old Cash is an obvious one.
https://twitter.com/TheSecondTier/status/1249751096937103363
— Noggs. (@nffckieran_) April 13, 2020
Imagine not saying cash pic.twitter.com/NeJ1RGSKso
— Harry??????? (@harrykidger) April 13, 2020
— matt (@mattnffc_) April 13, 2020
Well this is close ? like comparing Ronaldo and Benteke
— Mitchell Wickes (@MitchWickes92) April 13, 2020
It’s obviously @mattycash622 by a looooong way!
— One Decent Fox (@foxy219) April 13, 2020
They’d both be in my back 4 of this years championship. 1 at right. Back cash ayling at centre half
— GAZ CHAIRMAN ANYHOW LAVINE (@Gazlavine) April 13, 2020
What do we think?
While Forest fans may be more inclined to swear by Cash due to club loyalties, the players are actually remarkably well-matched.
Over the course of the Championship season, Cash has scored three goals and provided four assists, while Ayling has scored four goals and provided three assists.
However, with an average WhoScored match rating of 7.35 from his 32 Championship appearances at right-back, Cash does slightly edge Ayling, who has a rating of 7.29 from his 19 games in the position.
As such, it would appear that Forest fans are right to back their right-back for the accolade of the best in the Championship.