Dier & Dembele

It’s solid but there’s no creativity in there.

Dembele was nursing an injury today apparently which is why he didn’t start. He’s permanently on the edge of being injured and can’t play a full season. I just don’t get why we didn’t try and sign a CM

Wanyama and Dembele
Then Dier and Dembele.
When Demele is out Winks has to partner Dier or Wanyama or Dier these two should never play together rather Sissoko if must.

Wanyama and Dembele is the best CM midfield we've had out of all of them. Both have since declined/become more injury prone.

to be fair lets face it we are scraping the barrel and season only just starting

Winks gonna be the boy this season.

comment by NotSoMagicJuande (U1913)
posted 22 minutes ago
It’s solid but there’s no creativity in there.

Dembele was nursing an injury today apparently which is why he didn’t start. He’s permanently on the edge of being injured and can’t play a full season. I just don’t get why we didn’t try and sign a CM
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comment by Flashy flibble (U10324)
posted 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
Winks gonna be the boy this season.
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Been given the #8 shirt

comment by HaaK (U11574)
posted 16 seconds ago
comment by Flashy flibble (U10324)
posted 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
Winks gonna be the boy this season.
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Been given the #8 shirt
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That didn't work out too well for Ryan Mason at Spurs, mind you.

comment by Desperate Dier (U6468)
posted 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
comment by NotSoMagicJuande (U1913)
posted 22 minutes ago
It’s solid but there’s no creativity in there.

Dembele was nursing an injury today apparently which is why he didn’t start. He’s permanently on the edge of being injured and can’t play a full season. I just don’t get why we didn’t try and sign a CM
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Oh I just love that Pochettino excuse!
We are going to see injuries this season and with the crowded schedule we have, and the thin squad, we may be putting Academy players into the European matches.
Simply Marvellous!

While we're all thinking about Dier and Sissoko, a question:
How did Aurier play today?

comment by JustCallMeTed (U21528)
posted 19 minutes ago
While we're all thinking about Dier and Sissoko, a question:
How did Aurier play today?
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Well he set up Deli Alli's goal which isn't bad!

Aurier put in some decent crises today, Ted.

Crosses

Great ball in for dele to score

No foul throws

Dier/Wanyama Dembele/Winks

Dier and Dembele to answer the OP. Shame about Wanyama losing his form and fitness. And winks has his injuries issues too. Dier I don't rate in midfield 80% of the time only really good when next to dembele.


Sissoko and Amos should be nowhere near the side if we want to compete, exactly why we needed to improve this area in the transfer window (seeing 3 out of 4 I mentioned above are barely match fit) also too much reliance on Eriksen to create (Who in turn had a bad day today)

Aurier did ok. Davies, Sanchez, Sissoko, Eriksen and Kane had worse games.

I thought Dier was pretty poor today and lucky not to get a second booking.

I can’t understand why we didn’t bring a cm in and think ultimately it will cost us.

We lost a lot through the middle today and better teams may punish us.

comment by Denzo (U6574)
posted 4 minutes ago
I thought Dier was pretty poor today and lucky not to get a second booking.

I can’t understand why we didn’t bring a cm in and think ultimately it will cost us.

We lost a lot through the middle today and better teams may punish us.
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Thought dier was one of our better players, the booking was because serge didn't win the ball when he really should have

Dier was definitely not poor and his yellow cards were due to poor play around him

Davies and Kane were the worst two players on the pitch yesterday, seemed like most of their passes went to Newcastle players.

We lack pace badly at times during the start of the season when we still need to get into our fluid passing style, we needed a real injection of pace from a advanced postion.

Shame Lucas didn't turn up he's going to be big for us with Son out for a month

Same shiiit as last year. Nobody to control the game and dictate the tempo in midfield, so Eriksen drops deep and we stop creating anything. Yet apparently Grealish is the only midfielder in Europe we could try and buy who was better than Sissoko. Absolute joke.

Thought particularly first half Dier was quality. Very composed. He took a yellow for Aurier.