We are absolutely lacking in this department.
Pogba and now Bruno are the only two creative players we have. Players that can pass around the box without shi33ting themselves. Our crossing from the wide players for me is just nowhere near good enough. In summer we should be looking to add a very good wide player (Sancho maybe?) and another player that can create through the middle. I'd love to see Pogba and Bruno in the same team to see how much of a difference it would make but with Pogba likely to leave in the summer we really should be looking to add more creativity/decent delivery in the team.
Also with regards to Lindelof, he must be the weakest cb in the league. He gets beaten to headers over and over again. And is it just me but is ball playing ability nowhere near good enough for someone described as a ball playing cb?
Dodgy second half that.
Creativity + Lindelof
posted on 1/3/20
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 26 seconds ago
comment by Lurker - "We did it on derby day" (U21432)
posted 1 minute ago
Lindeloff is a good one on one defender when teams are hitting us on the counter
but that's literally the only strength i see in his game
I guess bailly is given time to be match fit but he's been a breath of fresh air recently
my biggest grip was how everton got like a million corners, they made it in to a scrappy game and we really should have asserted ourselves better and that's a tactical tweak that was needed.
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Bailly is prone to doing stupid things though. Have we forgotten his rash tackling? Getting sent off or injured. Cut that out and he’d be brilliant, but there’s always a fear he will do something daft....
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Agreed. Classic case of a player becoming better in his absence. Smalling is apparently world class these days and people forget how he really wasn't good enough to be playing for us, hence him being loaned out to begin with
posted on 1/3/20
comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 26 seconds ago
comment by Lurker - "We did it on derby day" (U21432)
posted 1 minute ago
Lindeloff is a good one on one defender when teams are hitting us on the counter
but that's literally the only strength i see in his game
I guess bailly is given time to be match fit but he's been a breath of fresh air recently
my biggest grip was how everton got like a million corners, they made it in to a scrappy game and we really should have asserted ourselves better and that's a tactical tweak that was needed.
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Bailly is prone to doing stupid things though. Have we forgotten his rash tackling? Getting sent off or injured. Cut that out and he’d be brilliant, but there’s always a fear he will do something daft....
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Agreed. Classic case of a player becoming better in his absence. Smalling is apparently world class these days and people forget how he really wasn't good enough to be playing for us, hence him being loaned out to begin with
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It’s like with Pogba, people crying out for him, forgetting that he rarely turns up. Not sure why people are so quick to forget when a player is out injured for a prolonged period.
posted on 1/3/20
Lindelof was ok today I thought. Squad player though need better in the 1st XI
posted on 1/3/20
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Lurker - "We did it on derby day" (U21432)
posted 1 minute ago
Lindeloff is a good one on one defender when teams are hitting us on the counter
but that's literally the only strength i see in his game
I guess bailly is given time to be match fit but he's been a breath of fresh air recently
my biggest grip was how everton got like a million corners, they made it in to a scrappy game and we really should have asserted ourselves better and that's a tactical tweak that was needed.
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Bailly is prone to doing stupid things though. Have we forgotten his rash tackling? Getting sent off or injured. Cut that out and he’d be brilliant, but there’s always a fear he will do something daft....
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very defender is prone to making mistake
VVD was shocking yesterday
Bailly is still young, with game time just like fred, he could iron that out.
posted on 1/3/20
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 26 seconds ago
comment by Lurker - "We did it on derby day" (U21432)
posted 1 minute ago
Lindeloff is a good one on one defender when teams are hitting us on the counter
but that's literally the only strength i see in his game
I guess bailly is given time to be match fit but he's been a breath of fresh air recently
my biggest grip was how everton got like a million corners, they made it in to a scrappy game and we really should have asserted ourselves better and that's a tactical tweak that was needed.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bailly is prone to doing stupid things though. Have we forgotten his rash tackling? Getting sent off or injured. Cut that out and he’d be brilliant, but there’s always a fear he will do something daft....
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Agreed. Classic case of a player becoming better in his absence. Smalling is apparently world class these days and people forget how he really wasn't good enough to be playing for us, hence him being loaned out to begin with
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It’s like with Pogba, people crying out for him, forgetting that he rarely turns up. Not sure why people are so quick to forget when a player is out injured for a prolonged period.
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He’s inconsistent but to say he rarely turns up is an exaggeration.
posted on 1/3/20
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by merrysupersteve - Jose'd he wouldn't be our Special One? (U1132)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baztard (U19119)
posted 26 seconds ago
comment by Lurker - "We did it on derby day" (U21432)
posted 1 minute ago
Lindeloff is a good one on one defender when teams are hitting us on the counter
but that's literally the only strength i see in his game
I guess bailly is given time to be match fit but he's been a breath of fresh air recently
my biggest grip was how everton got like a million corners, they made it in to a scrappy game and we really should have asserted ourselves better and that's a tactical tweak that was needed.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bailly is prone to doing stupid things though. Have we forgotten his rash tackling? Getting sent off or injured. Cut that out and he’d be brilliant, but there’s always a fear he will do something daft....
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Agreed. Classic case of a player becoming better in his absence. Smalling is apparently world class these days and people forget how he really wasn't good enough to be playing for us, hence him being loaned out to begin with
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It’s like with Pogba, people crying out for him, forgetting that he rarely turns up. Not sure why people are so quick to forget when a player is out injured for a prolonged period.
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He’s inconsistent but to say he rarely turns up is an exaggeration.
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It is a bit. Though not be much
posted on 1/3/20
Certain players are just "the go to guys" when things don't go as planned
I felt our MF was a bit confused. Some of it tactics and some as the players need time to play together.
Both Fred and Bruno were individually good but Bruno's free role seemed to confuse them in linking passes together
posted on 1/3/20
Lindelof is crap end of, shouldn’t be playing for this club
posted on 1/3/20
Lindelof is not a ball playing CB, he's okay if not under pressure, but in the PL you aren't afforded that time.
posted on 1/3/20
We looked tired in the second half. Should have buried them in the first half