joeyt Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Pretty much all defenders are better defending with their head than attacking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Thankfully no head injuries this game ? Best game for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 From not being able to play in a back four (lol) to dominating forwards on his own. Sexy bastard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 10 hours ago, Pata said: Thought he was amazing today, wondering if I'm forgetting some rick due to the neutral ratings in the match thread. Rock solid defensively and really good on the ball as usual. Loved the way he handled Podence (?) when they were countering on full speed and Jimenez did nothing against him. Aye. Thought he’d be getting more love. MOTM, for me. Only thing he did wrong was lose it once overplaying on the halfway line. Flawless other than that. Regularly gets left on an island, with Trippier so far advanced. But he always manages to win the ball and cover. He was playing agains numerous fast and direct attacking players and handled them well. Plus he easily won his battle with Jimenez. Three and a half million pounds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Who the fuck does the player ratings at Sky? Newcastle: Pope (7); Trippier (8), Schar (6), Botman (6), Burn (7); Guimaraes (7), Longstaff (6), Willock (7); Murphy (6), Isak (9), Saint-Maximin (7) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sempiternal Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Rafa was the CB whisperer no doubt. Really had an eye for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 The runs forward go to show just how good he would be in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Wolves weren’t switched on to cutting the passing lanes when Schär carried it forward, I don’t think many teams defend it well. We can skip the midfield without hoofing it, both Fab and Botman can do it well, I’d still like to see Botman carrying it forward just that little bit more and with a little more regularity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Overall very good yesterday. He did lose his man for the goal, but couldn't have anticipated Trippier fluffing his lines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Sometimes I wish he was more patient in his passing. The floaty ball to nowhere is his speciality. Otherwise he’s imperious these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 1 hour ago, The College Dropout said: Sometimes I wish he was more patient in his passing. The floaty ball to nowhere is his speciality. Otherwise he’s imperious these days. Yeah, he has a bit of Shelvey in him but think he has dialed it down a bit lately imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Botman is the worse out of the two when tryinh to pass it forward. Sends shivers down me spine when he plays it forward. Schar might float it to nowhere, but he won't play it straight to a nearby opposing player like Botman does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Botman’s quality on his left foot, a really good passer but he does get complacent at times. Technically there’s nothing wrong with his passing though and he’ll only get better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Surprised at any criticism of his passing after yesterday. The data may suggest otherwise but I thought it was a key weapon for us. That one in-particular in the first half where he strode forward then pinged it over to ASM in space without looking was sumptuous. Thought he was absolutely brilliant yesterday; pipped only by Willock for motm. I know we were flat for a bit but I honestly thought it was a really good performance all round. Got to be optimistic that we're out of our funk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 pound for pound he's about the best CB in the league imo, considering what he cost and the level he's playing at love him, the good looking cnt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Pata said: Yeah, he has a bit of Shelvey in him but think he has dialed it down a bit lately imo. Yeh it’s not a massive deal at all. For someone so comfortable on the ball. He gives it away under no/little pressure a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Yorkie said: Surprised at any criticism of his passing after yesterday. The data may suggest otherwise but I thought it was a key weapon for us. That one in-particular in the first half where he strode forward then pinged it over to ASM in space without looking was sumptuous. Thought he was absolutely brilliant yesterday; pipped only by Willock for motm. I know we were flat for a bit but I honestly thought it was a really good performance all round. Got to be optimistic that we're out of our funk. I was curious, as I generally agree with you, and think his passing is a great weapon for us, but looking at his passing stats from this season its actually not the greatest: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Quite a few of Schar's long balls are played into space down the channels to trigger the counter-press. That will effect the data. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I said this months ago but part of Schar's game is to play the speculative ball more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Got a bit of a George Clooney look now with the grey, the handsome bastard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverThere Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 10 hours ago, TBG said: The runs forward go to show just how good he would be in midfield. NO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 5 hours ago, The Prophet said: Quite a few of Schar's long balls are played into space down the channels to trigger the counter-press. That will effect the data. If we are playing long balls into the channel with the aim of triggering a counter press no wonder our players are knackered. I don’t believe we are giving the ball away with the aim to win it higher up the pitch, that’s extremely energy inefficient. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 12/03/2023 at 23:17, AyeDubbleYoo said: From not being able to play in a back four (lol) to dominating forwards on his own. Sexy bastard. Fucking hell, that was a thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 6 hours ago, 54 said: I was curious, as I generally agree with you, and think his passing is a great weapon for us, but looking at his passing stats from this season its actually not the greatest: Be hugely skewed from taking the punt up field from a FKs from 40 yards back to where Pope takes them I’d have thought. You’d have to be a nutter to think he’s not a good passer IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Schar and Botman for 60+passes each, is always a banker in my Ladbroks 5 aside team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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