Menace Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 2 hours ago, gbandit said: What’s Fati’s deal? He had injuries or just not made an impact? He's made of grated cheese Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 1 hour ago, Menace said: He's made of grated cheese Saturated Fati. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 19 hours ago, The College Dropout said: Our wing options are the weakest in the top 8 by a distance. Massive drop off in quality. This Almiron season was always going to happen & Murphy is not it. There's nothing below them either. It's weak. Gordon (left) Barnes (left) Murphy (right) Almiron (right) Joelinton (back-up left) Ritchie (back-up left and right) It's so weak. Compare that to Brighton even: Mitoma (left) Fati (left) March (right) Adingra (right) Buonanette Enciso March & Enciso have had long-term injuries this season too. But they've got a bit of depth which has helped tremendously. Our top 2 are excellent but there's a big drop-off from there. The depth is poor And the RW is so weak. Your are right, we had to strengthen 3 positions last summer for the starting 11. LB, CM and RW and only managed one of the three (who later got suspended Our gamble has backfired of course the injuries play a massive role as well, but we basically tried to be cute and have been relentlessly punished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (edited) 2 hours ago, r0cafella said: Your are right, we had to strengthen 3 positions last summer for the starting 11. LB, CM and RW and only managed one of the three (who later got suspended Our gamble has backfired of course the injuries play a massive role as well, but we basically tried to be cute and have been relentlessly punished. Aye that was my view too. With RB, RCB & another CM as stretch targets if budget allowed. I thought it was a bit strange we went with a LB for the future rather than right now - but I underestimated how highly Howe rates Burn and overestimated Hall's ability to step up and Howe's likelihood to use him. CM situ has been a disaster. And we didn't even bother with RW which seemed a major oversight. I was delighted with the Livra signing as I thought RB was a weakness in the squad. I didn't fancy Trippier playing 3x a week at 33. And we got him an ideal understudy. A top player. But young enough to be content with playing maybe 30-40% of minutes and returning from a serious injury. And he's been fantastic. He's been better than I expected and I expected a lot. But again, I overestimated Howe's likelihood to rotate. I thought we tried to be cute last January by going without a CM and it worked. We got to the summer and were able to get a top-rated CM in instead. And we decided to be cute in other areas of the squad. The whole thing has backfired now. With how tight we are to the FFP restrictions, I understand now that we are likely to try and be cute a lot.. but could benefit from using the loan market more. Edited February 20 by The College Dropout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 18 hours ago, duo said: The issue with Miggy is lack of vision and lack of composure. Sadly he's not going to learn those things now. And a lack of ability. He's not great at passing, dribbling, shooting, first touch etc. Excellent work rate, movement, athleticism but not much else. He's the standard for a couple of those so he'll be a useful player for some time to come. 20 hours ago, gbandit said: What’s Fati’s deal? He had injuries or just not made an impact? Both. I thought he would be exciting but he's mostly injured or coming off the bench from what I've seen. Adingra looks a far bigger talent atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoneys Tache Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 His fault Ashworth is leaving too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 What is even the point? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Another predictable anonymous performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Shit like the rest of them today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Burn man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 no Moar Murphs. Loved you all along Miggy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 One of the very few that deserve any credit today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Still think he's a starter with the current squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) Being dropped or at the very least has a risk of losing his place thanks to having bodies back will hopefully push him to his better version of himself. Being a garenteed stater with no one pushing and playing all the minutes certainly hasn't helped him this season. Edited February 27 by nufcjmc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Let's be honest, he's still far from being a top level player. But at least he can do the basics, and I'm afraid the other right wing option can't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 To be fair to the lad, he has made it count in our biggest moments this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 He came on and looked like the world's fastest man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jow Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 He was good today because that’s how he should be used, off the bench once the opposition has tired. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Did well when he came on, far better than Murphy who was complete dogshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 That's the best I've seen his decision making for ages. Played really well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) Thought he looked very good. However, Blackburn were exhausted and afforded him that extra bit of time and wouldn’t get against Prem opposition. Still, he very much exploited the situation presented to him and made a very real difference. Edited February 29 by Lotus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 At his best he sets the tone for the team mentally. Aggressive, sharp, committed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Can’t fault the lad in terms of his mentality. He’s over achieved really when you consider his ability. It’s all down to his brilliant attitude. Glad to see him get another good performance in for us as I’m fairly sure he’ll be off in the summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 He is a bottom 6 PL player but some on here think we could still get £30m for him if we sold him. However, assuming no £30m bids come in for him in the summer, as others have said he'd be a decent impact sub for the last 15 mins of games next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 7 hours ago, Beth said: He is a bottom 6 PL player but some on here think we could still get £30m for him if we sold him. However, assuming no £30m bids come in for him in the summer, as others have said he'd be a decent impact sub for the last 15 mins of games next season. I mean, that’s clearly not true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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