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Just now, Skeletor said:

It was a thing of beauty. Power and placement. Just glided into the net so smoothly and effortlessly.

 

It was a fantastic strike, placed it like a laser guided missile.

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35 minutes ago, janpawel said:

Took more notice of Bellingham lately for obvious reasons... Willock shares some elements of his game with him imo, big, strong, fast feet, elegant for their sizes, good runners with the ball etc 

 

That LCM is going to have some stern competition soon between Joelinton and Willock! 

 

27 minutes ago, Disco said:


Doesn’t, on initial viewing, seem to have lost any pace after his injury either. Gonna be vital for us again. Probably the only player, Bruno aside now Tonali is out, we don’t have a likeish for like replacement for. 

If anything seems as fast but stronger. 

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I actually thought he was a yard shorter which is why he was frustrated first half. Made great movements but didn't have his usual explosion to pull away. It's still there but just needs to keep building up the minutes and sharpness. 

 

But the goal was down to his directness and confidence. 

 

Hope he can stay injury free now. 

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8 minutes ago, looneytoon said:

How did he manage to get so much pace on the ball for his goal? Mind-boggling 

From a Man-U perspective they'd see it as poor defending but from ours I think it started with Joelinton winning the ball superbly, so when Willock had the ball their midfield was out of the game

 

Then after that Gordon makes a very clever run, which has Lindelof starting to follow and drop, that run results in him blocking Maguire and by the time Lindelof realises it's too late

 

Whilst Gordon doesn't get an assist for it, he effectively created the space so it's as good as an assist for me

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Football ability aside he's top of my NUFC canny lad rankings atm:

 

1 Willock 

2 Targett

3 Longstaff

4 Almiron 

5 Murphy

6 Pope

7 Bruno 

8 Burn 

9 Botman

10 Gordon

 

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Congrats Joe! 

 

 

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31 minutes ago, Interpolic said:

Football ability aside he's top of my NUFC canny lad rankings atm:

 

1 Willock 

2 Targett

3 Longstaff

4 Almiron 

5 Murphy

6 Pope

7 Bruno 

8 Burn 

9 Botman

10 Gordon

 

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Congrats Joe! 

 

 

 

Excellent rankings, I can see Tino making a run at the leaderboard when he gets more game time. Not convinced Gordon deserves a top 10 spot despite me being a big fan. He does speak well off the pitch though 

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2 hours ago, NEEJ said:

As good as he was, it seemed as if he still had a few more levels in him, like. Keep him fit and he's going to be absolutely massive over the next few weeks. 

Yep, he’s still not up to absolute peak acceleration yet. There was a moment right at the end of the first half where he had Dalot completely isolated and went to just burn him on the outside but didn’t quite manage it. If he’s 100% he leaves him trailing.

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19 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Excellent rankings, I can see Tino making a run at the leaderboard when he gets more game time. Not convinced Gordon deserves a top 10 spot despite me being a big fan. He does speak well off the pitch though 

 

:thup:With Gordon, his earnest commitment to the "one pillow or two" patter in the Amazon doc opened my eyes to his potential canny lad status. 

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10 hours ago, looneytoon said:

How did he manage to get so much pace on the ball for his goal? Mind-boggling 

It did seem to be almost sped up in real time. It was like it had a disproportionate amount of power than my brain was expecting :lol:

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