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Just now, TheBrownBottle said:

Burn and Botman looking increasingly like the greatest hand-holders in defensive history here.  Schar looks like Schar again.  Get him home to Eddie.

 

Been ill this week apparently and don’t think playing as the middle CB in a three is doing him any favours at all, but he’s been shocking. At least he might be available for Bournemouth.

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2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Burn and Botman looking increasingly like the greatest hand-holders in defensive history here.  Schar looks like Schar again.  Get him home to Eddie.

 

Aye, players don't have off days, he must be shit.

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1 hour ago, LiquidAK said:

De Jong there citing Zidane as an example of going out in a gracious way :lol:

 

Come on, did that actually happen? 
 


Imagine VAR existing back then? He'd have been shot into the sun post red card. :lol: 

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Get the idea to a degree of going to a back 3 with Widmer out as they don't really have another right back. But this has backfired atrociously, and they just look chaotic at the back.

 

All credit to Portugal though - look superb without Ronaldo.

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Just now, TheBrownBottle said:

I didn’t say he was shit - but the defensive partner he has clearly makes a difference.  He used to look shaky regularly for NUFC.  Botman / Burn are the perfect foil for him

 

He's just having a shit game. He's been ill this week and doesn't look comfortable as the central defender. It happens.

 

He's been class for us, regardless of his partner.

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If this World cup hadn't been plonked in the middle of the Premier season, I'd really be enjoying this. I mean I still am, just feels all wrong to bust up a football league season to shoehorn this in.

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As much as there's probably some defensiveness towards our players on here, there's also a weird tendency to jump at a chance to trash them from some. Least we have balance I guess.

 

Schar hasn't been great, but it's more that Portugal have been class and the Swiss on the whole look disorganised. Harsh to lay it all on him imo.

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