TRon Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 8 hours ago, PauloGeordio said: Love it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 4 hours ago, SUPERTOON said: I keep mentioning it after every game, I absolutely love his speed of play and his one touch passing. It looks so easy, but its so effective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 4 minutes ago, TRon said: Love it. Especially the new badge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roids Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 45 minutes ago, Heron said: It's not rubbish though. Players take time to bed in and he has had to undertake that process to get us to where we are now at. it's rubbish, he was an highly touted regular for Milan as well as an Italian international replacing Sean Longstaff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 1 hour ago, Roids said: it's rubbish, he was an highly touted regular for Milan as well as an Italian international replacing Sean Longstaff Aye it doesn't mean he slots straight in and fits the set up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 My favorite kind of player and one we haven't had in a long time. Finally able to play the role he is suited for. He is the type of player the very best sides have, always available to receive a pass, always ready to distribute and continue a move. Scans the field constantly, always seems to know exactly where to go with the ball. Makes intelligent late runs and is absolutely going to get goals - obviously should have had one yesterday. He is instrumental in allowing everyone ahead of him to express themselves. His emergence is crucial to our current form. Love him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Tell you one thing, I'd have him on more set pieces, still being massively underused from that perspective. He's miles better than Bruno for instance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Had that shot not hit the post that would’ve been a goal of the year contender. Insane buildup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 15 hours ago, madras said: Didnt know where to put this thought but here seems as good a place as any. This midfield hasn't peeked yet, they're only just jelling. I think Tonalis delay at moving in to his position was him getting the pace of the prem and also Bruno getting to Tonalis pace, the keeping the ball moving, more first touch in certain areas. For all we are still basically at first sight a 433, since Tonali has moved there is a lot more going on. So looking forward to how(e) this evolves going forward. Peaked, gelled, Tonali's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave s Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 lots of people were screaming for a midfield general to solidify that gap in front of defence. think we got him here, but he’s also slick as fuck in other ways. really exciting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 1 hour ago, Jimburst said: Peaked, gelled, Tonali's. All done deliberately to prove my intelligence isn't artificial Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 I thought Tonali was a bizarre signing given our needs, our budget, and the limited record of Italians in English football, but have been proved wrong. I thought this because he played in a double pivot at Milan and didn't do something that obviously fitted our system when we bought him. He's now operating mostly as a single pivot, but with one press-resistant, foul-drawing, key-passing eight and another dynamic ball-carrying, ultra-destroying, former-striker one. It was not obvious that Tonali would thrive doing this, but its looking very good on the evidence so far. My overall theory though is that if you sign good enough players, you can teach em a new system. This also applies to barroom discussions of players from the past. The better ones would likely thrive in modern football too, but would merely learn different skillsets. They would not be stuck in whatever outdated role they did in the 1980s, 1990s, or whenever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 2 hours ago, Magpie said: Tell you one thing, I'd have him on more set pieces, still being massively underused from that perspective. He's miles better than Bruno for instance. Agree he's being underused, but Bruno can put in some set pieces I haven't seen Tonali do, like that awkward floated free kick, which isn't really floated but floats ( ) from the edge of the box that Schar scored against Liverpool as the most recent clear example. It's more a case of utilising the right set piece takers for the right situations imo rather than one being "miles" better than the other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Captain material for me like. Not afraid to lead by example and get stuck into our star players if needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Looks like a Rolls Royce atm, he's got the lot - touch, technique, range of passing, awareness, vision, quick and can break forward and get involved in the final third, got a decent shot on him and more than capable of playing that killer pass, decision making looks superb too. He also looks motivated and is a talker too, other players respond to him and he'll raise their games as a result. He's top fucking class Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 20 minutes ago, midds said: Looks like a Rolls Royce atm, he's got the lot - touch, technique, range of passing, awareness, vision, quick and can break forward and get involved in the final third, got a decent shot on him and more than capable of playing that killer pass, decision making looks superb too. He also looks motivated and is a talker too, other players respond to him and he'll raise their games as a result. He's top fucking class Yeah but other than that what's the Roman ever done for us? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1tche Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 That pop it off and move to find a better bit of space, looks so simple and is a very effective to bet the press and be more press resistant. It's also 1 of the most frustrating things to try and do when players don't just give back to you after the bit of movement. So glad they're all OK the same wavelength, and it works so often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GideonShandy Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 50 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said: Yeah but other than that what's the Roman ever done for us? He'd hate being called a Roman, but it's a good line anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Are you not entertained? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswan Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Tonali is fucking class. Happy new year! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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McDog Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I was going to say something in the game thread when I saw it live but others hopped in. Nutmegging the ref get's you many rep points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Straight red if I were the ref, that’s for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-Cheshire-Toon Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 All I can say is, and I'm not that way inclined, he has some of the largest thigh muscles I have ever seen on someone. It was rather unfortunate that he hit the post with that effort - otherwise it might have made goal of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 11 minutes ago, South-Cheshire-Toon said: All I can say is, and I'm not that way inclined, he has some of the largest thigh muscles I have ever seen on someone. It was rather unfortunate that he hit the post with that effort - otherwise it might have made goal of the season. The whole buildup was something else as I recall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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