frankpingel Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 Form is temporary ect ect. Come on Sandro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 Eddie said he'd had a bad illness a few weeks ago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 Might be worried about his lass dropping at any minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 He’s just drained from and illness and constantly mopping everything up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 23 minutes ago, jackyboy said: Eddie said he'd had a bad illness a few weeks ago There's Twitter rumours that he's got long COVID. Obviously could just be two and two equals five. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 Maybe just needs a couple of weeks out the squad, he was an absolute machine for a long spell earlier in the season with some ridiculous late sprints etc so wouldn't be surprised if that's caught up with him, alongside a potential illness, new/soon to be baby etc. Certainly wouldn't be looking at shifting him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsonsWonderland Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 Do Italy normally have a winter break? Maybe there is some sense in what other leagues do. I know the argument was boxing day / New year's Day fixtures but look how sky have ruined that this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixx Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 It doesn’t look like fatigue to me. He’s still absolutely hounding players down to win the ball back but he’s routinely caught in two minds in possession. You never know what could be on a player’s mind regarding their private lives. He’ll bounce back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsonsWonderland Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 1 minute ago, sixx said: It doesn’t look like fatigue to me. He’s still absolutely hounding players down to win the ball back but he’s routinely caught in two minds in possession. You never know what could be on a player’s mind regarding their private lives. He’ll bounce back. Good point... You know gambling is an addiction, fingers crossed it's nothing like that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I also don’t think it looks like there is a lack of effort or like he is struggling because of an illness, fatigue or an injury. He is still doing the work. Without looking at the numbers. It feels like the number of sprints and ground covered hasn’t dropped off much, if at all. But his passing and how often he gets dispossessed must be worse. He has never been elite on the ball. But he regularly has a bad touch or hangs onto it too long. Or he tries a quick early pass, which is often straight to the opposition. I suppose your technique takes a hit when you’re tired. So it could still all be related to him being ill, having COVID or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 3 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said: I also don’t think it looks like there is a lack of effort or like he is struggling because of an illness, fatigue or an injury. He is still doing the work. Without looking at the numbers. It feels like the number of sprints and ground covered hasn’t dropped off much, if at all. But his passing and how often he gets dispossessed must be worse. He has never been elite on the ball. But he regularly has a bad touch or hangs onto it too long. Or he tries a quick early pass, which is often straight to the opposition. I suppose your technique takes a hit when you’re tired. So it could still all be related to him being ill, having COVID or whatever. It feels like he is better suited to the high press, and he makes more mistakes when we are on the back foot. Might just be a case of taking time to adapt to different ways of playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 An early criticism of his time here was his sloppy passing but that was when his napper was all over the place,obviously. Then he seemed to sort it out and his game came on massively,lately his form has been dreadful. Fuck knows what's going on with him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Think he's due a wee spell on the bench. In awful form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Had some good runs, but started to give the ball away for fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronson333 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 1 minute ago, The Butcher said: Think he's due a wee spell on the bench. In awful form. Miley moves up and Tino back at RB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I thought he was good first half? Mainly the off the ball stuff. But some decent stuff in possession too. The second half was atrocious, mind. There was a 5-10 minute spell where he lost it every time he got it or tried to pass it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 3 minutes ago, The Butcher said: Think he's due a wee spell on the bench. In awful form. Thought he was better today tbh, did brilliantly in the build up to the (first) goal that was chalked off. Got a bit sloppy second half for sure, seems to be needlessly giving it away so often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 He started brilliantly, aye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 If it’s physical then he really needs a couple games off, which maybe we can do with Tino back. If it’s mental then it’s very concerning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 5 minutes ago, The Butcher said: Think he's due a wee spell on the bench. In awful form. On the ball yes. Off the ball he put in a real shift, he got stuck in even if he didn't use the ball well enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 For every beautiful pass, he must play about ten awful ones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MileyCyrus Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Worst performance I've seen from him. So many misplaced passes and didn't seem to have his usual defensive energy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I can't knock his work rate but I've never seen someone so talented play so sloppy. Weird one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Can’t fault his effort, if anything maybe he’s trying too hard. Would benefit from being a bit more measured in possession. He’s charging around the pitch at 100 Mph. Proper helter skelter stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillaume Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Thought he'd be the best midfielder in the prem this season, he's not even in the top 20 unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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