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    The Defensive Midfielder

    Agreed. Of the two of them I have higher hopes for Bentancur adjusting further into that role as he's still seen limited time there. But neither is a natural there. I agree that the "unicorn" probably isn't going to be found. Some compromises will have to be found if we sign a new player there...
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    The transfer thread

    Ange talking somewhat openly about January business probably is a sign that we will be attempting some real business come January. Think the EL should be a fairly solid priority, how to get players into the EL squad being the question. One out for any one in. Loan deals for some of our younger...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Missed chances, losing Romero and fatigue in the squad are imo the main reasons, not tactics as such. It's not like a different defensive system doesn't require a lot of hard work and intensity too.
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    Ange in or out?

    When players have been out injured for a while I think they will be more at risk for injuries because of a lack of match fitness. These things will happen. If it's a recurring problem over and beyond what happens at other clubs we have an issue. I don't think we do and in general I think Ange...
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    Ange in or out?

    It may be a nitpick, but it's also true. And I think it's an example worth following and an example we are following. I know the example most often taken from that signing is pay big for a top class player and there's certainly a place for that. To me the example is that it's better to spend...
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    ***** OMT TOTTENHAM VS CHELSKI *****

    It's a squad that will be well covered when/if Lankshear, Moore, Bergvall, Gray and Spence (I'm not counting Reguilon, think he's gone) develop to a point that they're trusted by Ange to start PL games with some regularity. That will take some time, if it happens. For some of them it may happen...
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    Ange in or out?

    Good winning form will do that to a team imo. The amount of money it took for Chelsea to assemble this squad is a good point. It's not just spending a bit more on 1-2 players. Their ridiculous level of spending is what it takes to build a squad that quickly (and still took time). We're...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    To be fair to the critics of Ange those 2-0 up leading to wins have been games where we've been able to play with more energy throughout. Our way of defending imo works rather well, when we're playing with energy. When we aren't, not so much. I've very long defended Ange's "stubbornness" and...
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    Cristian Romero

    That's really rather bad. An actual press resistant deep playmaking type 6 just got even more important for January imo.
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    Ange in or out?

    The biggest difference is where we are compared to the biggest teams in terms of squad building. We should be able to deal better with this level of injury problems, but we're not. Mostly because we're building a squad over time with quite a bit of focus on younger players and fixing HG/club...
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    ***** OMT TOTTENHAM VS CHELSKI *****

    I agree that just about every game can go differently. But I also think this one overall was fairly close. I think setting the bar fairly low during our current struggles with injuries and fatigue is fair. Particularly when up against a team that looks likely to finish 2nd or close to it. I...
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    ***** OMT TOTTENHAM VS CHELSKI *****

    I think the point is that it's a game that could have gone differently. I think overall we were second best, but it wasn't a massive amount in it. Uo against an in form team, able to rotate, a team that looks to be one of the closer teams to the top of the table come the end of the season...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I don't think it is.
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    Ange in or out?

    Ange pretty much threw Odobert straight in, despite having other options too iirc. Quite unlike what he's done with Gray, Bergvall, Moore. I don't know if adding players in January means that the summer was a mistake. I think it was always going to be the case that we would need more business...
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    Yves Bissouma

    We struggle to adjust our pressing when not playing with a lot of energy. We have at times dropped a bit deeper, or been forced deeper, against Chelsea and against City. We're alright in those situations. But that "half high press" thing where we fairly easily get bypassed is not a good look...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Really hope that's true. Still think this will most likely get worse (extended) before it gets better. But I want him backed to do his thing and then if possible backed in January.
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    Yves Bissouma

    The two explanations are not mutually exclusive. Mental and physical fatigue makes players make more silly decisions in situations like this imo.
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    Ange in or out?

    Ange has a squad of imo around 19 players Ange "trusts" - trusts enough to start in the PL. Vicario, Forster, Porro, Romero, Dragusin, VdV, Davies, Udogie, Bissouma, Bentancur, Sarr, Maddison, Kulusevski, Johnson, Odobert, Solanke, Richarlison, Son, Werner. We then have around 5 players that...
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    Lucas Bergvall

    Very different role to come on there when we're throwing (whatever may be left of) caution to the wind and chasing to get back into a game, compared to playing there when a game is tighter. But I do think Bergvall has done enough in recent (short) sub appearances to get more game time going...
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    Radu Drăgușin

    Did really well defensively. Some excellent involvements. Lack of ball playing quality really showed though and that hurt us. Says a lot about how differently Ange rates Romero and Dragusin to put Romero back in even with VdV back. On this I agree with what I at least perceive Ange's opinion...
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