Sandro Tonali Official

[fernadez]

Is a modern 6/8 hybrid what in a gentler age we called box to box?

Yeah, but you gotta Pep it up.

 

[parklane1]

He's only going to be as good as the players you pair him with. Yesterday he had Bergvall who has tons of glaring holes in his game as a CM (the hype does no where near match his ability) and Gallagher whose best aspects are all when he's not touching the ball. It was a brick midfield with 0 balance, the result was to be expected.

Tend to agree with this, i have never been a big fan of Gallagher and Bergvall seems to have hit the ceiling in his progress. Now i think Bergvall has ability but at the moment he is struggling to show that. Not unsual it such a young player.

 

[totalspurs]

Robertson, Gallagher and Bergvall are the players who should be coming on as subs in the second half, as fresh legs and energy against tired(ish) opposition. Not starting unless we have injuries.

I know yesterday was just the first game and some others weren't fully ready for the start of the season for various reasons, so I'm not too worried yet, although disappointed.

The whole back four had never played a competitive match together against premiership opponents, so unsurprisingly they were over ran by a settled Brentford attack. Maybe Danso should have been in there in hindsight. But it will (needs) to show signs of improvement over the next few weeks, some green shoots would be nice quickly...

 

[metalgear]

Robertson, Gallagher and Bergvall are the players who should be coming on as subs in the second half, as fresh legs and energy against tired(ish) opposition. Not starting unless we have injuries.

I know yesterday was just the first game and some others weren't fully ready for the start of the season for various reasons, so I'm not too worried yet, although disappointed.

The whole back four had never played a competitive match together against premiership opponents, so unsurprisingly they were over ran by a settled Brentford attack. Maybe Danso should have been in there in hindsight. But it will (needs) to show signs of improvement over the next few weeks, some green shoots would be nice quickly...

its strange that we were so lethargic - i didn't think pre season was that tough.
perhaps the medical team has gone to the other extreme being very conservative to prevent injuries.
bentancur for example - came on gleefully fouling players left right centre
tonali has a new baby - maybe that's it

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

its strange that we were so lethargic - i didn't think pre season was that tough.
perhaps the medical team has gone to the other extreme being very conservative to prevent injuries.
bentancur for example - came on gleefully fouling players left right centre

The strange part for me is that everyone has adversity to a level in summer, some more than others. Saudi Sportswashing Machine got picked off and they looked really impressive. I know we are players short and this is not our ideal XI, but there will be times in future when our ideal XI isn't available again. I am not panicked by any of it, but equally I am not just shrugging my shoulders with "it is what it is" attitude either