Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
If we go into a new season with him at RWB and with no real LWB thats poor in my opinion
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If we go into a new season with him at RWB and with no real LWB thats poor in my opinion
Kandi1977
Terry Dyson
Aurier every day of the week. KWP is neither strong enough, quick enough and has stopped trying to get past people too. Not a particularly good crosser either.
His development, or rather lack of, has been disappointing.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
The first rule of pre-season is... don't pay any attention to anything that happens in pre-season.
I will never forget being at WHL for our final pre season friendly trouncing Roma 5-0 with Ramos at the helm, and thinking great things are going to happen this season. We all know what happened next....
MKSpur
Christian Ziege
That has always been my barometer for the significance pre season. I think bentley tore them apart!
MKSpur
Christian Ziege
King of Norway
Gudni Bergsson
I am worried about this too. I hate the diamond formation and it only seems to work against teams managed by Sarri. Like you say, we can't cover the wide areas defensively, and people seem to be on top of each other in midfield when we have the ball. I don't get why Pochettino persists with this system. I think we played it far too often last season, as we did with the 5-3-2 formation. Both of them leave us exposed in the wide areas and mean that we have to drop deeper. What is wrong with 4-2-3-1? It's a formation that gives the team a much better balance than the diamond and 5-3-2.
Last season I also think we changed formation too often. We rarely played the same system in two games in a row. I think that was a contributing factor to the fact that we didn't reach the level of previous seasons in terms of the quality of our play. It is difficult go find any rhythm we we constantly chop and change the team and formation. It was partly down to injuries, but not always. We need try to find a settled team this season, if injuries (or the lack of them) allow it.
SteveAWOL
Colin Calderwood
More like Rennesteinsgutt. Grøft is too "nice", like Trenchboy or DitchboyGrøftegutt.
Edit: my apologies, for some reason I didn't see the tiny, tiny post by MKSpur above.
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Agree, it's a typical Football Manager setup that looks good on paper, where a DM is nothing but a DM and so on, but doesn't translate all that well to actual football.
MKSpur
Christian Ziege
Oi it’s not the size that matters, it’s how many likes it gets that matters (so I’m toldMore like Rennesteinsgutt. Grøft is too "nice", like Trenchboy or Ditchboy
Edit: my apologies, for some reason I didn't see the tiny, tiny post by MKSpur above.
)Yes, some say that, depending on several factors. Have a well deserved like. But to clarify: a grøft is where you may end up if you're drunk, a rennestein is where you may end up if you're poor.Oi it’s not the size that matters, it’s how many likes it gets that matters (so I’m told
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
Davies is a very good LB.
NaijaSpurs
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Good maybe, very good? Not so much
Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
No chance and not progressive from season before.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
He is good enough.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
Judging him on last years form when he was carrying a injury for most of it is unfair, the season before when he was fit was showed how good he was. Just turned 26 but his biggest problem is he is not as Dynamic as Rose ( ie stays on his feet and not rolling about on the ground like Rose) which some fans seem to admire.
I totally agree in terms of quality of performances. But Poch choosing to play a particular formation in both games - one that he chose to play a lot last season too - can't be ruled out as meaningless IMO. We'll have to wait and see!
This has been done to death. Rose also tackles, intercepts, dribbles and wins more fouls than Davies (as shown by stats, as well as the eyeball test ). Fine if you prefer Davies, and there are definitely arguments for that, but dismissing Rose's 'dynamism' as a totally empty word or him just 'rolling about on the ground' is just factually incorrect.