I thought he did okay today, not super, but competed well. But with Townsed on the bench, we need someone to blame, I blame him and Dembele, they are so slow to pass the ball etc etc....
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Paulinho
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I thought he did okay today, not super, but competed well. But with Townsed on the bench, we need someone to blame, I blame him and Dembele, they are so slow to pass the ball etc etc....
braineclipse
Willie Hall
Agreed. Thought it was the right decision to leave him on and take off Mason... Yet of course Paulinho is the one people can't wait to blame.
GrimsbyYid
Gus Poyet
For me it's not that he was the worst player on the pitch. He wasn't. He never will be when Mason plays 
It's that what does he really offer? Especially when Demebel and Stambouli both offer FAR more than him.
I don't blame Paulinho for him starting today and being ineffective. I blame our delightful manager!
It's that what does he really offer? Especially when Demebel and Stambouli both offer FAR more than him.I don't blame Paulinho for him starting today and being ineffective. I blame our delightful manager!
I like Mason, but didn't realise he was playing in the first half. I don't want to knock us as it is natural to want someone to blame as you naturally want to have a solution to a problem. Ade out, Paulinho out, Townsend out, Dembele out and so on but today really felt like a group effort and not a single fault imo.
So many players had poor games as has been said. Thought Bentaleb and Mason were both equally disappointing.
Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
The whole midfield and attack were toss
Paulinho played to the best of his ability whcih clearly has limits. Mason and Bentekab were worse
What worries me is thah Paulinho was meant to be playing number 10... Yet spends most of the game with Mason and Bentelab
Were we playing 4-2-1-2-1???
Paulinho played to the best of his ability whcih clearly has limits. Mason and Bentekab were worse
What worries me is thah Paulinho was meant to be playing number 10... Yet spends most of the game with Mason and Bentelab
Were we playing 4-2-1-2-1???
Cochise
Steve Carr
I know he was brick today, but people questionning the decision to start him have short memories. In the last league game, his introduction led to an upturn in the team performance and he earned a shot at a start today. I'm not for one minute saying he was good, just that it was a logical step to include him.
Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
But he came on when we were actually chasing a game and he was effective
Today I assume he was meant to be playing 10 but actually was nearer our centre backs for a lot of the game . He I wore fully ineffective and offered very little of anything. Worryingly mason and Bentelab were worse as was Chadli and walker
Both Mason and Bentelab were better whilst playing brick. He was shocking, nearly every ball went backwards because his first touch was brick. The team were brick so tjsg
He comes in and has a good 20mins and people think he is ok again.
Today he was horrific on the ball and played nearly every pass backwards. He looked like he cared a bit more and ran a bit and even didn't jump out tackles. Still in my view he is the worst midfielder we have had in so long - literally horrific
Maltese Falcon
Niko Kranjcar
Beg to differ - wonder what you would have said if he had had Bentaleb's early doors brainfart that pit Ings clear through on goal. Mason was simply abysmal. Not say the Brazilian pulled tress but out of a bad bunch, he just shaded it.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
This for me as well, and the reason he was so deep is because ( as usual) neither Bentaleb or Mason offer much ( if any) protection to our back four.
Maltese Falcon
Niko Kranjcar
Could not agree more; cannot understand how some seem to think it is our future central midfield pairing. No protection, no guile, no imagination - and it's not just because of yesterday ....
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
I have been saying for ages that our CM is a weak area ( and been slagged off by many), I am not knocking either Betaleb or Mason ( although I think the hype for him is over the top, the same happened with Caulker), but they lack in the defensive area of the game and our back four get little protection from either of them.
Maltese Falcon
Niko Kranjcar
We tend to agree to disagree on many issues
but on this point we're singing from the same hymn sheet!
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
We tend to agree to disagree on many issues
There was bound to be something we could agree on.
Mason and Bentaleb both had poor games yesterday.
The difference between them and Paulinho however:
*They didn't cost us £17m, or actually, anything at all.
*They can both point to a string of excellent to decent performances over the course of the majority of this season, while Paulinho's brickhouse was pretty much par for the course whenever we see his twitching Brazilian ass edge nervously onto the pitch to play bare-foot football with a hot coal (which is how he looks when he's on the ball, on the rare occasions he's not hiding)
The difference between them and Paulinho however:
*They didn't cost us £17m, or actually, anything at all.
*They can both point to a string of excellent to decent performances over the course of the majority of this season, while Paulinho's brickhouse was pretty much par for the course whenever we see his twitching Brazilian ass edge nervously onto the pitch to play bare-foot football with a hot coal (which is how he looks when he's on the ball, on the rare occasions he's not hiding)
A Samba footballer who takes 3 touches to bring a ball under control and out of his feet, cannot turn on the ball, has no vision, passing range and apart from the odd flick that people drooled over, has zero flair. You are giving him too much credit - the game is too fast for him and he does not have the technique to ever operate at a high level in this country.
Maltese Falcon
Niko Kranjcar
By that same argument, Lamela vs Townsend is a non-starter because in his case we are talking 30mill! How can you bring in money into the argument? He either played better or not...