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Xavi Simons
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metalgear
Chris Jones
TF needs time to continue building from defence to attack. Doesn't help that two of our regular starting defenders get injured after the internationals.
because or injuries and late transfers, i believe TF is still learning about the players in midfield and attack.
my guess is that TF will eventually build the team around palhinha, xavi and kudus. muani being fit is the catalyst he needs to shake up the attack.
There's definitely a player there, but he lookes a bit "jet lagged" kinda?
He knows what he should do and do it to some extend, cut left, cut right etc but he lacks a bit explosivness to really take advantage of it, often get caught up by the defender and fall over or pass it backwards.
Hopefully something that he will add on in the time ahead.
He knows what he should do and do it to some extend, cut left, cut right etc but he lacks a bit explosivness to really take advantage of it, often get caught up by the defender and fall over or pass it backwards.
Hopefully something that he will add on in the time ahead.
ricky2tricky4city
Colin Calderwood
Didn't someone say that since his ankle injury he's lost a bit of that?
Could very well be the case. Seen similar with Maddison after the injury. I recall him pre-injury to be much more explosive, like the way he turned Saka in the NLD, but post injury he lost that extra yard
Bedfordspurs
Gary Lineker
Hard to tell
Be nice if we passed him the ball to see it
Chrissivad
John Lacy
He needs some space to work in.
A few times he has got the ball and cut in he has too many players standing around and has to pass it back out wide or backwards.
I think he will do well once we get Solanke back who can occupy the cb's
Bedfordspurs
Gary Lineker
Speed of pass to him doesn’t help
braineclipse
Garth Crooks
Simons and Bergvall when playing as the 10 mostly suffers from the same thing.
We're not getting them involved. We're not finding them in pockets of space. The game mostly passes them by, not as a result of anything they're doing or not doing, but as a result of how we play.
We're not getting them involved. We're not finding them in pockets of space. The game mostly passes them by, not as a result of anything they're doing or not doing, but as a result of how we play.
braineclipse
Garth Crooks
Those things are only talking points until we actually see it in action
I'm not doubting that those are principles he holds. But how are they weighted up against principles of being defensively solid etc.
Bullet
Paul Stewart
Yep, we almost never pass to them. They are an island. Might as well play Sarr there for his pressing/tackling, or play Crouchy there for his headers at set plays.
braineclipse
Garth Crooks
Yeah. Until we're willing to actually play with some risk through the middle, play Bergvall/Gray in midfield as well as Simons for example, we may as well play Simons on the left. At least he'd get to get on the ball.
Bullet
Paul Stewart
That video is so strange. Xavi had 4 good options and chose to play it behind Spence, at 1mph, whilst crumpling. I mean, what on earth was he attempting, and what happened?
Should have slid it through the defence to Spence OR to Kudus OR gone himself but what he actually did was Sissoko levels of 'decision'.
Should have slid it through the defence to Spence OR to Kudus OR gone himself but what he actually did was Sissoko levels of 'decision'.
DubaiSpur
Jack Jull
It's not rocket science what is going on with the kid (imo) - he was a bit shocked by the pace and physicality of the league, and the fact he has less time on the ball than in the Bundesliga. When combined with the fact that the majority of games so far have not been situations he thrives in (i.e, they have been gritty, physical affairs), he's lost a bit of confidence and now either struggles to make a decision or rushes it and makes the wrong one.
It's natural - lots of players start out like this. Wirtz is doing the exact same thing at Pool, and cost like 2.5 times as much. It's a rare player that comes in and bosses it right from the off - even Modric struggled initially and needed a season as a winger off the left, to adjust.
It will concern me if he's still like this come the end of the season. For now, I hope he just takes his time to adjust.
It's natural - lots of players start out like this. Wirtz is doing the exact same thing at Pool, and cost like 2.5 times as much. It's a rare player that comes in and bosses it right from the off - even Modric struggled initially and needed a season as a winger off the left, to adjust.
It will concern me if he's still like this come the end of the season. For now, I hope he just takes his time to adjust.
Legohamster
Les Medley
I agree.
I also think he needs to concentrate on doing the basics to help him get up to speed quicker , those rabona passes are nonsense.
braineclipse
Garth Crooks
This seems spot on to me.
Think he's showing good fight in duels etc, getting stuck in. Working hard. Just needs to click for him on the ball and the team need to help him too, set him up in more of those situations where he can thrive.
Bishop
Paul Robinson
He needs players to bounce off. Simons by himself is not a total controller. He's instinctive 1-2 player. What he really wants to do is pick up the ball in pockets and play it off to the wide areas or bounce it into a striker and receive it back and play it off again.
Here we don't have that, sometimes because he's actually the player on the left so he has no one to pass to, or if he is central we have poor quality on the left and up top so no one to play rondos with. We solve this problem by bringing a better LW and a better striker. MuanI now getting the starsy and getting towards fitness is a massive step in the right direction but the left hand side will remain an issue, or is he plays on the left he will never really play to his best but it's not a role that suits him.
braineclipse
Garth Crooks
Agreed to some extent, but I also think he's more than that. And when he's currently getting the ball in those pockets of space he's not doing as much as he can (confidence, adjusting to the PL etc).