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    Lookman linked????

    This is going around in circles... Johnson as the third midfielder, the AM/10, Dele role. Against City we played Palhinha, Bentancur and Sarr... Who was the aggressively technical midfielder next to Palhinha? We played well from what I remember.
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    Squad

    Sancho, Paqueta and Guessand being the "big names on big wages" players they then would have signed? Or am I missing someone? Compared to us signing Palhinha, Kudus and Simons. That's assuming they do that business and we do no more business of course. Not sure I would have swapped a single...
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    Lookman linked????

    Been an issue for quite a while. Not surprising that Frank runs into issues with that too. For me the question is to what extent can Simons solve that. Looking at what Damsgaard did for Brentford, Eriksen for us back in the day etc, I think quite a bit.
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    Lookman linked????

    I want at least two good ball progressers in those midfield or attacking areas. If it's Simons in the 10 and Kudus on the right or one either side I don't really mind that much. Probably depends more on the opposition? Seems your main argument is "Johnson not good enough"? You can describe a...
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    Mathys Tel

    I think he's looked impressive when set up in those situations. I think that ability was part of why he was highly rated at Bayern and why we signed him. I wouldn't have expected him to showcase that based on playing as a wide winger last season and a handful of minutes so far this season. I...
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    Richarlison

    But not bigger than most strikers, that's kinda what average means. Why is it fair to expect him to be good at something you know he isn't good at? You said earlier his hold up play is "bad, very bad". How is it then fair to expect him to be good at it?
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    Richarlison

    Average = big? I guess I agree on what we needed. I don't think it's fair to expect Richarlison to give us that.
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    Richarlison

    Which is around average for a PL striker? (according to a quick google search on my end)
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    Brennan Johnson

    Or another creative player in the centre that can also scare them, and do useful things with the ball including combining with Johnson and releasing him. Which is part of why we signed Simons imo.
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    Said it earlier in this thread, but think Simons changes that game considerably. They set up in that way to negate our right hand side and Kudus in particular. They then also left quite a bit of space centrally to do so and to also deal with our long balls and not have as much of a risk with...
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    Mathys Tel

    I think he's fast, fairly good one on one if set up running at people and a very good ball striker. Give him service, runs in behind that are found, chances in and around the box. Essentially the same situations as Sonny thrived in, but he's not at that level obviously. He's had very few of...
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    Richarlison

    In what way is my support of a player to the detriment of the side? Against Burnley and City we managed to play to Richarlison's strengths and he did well. Against Bournemouth we didn't and he didn't do well. That's imo perfectly understandable and expected given what we know about Richarlison...
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    Lookman linked????

    I literally wrote "could perhaps" and wrote about ball progression from Simons on the left (in addition to Kudus on the right) in my post. I wouldn't see it as a 2 man midfield, more a 4-2-3-1, I even referenced the role Dele played in my post. I want at least two good ball progressers in the...
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    Mathys Tel

    Did I say he is very good or did I say I think he's very good if we managed to set him up in good positions? I mean, I could have been even clearer perhaps ... He's imo very good in some situations. Does that make it clearer?
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    Richarlison

    He isn't that big is he?
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    Richarlison

    Sometimes he does quite well in those regards. Sometimes he doesn't. Overall he's definitely not great at it. There are different types of strikers with different strengts and weaknesses. Being alright, but not great at holdup play is fine if you're good enough at other stuff. We should try to...
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    Mathys Tel

    Both need to improve and progress for sure. I think the injuries really hampered Odobert's development. Looks no better now than at Burnley, arguably worse. Tel is already imo a very good player if we managed to set him up in good positions. He seems to have more confidence than Odobert imo...
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    Savinho

    Absolutely. Don't panic. We have a really good squad now that needs really quality improvements if we can get them. Rather get that at some point in the future than a panic buy that isn't significantly better than what we already have.
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    João Palhinha

    Been saying all along that signing him makes a lot of sense as long as we also add creativity and ball progression qualities elsewhere. Because those aren't strengths for him. We did in Kudus, we did in Simons. But then we're also without Maddison and Kulusevski and Simons isn't registered yet...
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v AFC Bournemouth ***

    Agreed. Our problems playing out through a press aren't new at all. It's imo part of why we brought in Kudus and Simons. But with Kulusevski and Maddison injured and Simons not registered us struggling to play through a press isn't exactly a surprise. Bournemouth really are exceptional at it...
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