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James Maddison

It was good to see the aggressive side come out in him, albeit Ange was right he was one who got caught up in the disruptive stuff Brentford played.
 
Nah, he has been poor since he came back from his injury

...which I put down to rust and not the same 11 chemistry. But he has not especially kicked on. I think he will be fine once all gears are clicking everywhere, but he is certainly still finding his meter...
 
I would suggest that our two worst performances of the season have both been against Wolves

Easily they have.

What annoyed me with Maddison was I felt he was hiding to a degree. At his best he's taking the ball from the two deeper midfielders and playing forwards. Was a lot of sideways and backwards yesterday and standing in positions where he couldn't receive the ball
 
I would suggest that our two worst performances of the season have both been against Wolves
100%
A team that doesn’t have its defence move out of their set up
Packed midfield
And no real striker
Everton are quite similar too and they were hard games for differing reasons
 
Easily they have.

What annoyed me with Maddison was I felt he was hiding to a degree. At his best he's taking the ball from the two deeper midfielders and playing forwards. Was a lot of sideways and backwards yesterday and standing in positions where he couldn't receive the ball
My mate said that a few times in the second half, you could see the players almost duck out of wanting the ball, etc
 
100%
A team that doesn’t have its defence move out of their set up
Packed midfield
And no real striker
Everton are quite similar too and they were hard games for differing reasons
And when we faced similar problems undet Conte we would complain that we did not have "lock picker", well that was Maddison's job.

Maybe we have to consider a plan B for when Maddison is off form or injured.
 
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