blandford_cherry
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Lewis Cook was fantastic last night, no one to benefit from his vision and service.
Exactly. Two shots on target in 180 mins. We have peppered Man U and Liverpool in previous seasons, sometimes winning, sometimes losing but always had a go. Six goals v Liverpool last year....no goals and three shots this year.
Anyway...let’s blame the referee.
Exactly. Two shots on target in 180 mins. We have peppered Man U and Liverpool in previous seasons, sometimes winning, sometimes losing but always had a go. Six goals v Liverpool last year....no goals and three shots this year
Anyway...let’s blame the referee.
Exactly. Two shots on target in 180 mins. We have peppered Man U and Liverpool in previous seasons, sometimes winning, sometimes losing but always had a go. Six goals v Liverpool last year....no goals and three shots this year.
Anyway...let’s blame the referee.
Or play the proven premier league central midfielders we do have...
...Harry would have been all over their midfield like a rash last night...
Harry circa start of last season would have done but Arter of the last twelve months has only disappointed - hence why he struggles to even make the subs bench.
Arter needs to make a huge turnaround over the summer - unless he's sold - if he's to feature regularly in the starting 11 next season.
and IIRC, we've yet to see. amidfield pairing of Arter and L.Cook???
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I thought S. Cook was probably our best player. Him and Aké both had excellent games, although I wonder if Aké could have done better with their second. Francis played okay, but boy it terrifies me whenever a pacey winger runs at him. Daniels is now one of the leagues poorest full backs... Full backs were so key to our attacking play for the last X number of years, but now they are scarily cautious at getting forward. Is it deliberate?
King seems to have lost half a yard of pace. Realistically, that is the difference between him being an asset or a liability. Wilson was physically excellent, technically abysmal. Ibe's execution was dreadful often proceeded by flashes of brilliance. I thought Fraser worked hard but I was frustrated with his attitude a couple of times when an imperfect pass was played to him and his resolution was to throw his hands up in the air and stand still.
Thought Surman was very poor, misplacing passes and his lack of pace scarily exposed. Surman isn't a bad player in general, but we have too many poor to average quality midfielders in our squad. We need to be offloading at least one, possibly two, and looking for an upgrade.
Agree about Ake and their second goal, he should of let Lukaku run, would of been offside. Lukaku was pointing to Pogba where he wanted the ball delivered., let him run or go with him. Fraser stood about for their first. he was marking Lindgard but just let him run in from behind. Also our defence needs to push out when the ball is cleared from the corner.I thought S. Cook was probably our best player. Him and Aké both had excellent games, although I wonder if Aké could have done better with their second. Francis played okay, but boy it terrifies me whenever a pacey winger runs at him. Daniels is now one of the leagues poorest full backs... Full backs were so key to our attacking play for the last X number of years, but now they are scarily cautious at getting forward. Is it deliberate?
King seems to have lost half a yard of pace. Realistically, that is the difference between him being an asset or a liability. Wilson was physically excellent, technically abysmal. Ibe's execution was dreadful often proceeded by flashes of brilliance. I thought Fraser worked hard but I was frustrated with his attitude a couple of times when an imperfect pass was played to him and his resolution was to throw his hands up in the air and stand still.
Thought Surman was very poor, misplacing passes and his lack of pace scarily exposed. Surman isn't a bad player in general, but we have too many poor to average quality midfielders in our squad. We need to be offloading at least one, possibly two, and looking for an upgrade.