Pogue Mahone
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Did anyone see the Philipe Auclair interview about him? Said he's developing incredibly quickly and only has one remaining weakness in his game. Heading the ball
Yeah that Fernandes fella was quality tonight. If he performs always like that, would could be a bargain for clubs.Rojo hung him out to dry tonight. He didn't get on the overlap once in 70 minutes.
He tried things, most of it didn't come off, but that doesn't concern me. He was up against a good defender tonight yet got his goal in the end. His header was very, very clever.
Rojo was much more involved in our attacking play against Everton, it was his best game for us so far. Today he was hesitant in his attacking play and rubbish as a whole. There were some great overlaps on Saturday, so Martial was never isolated like he was today. Today he had to come up against 2 or 3 CSKA players and their fullback Fernandes had a good game, which only made things worse. It also seems like our gameplan for the first half was to pass it to Martial and see what happens. We really miss Shaw.I was thinking about that, but again people would say Martial managed to rip Coleman a new one at least twice while it was the same Rojo as LB (shit performance by him). I wonder if it was CSKA that used a different gameplan to make Martial look bad in the first half or it was Everton that were shit on Saturday. Anyway, he managed to score the goal when we needed it and salvaged a point; good stuff.
Di Maria's as well.Officially passes Falcao's tally from last season..in 9 games.
His passing is a bit off at times tbf.Did anyone see the Philipe Auclair interview about him? Said he's developing incredibly quickly and only has one remaining weakness in his game. Heading the ball
Found it hard to take it seriously considering it pretty much started with him saying Cabaye and Sissoko are good options for their national side. Everyone who watches a bit French football knows there are better players than those for their midfield.Did anyone see the Philipe Auclair interview about him? Said he's developing incredibly quickly and only has one remaining weakness in his game. Heading the ball
Dont remember how many ADM got, but yes..very likely.Di Maria's as well.
He said they'r both good players and France are spoilt for choice in central midfield. All of which I'd agree with.Found it hard to take it seriously considering it pretty much started with him saying Cabaye and Sissoko are good options for their national side. Everyone who watches a bit French football knows there are better players than those for their midfield.
That's fair.He said they'r both good players and France are spoilt for choice in central midfield. All of which I'd agree with.
It certainly looks as his biggest weakeness, I think that the closer to the goal he will be the better for us, hence play him as no9 and bench Rooney ffs.. he can dribble his way to the goal so he doesn't need to shoot from range..That was one of 2 or 3 things that I wasn't sure if he had or thought he could improve, his heading. Though he's won plenty of aerial battles in the prem so far, he just hasn't really had any chances on his head. Took it brilliantly though.
Think he can improve on his shooting from range and his passing, he's brilliant at just about everything else. He hasn't shot from range too much, but the few times he has they weren't too convincing. That's something that can definitely be improved upon though. As for his passing, it seems like it's just inconsistent which is absolutely normal for a young player. It's crazy to see how complete of a player he is at the age of 19 years though. Shrugged off a disappointing first half (a big part of it was due to Rojo not offering any support and CSKA doubling up on him and diving in every time he touched the ball), scored the goal and was a lot better overall in the second, especially with added support from his fullbacks instead of being isolated 1 v 2 at all times.
Play him up top and he will get us goals, plenty of them. He is half the player on a flank.
I do think he is better to top, but it isn't by a lot. He's class on the wing as well, the only reason he struggled today at times was because he was constantly doubled up and Rojo gave him no support to give him a bit of space. He's our best winger and our best striker by a distance for both IMO.Play him up top and he will get us goals, plenty of them. He is half the player on a flank.
he defended well against coleman in the everton game.He works hard, but defends like a striker.
by staying up the pitch and attacking. Coleman didn't dare go past the halfway line for most of the game. CSKA got their tactics spot on against him. Fernandes would closely mark and Tosic would close in on him to double team when he had possession allowing either of them to break out. Tactically CSKA were brilliant last night.he defended well against coleman in the everton game.
But what happens to our beautiful Wayne though? He's not good enough to play on the wing and he HAS to play.Said it last week, but if you have a potentially top class centre-forward - especially in this day and age where they are getting rarer and rarer - you HAVE to play him there. So what if he CAN play wide? Everyone plays wide, there are so many long term options there - but no young centre forward like him in world football.
It is simply far more valuable to a team to have a world-class centre forward than other positions anyway, and Rooney is no goalscorer in any case.
He should replace Shaw and take a full back spot. Or we can create a new position for him where he is assistant-goalkeeper or something. Just get him out of the way.But what happens to our beautiful Wayne though? He's not good enough to play on the wing and he HAS to play.
That's no surprise though. He should play upfront where he's excellent.He works hard, but defends like a striker.
It's painfully obvious how it's the solution. Louis needs to get his balls out and just drop Rooney. Drop him and Valencia and we're a very good team.At the moment, unless Martial, Herrera or Mata do something I don't see us scoring much.
Better as a #9.
I just wish we'd drop Rooney and move Martial infield.
The problem with dropping Rooney right now is that we would be playing the even worse Memphis instead... Maybe just put Rooney on the left, its worth a tryIt's painfully obvious how it's the solution. Louis needs to get his balls out and just drop Rooney. Drop him and Valencia and we're a very good team.
Is young fit?The problem with dropping Rooney right now is that we would be playing the even worse Memphis instead... Maybe just put Rooney on the left, its worth a try
NopeIs young fit?