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We have a player on the bench who isn't even considered until the last 5 minutes. But yeah, let's sell Lukaku and Sanchez and not replace them.
I'm aware of what he saidHe said ‘natural finisher’ its 100% true he miles better than both of them in that regard. Different matter if he can do it under the pressure of high level senior football.
No chance. Lingard will definitely start, Mata or Pereira will come in for James.Think he might start against Crystal Palace with Fred coming in for Lingard and us changing back to 4-3-3 with Pogba as the most advanced midfielder.
I was thinking even 75 mins would have been ok, and enough timeLeft the subs far too late. Should have switched James for Greenwood around the 60th.
I really hope so as that is possibly our best lineup. I don't think Fred will be fit enough for it though.Think he might start against Crystal Palace with Fred coming in for Lingard and us changing back to 4-3-3 with Pogba as the most advanced midfielder.
This is the dream.Think he might start against Crystal Palace with Fred coming in for Lingard and us changing back to 4-3-3 with Pogba as the most advanced midfielder.
Think Ole was happy with a draw.Very irritated that we didn’t bring him on sooner. I was calling for him to come on from 65 minutes. I know he’s young, but if we’re chasing the winner and he’s the most offensive player on the bench - then why leave it till 88th minute unless the manager is happy with a draw?
Needs more time to make an impact.
The squad tells you all you need to know about how highly he rates these youngsters. It’s a long season and we’ll need to utilise all of our squad. Getting ball ache about them not getting enough minutes in difficult early away fixtures is a bit fecking silly IMO.This is what happened last season, loads got giddy and announced Ole as the saviour of the youth and then when he didn't actually give them proper minutes suddenly it was sensible and would have been stupid to play them.
We seem to be back to step 1 and i can see it going the same way. Hope I'm wrong as a few of these lads deserve as much chance as James does. We can't not make signings because of youth, supposedly, and then not even play them.
The difficult fixture point can't be stated enough, on paper Chelsea are our bogey side and we've failed to beat Wolves once since they were promoted. In our "easier" next couple of fixtures I'd imagine we'll see more substantial minutes for Greenwood and Gomes. It's always important to get off to a strong start in the league so it's not the ideal time to be throwing the kids in the deep end.The squad tells you all you need to know about how highly he rates these youngsters. It’s a long season and we’ll need to utilise all of our squad. Getting ball ache about them not getting enough minutes in difficult early away fixtures is a bit fecking silly IMO.
Put this in context please, Mata came on and he has been shite nearly all of Oles reign. People are are getting a ball ache because we are wasting minutes on older players that could go elsewhere.The squad tells you all you need to know about how highly he rates these youngsters. It’s a long season and we’ll need to utilise all of our squad. Getting ball ache about them not getting enough minutes in difficult early away fixtures is a bit fecking silly IMO.
Mata’s going nowhere, obviously. Take the scapegoats out of our squad and it goes from just lean enough to give kids a great opportunity to so thin it’s not fit for purpose.Put this in context please, Mata came on and he has been shite nearly all of Oles reign. People are are getting a ball ache because we are wasting minutes on older players that could go elsewhere.
I think it's very similar from what I can remember of Ravel. He was also a step ahead of anyone else except maybe Pogba at the time so everyone had high hopes and saw him as a potential world beaterAt youth level is there more buzz about him than there was Ravel?
I'm looking forward to hearing what current players say what training with 16/17 Greenwood was like in a few years (they wouldn't hype him now while he's still so young) - I remember Rio saying he couldn't get near 18 year old Ravel in training, they said he was incredible.At youth level is there more buzz about him than there was Ravel?
I have never seen him do anything.Did nothing today.
Yeah, it wasa nice pass, couldn't get involved aside from that though. He should be playing through the centre really.He did play the ball into the box for a part in James' Goal.
He didn't touch the ball for the James goal...He did play the ball into the box for a part in James' Goal.
You mean not everyone is going to score a couple of goals, get completely overrated by the fans and pundits alike and start to believe their own hype?We can't just throw him in the deep end and expect him to win games for us. It's not always going to turn out like Rashford.