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oh yeah, i meant young.. let me change that!

Dalot also arrived facing very high expectations as fans were all clamouring for a first-choice RB after years of seeing Young and Valencia as our RBs. Didn't help as he was not given the correct environment to learn and develop in that sense.

at least we have something to look forward to and fight for on the final day, when was the last time it happened? Also, did we even dream we would be in contention for top 4 after that Burnley defeat in Jan?

most of those results were also with Soyuncu, Chilwell in the side though..maybe even Maddison but I am not sure. Conversely, we have got more points in away games than home games since the restart, so home teams coming to attack and being more open suits us too.. our attackers, if in any sort...

All of Maddison, Chilwell, Fuchs, Pereira and Soyuncu won't be available right? Just make sure to mark the hell out of Vardy and it should be fine.

I don't get the idea that we are miles behind Liverpool. I think it is a false narrative that has been painted due to our poor form in the first half of the season together with the rest of the Big 6 as well. I don't see how an attacking trio of Rashford, Martial and Sancho are worse than the...

Wait, wasn't the referee the same one who was in charge of the Palace game earlier this season when they kicked our players to hell and received no punishment? Same thing today....

Never doubted him, even with numerous people talking about his passing stats, or how we "were never interested in him". As for the rest he needs, I think he will start every match and his rest will be an early sub here and there when we have a match sewn up. His fitness levels are incredible.

True, but Carrick was paired more often with Scholes IIRC. Hargreaves played as a RM in the UCL final. We used to play a 2 man midfield more often back in those days as well, hence they needed to cover a lot more ground. Even now, Matic is not the most mobile of midfielders anyway and is doing a...

There are tshirts? Haha.. anyway Koopmeiners can play CB too, in case of an emergency. So his play style will be very similar to how Matic performed against Sheffield, dropping as deep as the CBs to build up the play. Not too worried about pace as most DLP aren't overly reliant on them -...

Koopmeiners is really a good shout- he plays a lot like how Matic does. This article is good read for those who have not really heard of him: https://footballbh.net/2020/03/21/teun-koopmeiners-2019-20-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics/

Those talking about misplaced passes and all, that's all part and parcel with Bruno - he tries to pull off the difficult passes and flicks a lot, and not all of them come off. However, when they do, they always lead to a good goalscoring opportunity. But that is exactly what we needed in our...

It's also due to way our fullbacks often play - one of them tends to tuck in when we are in possession, forming something like a back 3 with the 2 centrebacks and allowing our 2 midfield pivots to push further forward

Are there any Ajax fans here who can give us a clearer understanding of how VdB might fit into Ole's plans?

People who think Ole should spend on a destroyer are on the wrong track I feel - I don't think Ole likes to play with a pure CDM destroyer, he prefers that the team defend as a team, instead of relying on 1 individual to cover the gaps. All the midfielders he himself played with during his...