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Covers it perfectly.
Yawn. He wasn’t the issue today. Nonsense he never puts a foot wrong, he had a crap season last campaign. He’s a much better defender though than last season and played well today. I can judge it on the game I’ve seen rather than those who just can’t see any good he does. It’s a painfully obvious agenda at this stage.I just decided to come in and see how long I would have to go to see someone say he never put a foot wrong and it was two posts.
It's amazing what his defenders see in his games as no matter what happens you will get people saying he never put a foot wrong. Apparently he has literally never put a foot wrong in a match.
Yes it goes both ways and he gets blamed by others no matter what bit it's still hilarious to me.
He wasn't the worst today at the back which is not saying very much he just isn't good enough to play the way we need but that's the story for others too
The opposition was targeting him all day long, running behind him due to the lack of pace.
Dunno why you mention his relationship with Shaw in relation to yesterday’s match. They were playing on opposite sides of the pitch.
This is why we need one of Varane or Lindelof to play, who both are good at protecting the space behind the line. Both CB failed that yesterday and it is really not their strengths as both are aggressive defenders.
Maybe the odd occasion they'll catch the forward but it's inherent in a high line system. You will get caught out with runs in behind.
I agree with you. With the midfield we have, we need to be a bit pragmatic and play at least one CB who is good at defending space. We saw several occasions yesterday where our CBs missed runs coming in to the space behind them. Some of these runs were not when we held a high line.
Nothing to do with their direct relationship, but to me they both part and parcel of a disorganized defence. Both constantly end up in awkward positions where they're found out, and both fail to inspire confidence in that backline, when they are the most experienced regulars of the back 4.
The concern with this is he is rapidly overwhelmed once the game opens up and swift, decisive actions are placed firmly upon his shoulders. The faster the play becomes, the more pensive and hesitant he is, and those moments, those stutter steps are the difference between playing a man onside or through an inside channel or not.
The whole team lacks confidence. Shaw says the same thing.
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Are you supposed to stand in the tunnel on the same side as where the team sits? Maybe he has forgotten that ETH changed that over the summer.
Read that this is because ETH changed sides this summer.
Confidence will come from results and not talking about things.
Yeah Maguire wasnt to blame apart from playing Welbeck onside. But the issues with both goals stem from a lot of players.
