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Problem and a huge one, is that he is signed on manager's request to fill exactly that position. No8 who dictates tempo (like Eriksen does).
I never actually said we didn’t play well, or that we fielded our strongest team. Just that a good performance in that game against a team that has barely played together in that group and was clearly not strong, playing with very little intensity, has no huge meaning to how we should set up going forward because we just won’t play a team of similar quality very often.As opposed to us who played Garnacho, Mejbri, Pellistri, Martial, Maguire and Amrabat as left-back. Truly a team of greats.
Of course it wasn't a strong team, but if you can't see that we played well in that game, I don't even know what to tell you. It is possible to play a good game of football even if the other team doesn't field their best players. We played very well, linked up brilliantly and had some very good attacking sequences. Joachim Andersen or Guehi wouldn't stop Mason Mount making brilliant passes from midfield position
Is it really that difficult to admit he had a good game without making an unnecessary comment about how bad Palace was? Anyway, he has had good performances other than that.
Liverpool was desperate for senior HG to fill in their squad after losing Ox, Milner, and Nat Philips going away too.
No. Hojlund has also scored two for us.
Aye, talking about the league
Don't think the big 007 curse is limited to one competition. Besides it's a load of bollocks anyway.
A lot of fans said this during the summer and it is another reason why I doubt ETH is a top class manager. Antony is another reason and playing a 20 year old as our top striker is a third.
We had that couple of months sweet spot last year where it looked to have clicked, but worrying that looks like the period Van Gaal had doing the same. An exception to the rule.
Yup. And this is on ETH not the Glazers, whom I despise of course. A stronger DoF might have vetoed the deal. The Antony and Mount transfers will cost ETH his job this season.
Spot on. It will cost him his job and there’s no one to blame but himself.
On this point I don’t think it’s quite fair. If we had Dalot/AWB - Varane - Martinez - Shaw available all season I think we’d see a lot more build up from the back. Instead it’s been combinations of Lindelof (LB) Maguire, Evans and Regulion.
I don't think it's fair either, but I wouldn't bank on improvement with our build up with said defensive line. Build up play goes far beyond an unit. We have no issue pushing up the defensive line and passing between our defenders. It's a whole system game, and our midfield is not great for this style, while Bruno and Rashford even in their best form are scattergun type of players. They're wasteful with possession, and right now they are doing a lot of good to justify that kind of erratic play style. It looks like we didn't improve our midfield despite money spent. The hope is now placed on internal promotion of the like of Mainoo or Gore, Hannibal
There’s something about the Mount transfer that shouts it wasn’t Hag’s transfer.
Must be an amazing actor given how excited he sounded in that interview to MUTV about his plans on playing him deeper.
He’s not even played one minute of football in this deep role! First I’ve seen this article.
Such as?
