RetroStu
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Carrick is rocking some nice sideburns.
wtf, is that just the picture or was he actually rocking sideburns today?Carrick is rocking some nice sideburns.
Still can't believe how much stick he gets. He's definitely a bit of a headcase at times, but he's actually a good defender - you can see that he reads the game (hence the interceptions) and is very good 1 vs 1. He's only just turned 23, which when you consider that Mangala is older and cost £40m and doesn't understand what's even going on the football pitch, plus all the messing around with injuries and positions there is a serious player in there for us.Tweet
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I thought the same. He just doesn't inspire any confidence in me whatsoever. He always looks like he's on the verge of making a horrendous mistake defensively, a horrific tackle, or hurting himself.Am I the only one that thought he was good but looked like he was about to make a massive mistake almost every time he was on the ball?
Only thing I thought was really good was that one tackle near the edge of the box, which was perfect to be fair.
Yup. Good game. Really hope he's ok for Chelsea. Would be a big loss.Thought he was phenomenal today.
Snuffed out everything. Some great challenges and interceptions. And some of those charges up the field he was famed for when he first came here.
Hopefully him being subbed was a precaution?
Its the same every match. He can play perfectly and people will just say he doesn't inspire confidence and is on the verge of a mistake because there is nothing to actually complain about so they'll complain about what looked like could have happened but didn't actually happen. He's been on the verge of getting sent off his whole career but magically has never actually been sent off. He is really good at being on the verge of stuff. May as well just call him The Verge.Still can't believe how much stick he gets.
Agree I have very little confidence in him.I thought the same. He just doesn't inspire any confidence in me whatsoever. He always looks like he's on the verge of making a horrendous mistake defensively, a horrific tackle, or hurting himself.
Come on, Aguero is not even in the same league as Phil Jones here.
Can't believe that some magazine didn't invite those two for a co-session to be fair.
So true. Imagine applying the same logic on the other players. "Rooney was a 10/10 because he really looked like he'd score two or three times. I mean he didn't but I felt pretty certain he would."Its the same every match. He can play perfectly and people will just say he doesn't inspire confidence and is on the verge of a mistake because there is nothing to actually complain about so they'll complain about what looked like could have happened but didn't actually happen. He's been on the verge of getting sent off his whole career but magically has never actually been sent off. He is really good at being on the verge of stuff. May as well just call him The Verge.
funny 'cos it's true.Its the same every match. He can play perfectly and people will just say he doesn't inspire confidence and is on the verge of a mistake because there is nothing to actually complain about so they'll complain about what looked like could have happened but didn't actually happen. He's been on the verge of getting sent off his whole career but magically has never actually been sent off. He is really good at being on the verge of stuff. May as well just call him The Verge.
Great post. Totally spot on.Its the same every match. He can play perfectly and people will just say he doesn't inspire confidence and is on the verge of a mistake because there is nothing to actually complain about so they'll complain about what looked like could have happened but didn't actually happen. He's been on the verge of getting sent off his whole career but magically has never actually been sent off. He is really good at being on the verge of stuff. May as well just call him The Verge.
He's far from great on the ball, sometimes awful. Don't think I've seen him play 'perfectly' more than a couple of times. Gets caught out of position, is slow to react on the ball, can't pass for shit. BUT when those things aren't glaringly obvious he does look reasonably solid-ish and only looks like he is on the verge of doing those things, rather than actually doing them. Like today.Its the same every match. He can play perfectly and people will just say he doesn't inspire confidence and is on the verge of a mistake because there is nothing to actually complain about so they'll complain about what looked like could have happened but didn't actually happen. He's been on the verge of getting sent off his whole career but magically has never actually been sent off. He is really good at being on the verge of stuff. May as well just call him The Verge.
I don't think he's LVG's ideal type of full back because of this. Smalling seems to have grown in confidence as the season has gone on, and as a result he regularly runs the ball out of defence beating a man and plays the ball off. Jones seems nervous to run the ball out and when he does, regularly panics, turns around and passes it back. I noticed a few chipped balls up field by him today which resulted in losing possession, where a more confident player who's more competent on the ball would have no doubt retained possession.He's far from great on the ball, sometimes awful. Don't think I've seen him play 'perfectly' more than a couple of times. Gets caught out of position, is slow to react on the ball, can't pass for shit. BUT when those things aren't glaringly obvious he does look reasonably solid-ish and only looks like he is on the verge of doing those things, rather than actually doing them. Like today.
His lobbed balls are one of the worst parts of his game. I can't remember which game it was but I remember one in particular where we were attempting to counter multiple times with Jones being the key man involved and every time he way overhit the pass.I don't think he's LVG's ideal type of full back because of this. Smalling seems to have grown in confidence as the season has gone on, and as a result he regularly runs the ball out of defence beating a man and plays the ball off. Jones seems nervous to run the ball out and when he does, regularly panics, turns around and passes it back. I noticed a few chipped balls up field by him today which resulted in losing possession, where a more confident player who's more competent on the ball would have no doubt retained possession.
That's mad. Jones' use of the ball is clearly much better which is why he's the preferred choice when both are fit, and that was as evident today as it ever was. Smalling tried to dribble out with the ball once and got tackled in his own half, while Jones dribbled past players with ease in both halves. The one time he lost possession he won it back in their defensive third and started off another attack.I don't think he's LVG's ideal type of full back because of this. Smalling seems to have grown in confidence as the season has gone on, and as a result he regularly runs the ball out of defence beating a man and plays the ball off. Jones seems nervous to run the ball out and when he does, regularly panics, turns around and passes it back. I noticed a few chipped balls up field by him today which resulted in losing possession, where a more confident player who's more competent on the ball would have no doubt retained possession.
The whole team was to be fair.Awful first half, was getting torn a new one in the first 15 mins, decent second half.