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hughy

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Nov 18, 2007
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I'm not traditionally one to slag off our players, but he is becoming one of the most unintelligent footballers I've ever seen in our kit. How he managed to bag a hat-trick in the second biggest game of our clubs recent history is mind-boggling.

He just seems to get worse every time he plays.
 

dontcallme

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Mar 18, 2005
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I'm not traditionally one to slag off our players, but he is becoming one of the most unintelligent footballers I've ever seen in our kit. How he managed to bag a hat-trick in the second biggest game of our clubs recent history is mind-boggling.

He just seems to get worse every time he plays.
He's never had football intelligence.

He's very one-dimensional. He's good at attacking space. Ajax left big gaps which he exploited well.

He's very head down, resulting in a lack of creativity when he plays.

I like him as a person and really appreciate what he has done. But ultimately he's not very good and it's time for him to be sold.
 

TheHodFather

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Aug 22, 2013
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I'm starting to think he's one of those players who needs to be playing regularly to be anywhere near his best, which makes him a poor squad player/rotation option. But he's not good enough to be a starter. He also turns 30 in the summer so I think it's probably time to cash in. Shame, as he seems like a genuinely nice guy.
 

ajspurs

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Jul 7, 2007
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He actually solely created one of the very few chances we had today, but the ball also came off him almost every other time he touched it. I could see the logic in the change in that if we were going to get anything it would be through the type of unpredictability that he can provide, because we weren't getting anywhere with anything else but at the same time we were struggling to make the ball stick as it was and he ultimately didn't help.
 

hughy

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Nov 18, 2007
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He actually solely created one of the very few chances we had today, but the ball also came off him almost every other time he touched it. I could see the logic in the change in that if we were going to get anything it would be through the type of unpredictability that he can provide, because we weren't getting anywhere with anything else but at the same time we were struggling to make the ball stick as it was and he ultimately didn't help.
Says a lot about our game yesterday when a cut-back straight in to the hands of the keeper is considered a chance.
 

Russ1201

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Aug 8, 2019
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I'm getting really fed up with fans being disrespectful of Moura. I understand he has his flaws and can be improved on BUT it's not fair the abuse he gets after what he has done for us in his time here. I think he will still make a very good squad player.
 

dontcallme

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Mar 18, 2005
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I'm getting really fed up with fans being disrespectful of Moura. I understand he has his flaws and can be improved on BUT it's not fair the abuse he gets after what he has done for us in his time here. I think he will still make a very good squad player.
Where's the disrespect?

People saying they don't rate him or pointing out his flaws is not disrespectful.
 

JCRD

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Aug 10, 2018
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I'm getting really fed up with fans being disrespectful of Moura. I understand he has his flaws and can be improved on BUT it's not fair the abuse he gets after what he has done for us in his time here. I think he will still make a very good squad player.

I love Lucas but I dont think he is being disrespected. I think people just see his flaws etc. I dont think he did much of note when he came on bar that one run and cross... however the entire team was shite. I would definitely keep him and games like yesterday would have been perfect for him to come on but out on the wing there isnt his best position.

Should have come on centrally or bring on Bergwijn but we know Conte didnt want to change formation yesterday
 
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