Player Watch: Moussa Sissoko
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tiger666
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bubble07
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He does a 5-10 yard pass as soon as he gets it. He offers nothing
From an attacking pov think we might actually do better having 10 men
He did one thing good all game and that was when he was last man and stopped a chance. Not good enough for 74 minutes of play
From an attacking pov think we might actually do better having 10 men
He did one thing good all game and that was when he was last man and stopped a chance. Not good enough for 74 minutes of play
In all seriousness, i could have played better than sissoko yesterday. He really took on pochs mantra to be brave.
I mean his pointing was starting to really,agitate me. Probably his team mates too.
Hey look that guys in obvious space, why dont you pass there!? As long as its not to me!
Ill gladly make runs to draw players away from,the ball. I think spam,players stopped tracking sissoko in the end for good reason.
Surely edwards is needed.
Sissioko should have been subbed at half time. Even the players knew that, nobody wanted to pass to,him apart from his mate aurier.
I mean his pointing was starting to really,agitate me. Probably his team mates too.
Hey look that guys in obvious space, why dont you pass there!? As long as its not to me!
Ill gladly make runs to draw players away from,the ball. I think spam,players stopped tracking sissoko in the end for good reason.
Surely edwards is needed.
Sissioko should have been subbed at half time. Even the players knew that, nobody wanted to pass to,him apart from his mate aurier.
EQP
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So reading 'Brave New World' on page 218 this paragraph stood out to me
" Around that time I had a very tricky conversation with one of the key men, whose name I'll keep to myself for the time being. It was our second in the space of a year. I got Jesus to prepare the ground the spent almost an hour talking. I swooped to add the finishing touches although Jesus kept chiming with phrases like " You do this in training, this in games and these are the statistics". I went down the contract route: " If you carry on like this, we don't need you" There ended being a trigger in a video that we showed him, clearly proving that he reacted conservatively on two occasions in the same match instead of doing what he should've done, which was to move forwards. His decision affected him and the team"
There is no doubt in my mind after reading the bulk of the book that Poch and the coaching staff have sat Sissoko down and asked him to play in the fashion we saw today. They understand his limitations and are okay with him playing the role that he does. We can slam and criticize Sissoko but Poch keeps picking him and starting him in games. For whatever reason Mauricio believes that Sissoko is either a safer bet or truly feels that no youth players can stand in and perform the duties he does.
" Around that time I had a very tricky conversation with one of the key men, whose name I'll keep to myself for the time being. It was our second in the space of a year. I got Jesus to prepare the ground the spent almost an hour talking. I swooped to add the finishing touches although Jesus kept chiming with phrases like " You do this in training, this in games and these are the statistics". I went down the contract route: " If you carry on like this, we don't need you" There ended being a trigger in a video that we showed him, clearly proving that he reacted conservatively on two occasions in the same match instead of doing what he should've done, which was to move forwards. His decision affected him and the team"
There is no doubt in my mind after reading the bulk of the book that Poch and the coaching staff have sat Sissoko down and asked him to play in the fashion we saw today. They understand his limitations and are okay with him playing the role that he does. We can slam and criticize Sissoko but Poch keeps picking him and starting him in games. For whatever reason Mauricio believes that Sissoko is either a safer bet or truly feels that no youth players can stand in and perform the duties he does.
0-Tibsy-0
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I get so frustrated with his contribution, or lack of, when the ball is at his feet - due to his compete ability deficiency. But I think the most detrimental part of his game, to our team as a whole, is his movement, positioning and awareness when we are in possession. He makes no attempt to create space or find holes, makes no attempt at intelligent forward runs to give our players an option or occupy defenders. He just adds another dead weight we have to play around to add to a bank of defenders. It's so frustrating to watch.
If that's true then we have really hit our limit under Poch. .. we might as well play with 10 men instead of start sissoko
agrdavidsfan
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We are almost starting to feel sorry for him he’s not built for a technical team
He is what he is, and does the thing he can do pretty well. The problem yesterday was that we didn't really need a defensive sound pair of legs in the middle. As I mentioned in the match thread, he spent his second half as a sort of narrow right back, presumably to provide cover after we moved Aurier further up the pitch.
But did we really need to CBs, Sissoko and Dier to deal with long balls to Hernandez?
Sissoko wasn't useless yesterday, but he was of no use. And that it took 70 minutes and a goal for West Ham for Poch to change things up, is purely down to Poch.
But did we really need to CBs, Sissoko and Dier to deal with long balls to Hernandez?
Sissoko wasn't useless yesterday, but he was of no use. And that it took 70 minutes and a goal for West Ham for Poch to change things up, is purely down to Poch.
Wheeler Dealer
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He looks far better in a far more technical French team, so don't buy this. Granted he's no natural footballer, as playing the game looks hard work.
Charly***
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Against bus parkers he should never play. I can get over his poor techinque - we knew what he was like when we signed him, his runs get him in good positions but it's his reticence to even attempt a final ball that's the problem, he's always looking to pass the responsibility to someone else. It blocks up the right hand side of the pitch.
But in an end to end game usually against a better side he can be useful, whether from the start or as a tactical sub to make us tighter defensively. Even last night he saved us defending on the cover as last man on one occasion.
With our injuries in cm this year it's good he's in the squad, we've needed him on occasion but everyone knows we could and probably should upgrade, whether that's signing someone or getting Onomah more involved next season.
But in an end to end game usually against a better side he can be useful, whether from the start or as a tactical sub to make us tighter defensively. Even last night he saved us defending on the cover as last man on one occasion.
With our injuries in cm this year it's good he's in the squad, we've needed him on occasion but everyone knows we could and probably should upgrade, whether that's signing someone or getting Onomah more involved next season.
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L-man
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I’m stumped
Thewobbler
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Things will pick up when big vic gets going. Hopefully he gets solid minutes this weekend and then back in the first team and sissoko out of it.
dimiSpur
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He's not built for any team!
Bus-Conductor
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Would Sissoko be described as a “key man”?
If so, i still don’t see how Sissoko’s recent performances reflect that conversation? Nowhere does that say “we told him to avoid the ball and point a lot”.
