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Are any of going to be surprised when it turns out this hack was orchestrated by Levy?
Will be even more surprising when you find out he contracted me to do the hack but hasn't received his money back.
Are any of going to be surprised when it turns out this hack was orchestrated by Levy?
Can't believe I saw some saying he was poor tonight. Think he needs to keep working on his fitness of course but if tonight was a glimpse of what we'll get then wow..
I’ll be honest, I though the game passed him by, those stats clearly suggest otherwise so perhaps I need to give it a second viewing but they don’t represent the picture I had of his performance. Obviously I’m happy if I’ve misjudged.
I don’t disagree with your last sentence, and those stats support your view and bely mine. It’s hard to take in what players do right sometimes in a game like that when we did so much wrong. In fairness, I did caveat my match rating for him by suggesting he was a) not fully fit and b) misused positiinally. I’ll also suggest that while those stats do suggest a decent performance, if he completed 39 of 43roughly passes that could be a reason why we struggled to get a foothold. I’d want those stats to both be twice as much from a key midfielder.I saw your post in the match ratings thread, and while you're entitled to your opinion, I think it was extremely harsh. In the second half especially, it seemed like he won just about every challenge he put in and was able to get the ball to either Eriksen or Lamela almost every time (who would then lose it). I will agree that I'd like to see him more involved on the ball, but I do think some of that is down to fitness.
No doubt in my mind we have a future elite midfielder.
I don’t disagree with your last sentence, and those stats support your view and bely mine. It’s hard to take in what players do right sometimes in a game like that when we did so much wrong. In fairness, I did caveat my match rating for him by suggesting he was a) not fully fit and b) misused positiinally. I’ll also suggest that while those stats do suggest a decent performance, if he completed 39 of 43roughly passes that could be a reason why we struggled to get a foothold. I’d want those stats to both be twice as much from a key midfielder.
I’m in no way blaming him for us being poor, and I do think he’s going to be great, and I accept that based on these stats I’ve been harsh, I just think that all three midfielders were poor today.
No, Sissoko on the bench isn't a hard decision. Tanguy + Winks in 4231.He certainly looks better in the deeper position Winks takes up, it's no coincidence that he has looked better in both games after Winks has come off. Poch has a hard decision to make I think.
I’ll be honest, I though the game passed him by, those stats clearly suggest otherwise so perhaps I need to give it a second viewing but they don’t represent the picture I had of his performance. Obviously I’m happy if I’ve misjudged.
Up with LamelaOut of the starters, I thought he was probably the best of a bad bunch today.
I agree with all of this post.Let’s face it, it wasn’t a game where any of our players stood out. We were comprehensively outplayed.
He’s going to take a while to settle into the PL, which is why I found the “he’s going to tear up the league and make us title contenders” comments way premature like he was Messi or something.
He doesn’t look quite up to the required fitness or sharpness needed, but once he does I think we’ll see what he’s about.
The two things I’ve noticed and been pleased about was that he looks to do things quickly, and tonight there were several well time tackles/interceptions on the edge of our box when they were piling the pressure on near the end.