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But they have decent options now they should do ok.PSG home first game, confirmed. That is a mental month for them.
But they have decent options now they should do ok.PSG home first game, confirmed. That is a mental month for them.
Can we please get off this Kane is knackered narrative. There’s really very little reason for him to be. He’s just 25, he had x2 3 week breaks last season. He’s had 3 weeks after WC. And in reality it’s been a pretty gentle month physically with a game a week, almost perfect to ease your way back into the season.
I don't know how or why the team is so shit at set piece play with all the height the team possesses it simply isn't good enough, it's something I mentioned as an issue last year as a concern and is still happening.the thing is we have 9pts from 3 games, and haven't played that well for the whole game in any of the 4, yesterday we where punished. we where weak at our own set pieces so was always a worry when they had anything.
so worried about Kane, Dele and Eriksen, I know Kanes scored 2 but he looks knackered and slow with it, not getting shots off. Alli is doodling and Eriksen looks lost. the thing is yesterdays line up with someone like Son and Lamela on the bench you have some threat.
Said it before with Kane. When he’s out of form people say he’s tired just because of his demeanour. He’s never been the easiest on the eye as an athlete, which is why so many thought he’d be a one season wonder. He can look laboured and cumbersome at times and even more so now as he looks heavier. But I honestly don’t believe it’s tiredness. Nobody ever says dele looks “tired” when he plays badly. Because he’s a lithe athlete. People talk about Kane like he’s dembele and can only play once a week. The guy should be in his physical prime, he’s just turned 25. It’s not a Rooney situation where he’s been playing non stop since he was 16 at senior level. This is only his 5/6th full season in the 1st team.
And in those 5 seasons he has only had 1 proper preseason off, has had 3 injuries to the same ankle and rushed back twice. The last 2 seasons leading up to the start his partner has dropped a sprog.
He looks laboured in mine and others eyes, looks like he isn’t as sharp in his movement and thinking, positioning, and attempting to make himself a threat.
I reckon he's got young kidsNot denying he could be mentally jaded. For someone relatively young his life has changed inexorably in 5 years. He hasn’t had a scoring dip in 5 PL seasons which is actually remarkable. It’s hard to believe he will go his whole career without a dip in form. The most alarming thing for me is the drop in attempts at goal. Might be a complete coincidence but it seemed to change around the time of the “claim” goal. Maybe subconsciously it triggered something in him and he’s over compensating to show he isn’t selfish.
I suspect it's because so many of ours are England players. The media don't give a monkey's if David Silva withdraws from the Spain squad but you can bet your bottom dollar they'd have something to say about Dele withdrawing from the England squad for "personal reasons".I notice that 4(?) City players have been withdrawn from international squads for a mixture of personal reasons and "injuries".
Bugs me that we never do this.
I suspect it's because so many of ours are England players. The media don't give a monkey's if David Silva withdraws from the Spain squad but you can bet your bottom dollar they'd have something to say about Dele withdrawing from the England squad for "personal reasons".
I used a random player to make my point. I didn't know Silva had retired.Silva hasn’t pulled out though, he retired from international football 2-3 weeks ago. It is so annoying that they have set this new tournament to start straight after a WC, and the PL or football association and uefa never used a single brain cell between them
Sterling though? You'd think it'd be worse for him than anyone else.I suspect it's because so many of ours are England players. The media don't give a monkey's if David Silva withdraws from the Spain squad but you can bet your bottom dollar they'd have something to say about Dele withdrawing from the England squad for "personal reasons".
Sterling though? You'd think it'd be worse for him than anyone else.