- Oct 19, 2004
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Ye but that isn't their problem. They are not losing the ball for trying to create chances they are just losing the ball through poor passing and poor touches. Also if they can't regularly beat a man and lose the ball that is again a demonstration of the wingers not being good enough and reaffirms my point. Forward players that take risks but more times the risk they take is a successful one is down to quality of wingers. Townsend taking on a man cruyff turning and getting dispossessed is him taking a risk to create which is fair but we get countered. Hazard running at someone and beating them and creating something is him taking a risk but doing it successfully. The difference between them is their decision making and ability and general quality. I've seen us lose the ball passing square and dallying on the edge of the box.
I don't really remember us losing the ball trying to make through balls.
Rose is also not the problem he has played excellently backed up by the fact he has got quite a few goals and assists this season and off the top of my head I'd imagine he has the most from FB in a good few years for us. Attackingly Walker is poor but I don't believe either of them get beaten defensively that much for it to be a great issue
We lost a goal in a very recent game (I know because I pointed it out) because Eriksen failed to make a through ball he was trying.
I agree that all our lot are lacking in the ability to produce enough moments of composed craft in the final third. But I thought you were complaining about them trying and failing. It's why I've argued Lamela's case, because he does try to deliver something most games, and at least when's not he's working and getting stuck in.
Rose continually lets opponents cross the ball and there are times when he's jogging back instead of sprinting. Walker's positional sense is that of a 7 yo but to be fair he never jogs, if he fucks up or is behind play he always sprints.
I think Rose has done OK going forward, but I still think he wastes an awful lot of situations, and it's not like he's close always, it's that he gets no where near delivering the right final choice too often. He's improved year on year so I guess we can hope he continues to improve. Walker on the other hand has a major problem between his ears. He never learns, he hasn't improved an inch since his first game. Continually makes the same mistakes over and over and over.