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Match Threads Watford vs Spurs - Pre Season Friendly

DEFchenkOE

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If we get an injury to Lo Celso or if he's off form we're really going to struggle for creativity, we absolutely need to bring in another creative option.
 

bigfrooj

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Foyth has had a good half at LB. Not really tested defensively but comfortably a better passer and technician than any of our actual FBs.
I doubt we’ll see much of him there again, just a stopgap. To me he looks like he should get a run out as a CDM If anything. He struggled at LB trying to get the ball onto his right foot. He’s plainly a good footballer.
 

Saoirse

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most of those guys not Young and homegrown. We’ve had no issues shifting homegrown. And we could have blown them out of the water with 25 or 30k. We’re not talking about hundreds of thousands.
He's not young, but Rose is homegrown and we can't find a taker. CCV we're presumably open to offers for with a year left and not looking like making it here, no takers. Fulham openly said they weren't interested in Sessegnon. Clubs fearing relegation scraps are loath to spend big wages on gambles, homegrown or not - the homegrown stuff doesn't even matter all that much to them since you really don't need a full 25 man squad if you're not in Europe.
 

cjbyid

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Weird having a pre season friendly with so many first team players away.

New schedule obviously hasn't helped. Roll on next weekend
 

bigfrooj

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Cirkin, White and CCV did themselves no harm. Good squad players for this tough fixture period coming up, in my opinion.
 

dtxspurs

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If we get an injury to Lo Celso or if he's off form we're really going to struggle for creativity, we absolutely need to bring in another creative option.
We're not that creative even with Lo Celso on the pitch. He's a significant drop down from Eriksen when it comes to creativity.
 

Tucker

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I didn’t see the game but I would imagine today was more about fitness for some players than anything else.
 

journeyman

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Main thoughts:

- Badly missed first choice centre mids;

- Dele underwhelming - he’s just not a creative 10 in the Eriksen mould;

- CCV decent again; I see something in Clarke too;

- Gazzaniga rather than Hart on bench for Everton please;

- We’ll need kind draw in Carabao Cup to make it through two rounds with a second string.
 

Erm33

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Main thoughts:

- Badly missed first choice centre mids;

- Dele underwhelming - he’s just not a creative 10 in the Eriksen mould;

- CCV decent again; I see something in Clarke too;

- Gazzaniga rather than Hart on bench for Everton please;

- We’ll need kind draw in Carabao Cup to make it through two rounds with a second string.
No colchester Uniteds this year please
 

dondo

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Weird having a pre season friendly with so many first team players away.

New schedule obviously hasn't helped. Roll on next weekend

The last pre season game you usually get a good idea of the team snd shape for the 1st game, not this season
 

DEFchenkOE

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The result is irrelevant but I still worry about the way we're playing. More creative options are a must.
 

King of Otters

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I’m now downgrading my prediction for this season from ‘a cup run and top 4’ to ‘unrelenting doom and woe’.
 
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It's a good job that we don't judge friendlies as if there were competitive (and not just for match fitness).

Who knows what crazy, knee-jerk stuff people would be posting.
 
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