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I really don’t like this group of players.
Poor team selection and very poor subs and timing of said subsPoor team selection... also why Mustafi ffs?
Its hard to like players who make same mistakes every week i agreeI really don’t like this group of players.
Its hard to like players who make same mistakes every week i agree
“ beaten several times???? He was roasted all day ffsGary Neville absolutely right. This squad is very average.
Mustafi played the best I've seen him for a while, but he was still ****. His positioning is woeful. Beaten several times.
The system can't change players being average Sokratis xhaka and mustafi if we like them or not they are not top 4 qualityThe system is the biggest issue, but Xhaka, Chambers, Mustafi, Sokratis, Kolasinac etc. Bunch of clowns.
The system can't change players being average Sokratis xhaka and mustafi if we like them or not they are not top 4 quality
The midfield is a bigger problem than our defence
The midfield is a bigger problem than our defence
I can appreciate this point of view and playing it safe (though its useless coz we defend so poorly) but why not freshen things up a bit more? The players fell out of favour with Emery because they didn't like the way he tried to play. Taking out Sokratis for Mustafi is the best he could come up with? I just think that whatever Emery was doing got him sacked so Freddie needs to rebuild the team's identity. top four is a dream now so I think the sooner Freddie plays his way, the better. I'm just worried if this is really his vision.
Good post and summary of the game plus Freddie’s decisions.Should have lost that, and not an encouringing first game by Freddie with so many questionble decisions by him
-Bringing Mustafi back to the first eleven. He is terrible at defending, and even though Sokratis has been horrible lately Mustafi is even worse.
-Picking Kolasinac over Tierney. I dont think Kolasinac had a bad game, but Tierney is better and one for the future.
-A midfield two of Guendouzi and Xhaka is not good enough defensivly, we`ve already seen that under Emery. Torreira should play in my opinion until we can buy someone better, and I would prefer Guendouzi to be his partner in CM.
-Letting Özil play 88 mins and Laca 90 mins was two bad decisions, Özil was poor in the 2nd half and Laca was poor the whole game.
-We need to get Pepe going, and if he wasnt going to start he should have been given at least 30 mins for Laca or Özil. We needed to change something in the 2nd half when Norwich was all over us.
Even though the defending was **** as usual I enjoyed the first half, but the second half was like an Emery-half and really bad. Freddie has only been in charge for two days so cant expect him to change too much, but he made alot of questionable decisions today. Leno saved us from a comfortable loss.
We need a body or two in there the current bunch are too sloppy.Personnel and balance in CM has been our biggest problem all season, I agree. I see this often missed in analyses that often only talk about how fluid and potent the attack is and errors in the backline.
We need an upgrade on Xhaka, but it is also the case that the constant tinkering with formations and selections has not helped our players, and also the case in my view that Guendouzi is a raw talent who is in real need of a coach to fine-tune him and to define to him a precise role expected from him.Probably the same for Willock also.
Haven't been following closely other posts to whom this might be referenced...Torreria instantly steadied the ship when he came on Norwich where putting a lot of pressure, don't understand the complaints about that one.
Can you change your signature?Good post and summary of the game plus Freddie’s decisions.