Rasmi
Negative Nancy
Country: England
How Yousif? Useful squad player is Tierney. One that don’t give you heart attack every time he start. Tell me a CB as Holding in a title challenging team for the last decade?
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Rob Holding: Robbing a Living?
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Country: England
I mean usuful squad player for like handful of games not someone to depend on. Different case with Tierney he start at majority of pl teams
Not good enough for where we’re going and where we want to be.
Won a fair few headers but he just lacks the quality and class to play here.
Won a fair few headers but he just lacks the quality and class to play here.
Nunowoolmez
Established Member
Hes an old school type English centre half. Hes not really in keeping with the rest of the squad, quality wise.
I like his commitment & passion, & hope he can continue to contribute whilst Saliba is out, but I hope Saliba comes back soon, put it that way!
I like his commitment & passion, & hope he can continue to contribute whilst Saliba is out, but I hope Saliba comes back soon, put it that way!
Country: Iceland
He is just few levels below what we needed for game of this calibre.
Should hopefully do for few more games but vital we get Saliba back for City game!
Should hopefully do for few more games but vital we get Saliba back for City game!
Legend14
Established Member
He’s performed better than I expected in Saliba’s absence given I don’t rate him highly. He hasn’t panicked me like last season.
MartiSaka
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We don't have the defence to sit back and soak up pressure. If we don't retain possession, we are in trouble. Interesting to see if we can develop a side that has a mode where they cam play comfortably without the ball. I think City showed they could to some extent against us at the Emirates. Necessary for CL imo.
He easily could've cost us two goals yesterday. That Salah chance in the first half that came about directly after a misplaced pass from Holding. You'd expect Salah to score that 9 times out of 10. Then you had the missed penalty in the second half. We need Saliba back ASAP.
Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
He was alright yesterday, effort was there just not the quality.
He's good enough to be a back up CB in a team going for Top 4, but not for a team fighting for the title...we just improved as a team a bit too soon for him.
Not entirely convinced by Jakub either really, needs at least one good loan...feel CB is a position of concern, tbh.
Tomi's good, but even he is always injured.
He's good enough to be a back up CB in a team going for Top 4, but not for a team fighting for the title...we just improved as a team a bit too soon for him.
Not entirely convinced by Jakub either really, needs at least one good loan...feel CB is a position of concern, tbh.
Tomi's good, but even he is always injured.
Abhishek Arora
Always Hoping For The Worst
He is a bottom half team player
Should sign for a team like leeds or Nottingham
Should sign for a team like leeds or Nottingham
Mitch
Blonde Brigade Grand Wizard
Another good performance by Holding, our best defender yesterday. Give credit where it's due ABB!
Country: England
Player:Rice
It is kind of weird the stick Holding is getting.
He was largely solid, did the basics right, jittery every now and then and was a bit naive to give away the pen ( which fortunately didn't cost us)
He had a fairly okay game for a back up level CB against some good Liverpool forwards.
He was largely solid, did the basics right, jittery every now and then and was a bit naive to give away the pen ( which fortunately didn't cost us)
He had a fairly okay game for a back up level CB against some good Liverpool forwards.
Gooner_girl14
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Exactly how I feel. This was the game I was most worried about Holding playing and he passed the test IMO. Pen was a bit unlucky IMO he was trying to just stay tight but unfortunately just got too close. I think he's covered for Saliba very well so far, especially considering he's barely kicked a ball this season.
Blankety Blank
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This pretty much is spot on imho
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Vinci
The Sultan of Unai
Country: Netherlands
It's nothing personal, but he just isn't good enough.
Doing the basics right is great, but not when you're competing for the title. Then you need players with extra quality like Willy and Gabriel.
Doing the basics right is great, but not when you're competing for the title. Then you need players with extra quality like Willy and Gabriel.
say yes
forum master baiter
I really do think it’s worth remembering that he’s a 5th choice CB, only playing because both Saliba and Tomi are injured, and we can’t slide White across because we don’t have another fit RB.
Yeah he’s not top-class, but who can you sign who’s better than him and happy to barely play all season?
Rather than looking for a mythical top class 5th choice CB, I’d focus this summer on getting a proper RB to compete with White (enabling White to play CB if necessary) and/or replacing Tomiyasu with someone who can stay fit.
Yeah he’s not top-class, but who can you sign who’s better than him and happy to barely play all season?
Rather than looking for a mythical top class 5th choice CB, I’d focus this summer on getting a proper RB to compete with White (enabling White to play CB if necessary) and/or replacing Tomiyasu with someone who can stay fit.
Tnegs
Active Member
Made one bad pass for that Salah chance and gave away an incredibly soft penalty neither of which resulted in goals. We didn’t drop points because of him no matter how badly some of you want to believe it.
I mean, he is likely just waiting so see if his plugs are going to fall.
No man with that head of hair will stay at a club as 5th choice.
Truth hurts died for this.
On a serious note, it is getting to the point where *if* we have a good enough defender from the academy he should get holdings spot.
Don't think his seniority is needed as much now as it was when he was part of the leadership core.
Don't think his seniority is needed as much now as it was when he was part of the leadership core.
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