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ClaretMat

I think this is a good move for him and us however a little surprised that it's the full season.
Do we know if there's a recall option?

ClaretMat

A really technically gifted footballer with fantastic close control and a lethal shot. . Phenomenal in the Championship season and he provided so many memorable moments for us under Kompany that year.. If Swansea can provide a platform for him to play from he will be a fantastic signing for them and...

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I'm no fan of Jones but he shouldn't have been put in that position today. As soon as they're asked to go to the screen there's pressure to overturn e the onnfiekd decision - especially when it's one of the bigger teams at home.

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He's given the advantage to a defender who was getting nowhere near the ball.
It was a natural coming together with both players movements. Not a foul, never mind a clear and obvious mistake.

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Weiss 7 - decent display, used the ball pretty well. Sonne 6 - superb run and finish for the goal. Solid otherwise and a couple.of really nice passes, one iffy moment in the first half apart. Worrell 6 - solid enough but his lack of pace on the turn is a concern Humphreys 6 - thought he was excellen...

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I'd be happy with either of Wolves' back up keepers, both very good. Johnstone perhaps slightly ahead due to having the more premier league experience.

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Koleosho showed signs at the end of last season that his confidence was coming back and he had began to put the injury behind him. It sounds like that continued in the U21 tournament also. For me we absolutely need to keep him next season, I'd have him as second choice behind Anthony for the role on...

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Nobody seems to have mentioned that the player who committed the offence against CJ had made at least three cynical fouls on Esteve and somehow wasn't carded (mainly because Esteve was far too good for him). Not punishing that then menant he felt he could get away with another one. CJ shouldn't have...

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A good 3 points but it should have been a lot more comfortable than that. A mixture of poor finishing, some very poor refereeing and some sloppy defending meant they had a chance to push on in the last 30 mins.

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Exactly. Takes the easy option most of the time. Show me a defence splitting pass from him? He can't get it out of his feet, turn and hit passes quickly enough. It's why our play is so slow. That's not his game though. He's an energetic midfielder who breaks up play well, wins and keeps the ball, g...

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Exactly. Takes the easy option most of the time. Show me a defence splitting pass from him? He can't get it out of his feet, turn and hit passes quickly enough. It's why our play is so slow. That's not his game though. He's an energetic midfielder who breaks up play well, wins and keeps the ball, g...

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Brownhill slow in posession? He's fairly uncomplicated but probably one of the quickest distributors in the team?

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Sarmiento worked hard but picked the wrong decision regularly and wasted a number of good positions. He's a good player though and could make a real impact if he can begin to refine some of his play. I thought Brownhill played well today to be honest. He broke up the play well throughout and covered...

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Trafford 6 - maybe could have been slightly quicker off his line early in the first half but dealt with it. Otherwise not a lot to do and distribution ok. Roberts 7 - a busy performance with some good overlapping and a couple of good balls. On the receiving end of a bad tackle that should have been ...

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The penalty wasn't fortunate, no idea what he was doing with his hand in that position.

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A deserved win which we finally got over the line. We were a little wasteful in the final third today after getting in some excellent positions.
Props to Hannibal for his desire to make sure we got the right result.

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Trafford, Roberts, Esteve, Egan-Riley, Cullen, Brownhill, Koleosho, Benson, Rodrigues and Foster are pretty good bag of oddments to be presented at this level of football and then to have £30m to add to it doesn't sound bad to me. I think Parker deserves more time but he has been given a squad that...

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In Although we are in a very good position from a resource point of view, being asked to pretty much rebuild the team in a couple of weeks would be challenging for anybody. He's also not had the chance to have both Foster and Flemming in the same squad, nevermind the same 11 and I think that could m...

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I hope today is the wake up call which we need ala Sheff United in Kompany's season.
There's a lot of talent in this squad but we have to start playing to win, not to dominate the ball in order to restrict chances for the opposition.

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Agree with fat boy We have just used L and C as we are in a similar position to you Inchy, they found a rate the same as we could but we utilised them due to their accessibility. The application process however was very slow and tedious. I am not sure if this is a sign of the current market situatio...

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Hladky 6 - one decent save second half and was fine with the ball. Roberts 6 - solid enough defensively and used the ball well. Very smart defensive header at the back post in the second half. O'Shea 7 - very solid indeed, and looked a step above at times. Esteve 8 - other than the yellow card incid...

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That's just not a fair assessment at all. O'Shea hits it at a fair pace to outpace Toney, and puts it right into the bottom right corner(from our side, left facing the goal) without looking. Muric is in an easy position to receive a back side pass leftwards. I'll reiterate it's poor from O'Shea, I ...

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You're very wrong here mate. Not to mention Dara didn't even pass to the centre of the goal - it was literally in the corner? Goalies are taught to take up a position for back passes in that sort of situation there outside of the goals so that if it bobbles or whatever it's not going into the net. ...

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Well actually schoolboys might but pro goalies? Correct position - he was making an angle for a safe backpass and to get an angle for continuing our play out from the back. That simple, Dara just had a brainfart. The evidence suggests it was anything but a safe angle, he's way out of his goals. Dar...

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I don't think many schoolboys would have been in the bizarre position Muric was, it was a poor backpack from.O'Shea but no way should it have nearly resulted in a goal.

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:56 pm
you clearly didn't watch a game last season if you are choosing today to judge Muric

We were playing in the championship where all of our players were a lot more competent in the style they were being asked to play.

ClaretMat

his distribution but more importantly how quickly he distributed it was MASSIVE today, it's chalk and cheese We were playing against a team who have been in a poor run of form with one man less on the pitch than us. I'll enjoy the result but won't be using it as a stick to beat Trafford or Kompany ...

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equinox wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:43 pm
Fortunate with that disallowed goal. Imoa.

I can't see that anyone has said that.

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Nowhere near like the Luton incident at all. Toney ran at Muric full pelt without even having eyes on the ball and the ball was literally going top bins ie Muric couldn't run and get momentum to collect it, vastly different scenarios. The second incident was less like Luton than the first but if th...

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He played well but it's one game and we were playing against 10 men for the most of it. There were also two fouls given to him in similar situations to the Luton goal, where he perhaps should have been stronger. And of course they could have had a penalty had they not scored the goal as he had commi...

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The pass from Trafford is a result of our style and naivety. Not the individual. Absolutely nothing to suggest Muric wouldn't be making the same decisions, at best.
Nothing Brownhill could do who we now lose for 3 games.

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Adebayo jumped in to Trafford to impede him, there wasn't an attempt for the ball nor was he in line with it.
Dias just stood his ground, tonight was the correct decision.

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No attempt whatsoever to play the ball, just backs into him to impede his jump. Absolutely blatant foul.

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Muric 6 - execution was reasonably good. Some very poor game management though and heavily at fault for the goal when we needed to relieve some pressure. He invited pressure on multiple occasions in the first half also. Vitinho 5 - whole hearted but struggled at times in the first half v Johnson and...

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Trafford 8 - made a number of very good saves. His distribution was also pretty good, a couple of excellent passes to pick out Vitinho. Vitinho 6 - a number of sloppy touches and passes but stuck at the task well. O'Shea 7 - solid performance and dangerous on set pieces. Needed to be more aware of w...

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Trafford 5 - a real mixed bag with his distribution. At least looks longer more often when needed now. Not a lot to do otherwise. Vitinho 5 - a couple of good tackles but very sloppy with the ball at times. O'Shea 6 - defended very well as he did on Saturday. A patient possession based game building...

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Trafford 5 - one fantastic save but he really struggled with their set plays, needs to be more commanding given his size. Vitinho 6 - really solid, defended diligently overall. O'Shea 5 - Generally held the shape well and you cannot fault his effort or attidue but I thought he could have done more w...

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Trafford isn't playing with Ekdal infront of him though? I do agree though Ekdal would help with our frailties from set pieces. I'm not sure either goalkeeper is really Premier League level at this moment, but you can say that about a number of the team.

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Muric has his strengths over Trafford don't get me wrong
But if you think he makes a difference today positively then you're forgetting Sheff UTD last season. I've also not seen Trafford make a mistake akin to that Muric made against Watford last season.

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Redmond was terrible today after coming on I'm afraid. Set them on the attack when well positioned (onnthe edge of their box, centrally), on his heels for the through ball from Berge and then passed the ball straight out of play under no pressure at one point. Baffling a player with his experience a...

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Trafford 6 - very little to do, no chance with the goals. Vitinho 6 - plenty of energy and constantly helped stretch the play for us. O'Shea 5 - some good no nonsense defending. At fault for the second but had to keep the game alive at that point. Some terrible distribution in the second half Beyer ...

ClaretMat

Absolutely no idea why he would get booed.
A very good player for us overall, the whole side struggled in our last premier league season and I think Dwight lost a bit of confidence.

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I'm not sure our playing out better from the back is wholly down to Muric. Everton don't press as high as a lot of the other teams have done this season and are quite happy to let us have the ball.
In saying that we've worked a couple of good openings, just the final moment hasn't quite been there.

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The only real reason we played better for the last 10 mins of the game really is because Bournemouth abandoned their press and sat back, which further emphasises the fact that when we are playing around with it at the back and the opposition starts to put pressure on, we fold and go backwards. That...

ClaretMat

Just seen it on MOTD. A definite pen, what's his arm doing in that position?
Only positives from yesterday were that we performed much better after going 2-1 behind and created enough moments to snatch a point. Albeit it was against a pretty poor Bournemouth side.

ClaretMat

Two sitting midfielders from Cullen, Brownhill and Cork has to be absolutely fundamental in our setup. As does playing fullbacks in their natural positions. We also need at least one more disciplined wideman to play (JBG, JBL or perhaps Zaroury who knows the system) There are games we will find real...

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Trafford 5 - distribution is far too slow and in affect pins us in our own half. Vitinho 4 - I think he was selected for his more dogged 1v1 defending against Sterling. Unfortunately really struggled, good for the goal. Al Dakhil 6 - did OK but again question marks on the goal, even if it was slight...

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Looked to be adapting not just to the league but his new team mates also. Gave the ball away continuously and should have been taken off at half time as he wasn't giving Vintinho much support at all.
Lacked conviction for the chance he should have scored.

ClaretMat

They have created nothing, every goal was hugely preventable.
It is a little worrying that Chelsea haven't had to play well at all and are going to win this comfortably.

ClaretMat

Architects of our own downfall once again.

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