Don't think he's a waste, think the problem is playing both him and Gana in the middle.
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Don't think he's a waste, think the problem is playing both him and Gana in the middle.
Perhaps if we can get rooney klassen and gylfi creating then it works better as a unit.
Thin that's going to be another problem mate, fitting them all in, especially Klassen and Rooney, both players looking to work the same space.
Could be right, but no bad thing. You are not making me fume today !!
dave abrahams
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The change of tactics might have helped his game as well. I gave MOTM to Gana but don't begrudge Wayne the award.
dave abrahams
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We all know that Calvert Lewin is much better as a striker rather than a winger/ wing back, yet Koeman keeps playing him
there, same as we know that he hasn't got the players on the books to play three at the back, yet he still tries it even though it is obvious that Williams and Jagielka don't want the ball and are very poor bringing the ball out of defence, they are stoppers pure and simple.
...yesterday's formation totally confused me.
DCL is currently the only conventional back to goal striker we have so for that reason alone he has to play furthest man forward.
Jags
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We weren't fantastic, but Stoke rarely looked like scoring so its a solid foundation to build on.
I'm unsure about Schneidlerin and Gueye in the same team (unless playing a top 6 side) since it slows our possession down. I would like to see a midfield of Gueye, Davies and Klaassen when playing a lower team at some point.
Lots of performances to be happy with though, Rooney, Gueye, DCL, Pickford and Keane all looked very good.
I'm unsure about Schneidlerin and Gueye in the same team (unless playing a top 6 side) since it slows our possession down. I would like to see a midfield of Gueye, Davies and Klaassen when playing a lower team at some point.
Lots of performances to be happy with though, Rooney, Gueye, DCL, Pickford and Keane all looked very good.
Citeh then Chelski punctuated twice by Split. Interesting couple of weeks in which we need to bed in quickly. Stoke were poor so I dont hold out too much from this although lots of positives. Next few games will set the tone for the season for me. Get through in Europa and stay unbeaten in the league will be i good start.
abelard
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It's nice to have a manager who doesn't dither when things aren't working, and who admits, even to supporters, when he gets it wrong. Koeman switched it up immediately after the first half yesterday. Martinez, god bless, didn't really adjust after two years of stagnation.
As I'm sure a thousand fumers observed as soon as the team sheet came out, Calvert-Lewin as a wing-back was just odd. I had though it would in practice it would be more like a front three, with DCL up alongside Rooney and Sandro, but apart from the goal itself, we just couldn't find space for him up there. He can do many things, but bringing down 50+ yard hoofs from Keane along the touchline is not one of them.
We just had no idea how to get it forward with the back three. Keane mostly just hoofed, and Jagielka on the other hand often found himself having to start the attack from just across the halfway line. He probably got slated on here, but its not really his fault that he's being asked to play so far out of his proper position. We barely controlled anything at all in their half the entire first 45.
Things were so much better, obviously, in the second half - though with the caveat of course that the goal opened things up enormously. Martina was actually decent at getting into good position, though he makes a lot of mistakes on the ball and is an indifferent defender. It's hard to imagine why Kenny isn't getting a chance, though I don't doubt the people who actually watch him train have their reasons.
Calvert-Levin, despite his scrawniness against the Stoke CB ogres, was actually fairly impressive at holding the ball up and distributing in the second half, and made some clever runs too. I hope it's the last time he gets banished out to the wings.
Gana was brilliant and probably of greater value yesterday than Rooney, but Wayne got the goal and was no slouch either - so MOTM for me. I wonder what a heat map would look like. He was everywhere, almost like a box-to-box player - though not a defensive asset, mind. I was pretty dubious about the signing, but if he can keep that up, I'm all in. He just seemed to always be there to knit things together - actually, a bit like Barkley, though even without looking to shoot immediately, like Barkley always does just before row-Zedding it, Wayne as a midfielder is also still a much greater threat to score.
As I'm sure a thousand fumers observed as soon as the team sheet came out, Calvert-Lewin as a wing-back was just odd. I had though it would in practice it would be more like a front three, with DCL up alongside Rooney and Sandro, but apart from the goal itself, we just couldn't find space for him up there. He can do many things, but bringing down 50+ yard hoofs from Keane along the touchline is not one of them.
We just had no idea how to get it forward with the back three. Keane mostly just hoofed, and Jagielka on the other hand often found himself having to start the attack from just across the halfway line. He probably got slated on here, but its not really his fault that he's being asked to play so far out of his proper position. We barely controlled anything at all in their half the entire first 45.
Things were so much better, obviously, in the second half - though with the caveat of course that the goal opened things up enormously. Martina was actually decent at getting into good position, though he makes a lot of mistakes on the ball and is an indifferent defender. It's hard to imagine why Kenny isn't getting a chance, though I don't doubt the people who actually watch him train have their reasons.
Calvert-Levin, despite his scrawniness against the Stoke CB ogres, was actually fairly impressive at holding the ball up and distributing in the second half, and made some clever runs too. I hope it's the last time he gets banished out to the wings.
Gana was brilliant and probably of greater value yesterday than Rooney, but Wayne got the goal and was no slouch either - so MOTM for me. I wonder what a heat map would look like. He was everywhere, almost like a box-to-box player - though not a defensive asset, mind. I was pretty dubious about the signing, but if he can keep that up, I'm all in. He just seemed to always be there to knit things together - actually, a bit like Barkley, though even without looking to shoot immediately, like Barkley always does just before row-Zedding it, Wayne as a midfielder is also still a much greater threat to score.
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Albro
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Pickford. That save was as good as a goal.
Rooney, Gana, DCL, Keane all solid.
Underwhelming performance from Schneiderlin, Williams and Klaassen.
Davies good when he came on, made space for Rooney
Rooney, Gana, DCL, Keane all solid.
Underwhelming performance from Schneiderlin, Williams and Klaassen.
Davies good when he came on, made space for Rooney
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