2020/21 Alex Iwobi

[Simon Buttle]

Wont have a bad word said about Lovely Luca!

I agree, probably my favourite player overall but he does get away with a fair bit tbh, he is either involved with everything or seems to hide in the corner at times.

 

[Little Ralphy]

That's now how most of the best teams play football anymore. And we were an utter zero in attack playing like that. Grinding out results isn't a long term strategy for me.

getting beat at home every week isnt either.

 

[TheBigIguana]

getting beat at home every week isnt either.

For me we're getting beat at home because we can't control games and score goals. I mean we lost to nil against Newcastle and Fulham. Even if we don't concede that's 0-0 which isn't good enough either. Defend by offering a threat.

 

[Little Ralphy]

For me we're getting beat at home because we can't control games and score goals. I mean we lost to nil against Newcastle and Fulham. Even if we don't concede that's 0-0 which isn't good enough either. Defend by offering a threat.

We lose games because when we lose the ball it ends up in a chance at goal for the opposition. This has happened for years as our players are too slow at covering ground, or too slow getting on to second balls etc. Strangely this has never really been addressed with recruitment. When we had the more solid yet less adventurous back four, this wasn’t as much of an issue, because we always had 4 players back who were quite narrow and decently mobile.

it was a base to build upon at the very least. Then you can start to identify ways to create chances (which they hadn’t).

 

[TheBigIguana]

We lose games because when we lose the ball it ends up in a chance at goal for the opposition. This has happened for years as our players are too slow at covering ground, or too slow getting on to second balls etc. Strangely this has never really been addressed with recruitment. When we had the more solid yet less adventurous back four, this wasn’t as much of an issue, because we always had 4 players back who were quite narrow and decently mobile.

it was a base to build upon at the very least. Then you can start to identify ways to create chances (which they hadn’t).

I think a team with a back four of four CBs and multiple non-progressive midfielders in front of them is very limited from the off. Add in a winger who is really a striker and therefore doesn't do any midfield stuff and I don't know that there is an answer.

 

[blulouie]

This thread is comedy gold.

 

[coollino]

Wow, I might go back to current affairs for a breather.

 

[Zatara]

I think by now we know @TheBigIguana doesnt work in sales.

Also that Alex Iwobi isnt very good.

Lets hope Alex Iwobi's agent can do a better job than @TheBigIguana

 

[Efcjake]

Digne would be wonderful for us if we had a functioning system. He comes off as crossing and nothing else because nothing links together.

Here he is playing that same ball into the box you spent 2 pages telling me makes Iwobi special.

Favourite Andre Gomes moment last night...



Literally a 2 yard pass ffs

Davies put a good ball in and Gomes did that with it.

"Nothing links together"....

 

[TheBigIguana]

I think by now we know @TheBigIguana doesnt work in sales.

Also that Alex Iwobi isnt very good.

Lets hope Alex Iwobi's agent can do a better job than @TheBigIguana

Haha I don't, but most of why I believe in Iwobi is stats based and all of you don't believe in stats so that makes it basically an impossible sell.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Here he is playing that same ball into the box you spent 2 pages telling me makes Iwobi special.


Davies put a good ball in and Gomes did that with it.

"Nothing links together"....

I could be wrong but I think I remember saying that Digne and James were the only other players who do it. I mean if I didn't I'm saying it now, the three players in our team who are above average at passing the ball forward and into the box are James, Digne and Iwobi.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Move the goalposts again

Move them how??

Let me rephrase: why doesn't anyone but Digne or James freaking do it then?

It's about getting the ball into someone's feet in a dangerous area. It doesn't matter what the length is. We don't do it enough, he does it more than anyone but the two I've named, he's useless. It doesn't track for me.

Also here is the previous post mentioning Digne and James as the others who do it, just in case you didn't believe that I had previously made this exact point.

 

[Efcjake]

I could be wrong but I think I remember saying that Digne and James were the only other players who do it. I mean if I didn't I'm saying it now, the three players in our team who are above average at passing the ball forward and into the box are James, Digne and Iwobi.

Its standard wide link up play. A 3 yard ball.

 

[Efcjake]

Move them how??


Also here is the previous post mentioning Digne and James as the others who do it, just in case you didn't believe that I had previously made this exact point.

I deleted that because I checked and you had mentioned digne.

Still a 3 yard ball that even your mum could play.

 

[TheBigIguana]

I deleted that because I checked and you had mentioned digne.

Still a 3 yard ball that even your mum could play.

I really don't disagree that it is pretty much standard play, the problem is that we are not doing that bare minimum level most of the time. We have a player who can improve us in this area but we don't want to use him and instead we get a very disjointed team. I wouldn't even object to moving Iwobi on and trying to find better this summer but we need what he brings now even if eventually we need it at a much higher level.