2025/26 Charly Alcaraz

[jazzy]

Headless chicken but at least he ran around a bit and showed some desire

 

[Eggs]

Not a winger - plus Pickford's pass to him was suicidal - He had our only shot on goal - yeshe slipped,but that pass to him with an attacker breathing down his neck was the start of that pen !

….if you’re a forward, you should be looking after that ball in the position he was in. I didn’t think the pass was ‘suicidal’, I’d be expecting to receive the ball into me like that. He seemed to lose his footing which didn’t help but that was because he chose to spin rather than getting hold of it or laying the ball off.

 

[T LEAFE]

Hes just not quite good enough for the Premiership

 

[mahermi1]

….if you’re a forward, you should be looking after that ball in the position he was in. I didn’t think the pass was ‘suicidal’, I’d be expecting to receive the ball into me like that. He seemed to lose his footing which didn’t help but that was because he chose to spin rather than getting hold of it or laying the ball off.

Eggs if you slip there is not much you can do about it, it's not like the Beto one last year which cannoned off his shins, it's a slip, not as bad as Steve Gerrards slip, but a slip all the same, that can happen to anyone.

 

[Mr Happy]

….if you’re a forward, you should be looking after that ball in the position he was in. I didn’t think the pass was ‘suicidal’, I’d be expecting to receive the ball into me like that. He seemed to lose his footing which didn’t help but that was because he chose to spin rather than getting hold of it or laying the ball off.

Constantly slipped. Wrong studs. Sack the kit man.

 

[Eggs]

Eggs if you slip there is not much you can do about it, it's not like the Beto one last year which cannoned off his shins, it's a slip, not as bad as Steve Gerrards slip, but a slip all the same, that can happen to anyone.

…agree, it’s unfortunate. Looked to me that the the slip was a result of the attempted spin, he could’ve been safe, though, in securing it or laying it off. Maybe telling that Moyes then replaced him. Beto’s one at Chelsea was solely down to mis control.

 

[mahermi1]

Yes agree don't know about you but I was begging the players to be braver on the ball, that was probably the wrong place to be brave. Can't remember a match where so many players failed to perform.

 

[blueblue]

He seems to lack the year of pace you need at the highest level.

David Moyes said during the summer that Alcaraz was at his best coming onto the ball and you can see what he means.

 

[tommye]

 

[Joey66]

He seems to lack the year of pace you need at the highest level.

David Moyes said during the summer that Alcaraz was at his best coming onto the ball and you can see what he means.

He worked hard in a very poor side

 

[raiseyoureyebrow4thewin!]

Yes agree don't know about you but I was begging the players to be braver on the ball, that was probably the wrong place to be brave. Can't remember a match where so many players failed to perform.

only player who showed the most
bottle was o brien
i was screamin like moyes at our attack

 

[Joey66]

There are flashes of good play but I can see why he's never been at a club for a long time. He seems more like an impact player in the PL rather than a starter.

We had no starter's last night on the right positions at the back of in midfield!

 

[windymiller]

….his inability to support his full backs in the first half left us very vulnerable. Ball watching, struggling to go with his runners I wasn’t surprised Moyes kept switching him and wondered if he might get pulled at half-time.

Moyes eventually moved him central where he looks much more comfortable but his failure to look after the ball and that slip cost us dearly. Not a good night for the lad.

He's not a winger, he should never have been put in that position, but recruitment has been so poor that there were few good options. I feel sorry for the lad, as you could see he was busting a gut, but he just didn't know what he was doing out there.

 

[Joey66]

Also Pickford is always blameless a stupid pass out IMO!

 

[Cels]

He seems to lack the year of pace you need at the highest level.

David Moyes said during the summer that Alcaraz was at his best coming onto the ball and you can see what he means.

I think if you lack a year of pace, you'll not make it at any level.