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Marius57
Player Valuation: £50m
I hope you are right and we don't go to Palace and revert back to type. He needs to get some momentum off today.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
I prefer 433 like you mate but say we backed Raffa in the market and he had another Doucoure or a Gana/Ndidi type alongside Doucoure with another good CB in place of tugboat Keane - personally I think the 2 in midfield would work.
We need 3 at the moment I agree but long term if he is here to stay Im not adverse to seeing him backed in the window to mould the squad to suit the system he wants.
windymiller
Player Valuation: £50m
We'll find out soon enough.
We could have gone and got Anguissa tbf mate. Rafael ran the rule over it.
He had autonomy this summer. Just didn't have a lot of money.
I just think not losing games has been the priority recently and his set up in the previous games hindered that. Today he made a positive change (yes he had Gomes available so it helped to do that) and it worked. I hope he keeps it now.
He's meant to be pragmatic. Well pragmatism in football is finding the best way to win. I don't think he's done that enough recently. He's been stubborn and it's hurt us. I hope it becomes 3 wins in 13 and then 4 wins in 14!
EDIT @ForeverBlue92 - I doubt Brands moved quickly enough to get Anguissa in the end mind
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Defo. But the players are with the management team.
kenada_blue
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Pure form. And he was fine last season but arguably not to the levels of the partnership he had with Bernard or Richarlison under Silva.
Defending isn't he great asset but the again what modern full back is?
He's the least of our issues...yet it's now an issue.
Fully understand we've only just had Gomes back but I mean he wasn't amazing. He just freed us up to play a different shape.
We could have played that shape with the personnel we've had fit in recent games and it might have worked. It might not, obviously, but he didn't even try and that is a valid criticism.
Gomes should never start games as he's crap when he does. But Delph is an option to play 433 as he can sit and it frees up Allan and Docuoure.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £80m
Players who don’t want to play for the benefit of the team are an issue and have been for a long time here.
That sends a message, we don’t care if you’re the left back of France, if you don’t play the way the manager tells you to, you’re out.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
He didn't count mate. The fact he was injured for months wasn't making any differences....apparently.
Richard Alex
Player Valuation: £8m
Sorry disagree
Sometimes statements need to be made and Digne hopefully had been put in his place.
Constantly giving free kicks away and generally poor. Attitude not great. Been poor for a while. I say it’s good management
Needs to get some players in January as centre back is a major concern
I mean, when does 'form' become the 'norm' as it were? Because form is a half dozen or so games; Digne hasn't been great for a long time. You say he was fine last season but... honestly he wasn't. He was fantastic for about a month and a half and then anonymous, every bit as bad as Coleman on the other side. The year before he was OK, not great but OK, and his first season he was spectacular.
So we've seen a very consistent gradual nosedive from him for a long time now. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather he plays than not, because Godfrey - while having a decent game through just pure commitment - isn't a left back and won't maintain it, and we have no one else, but at the same time he really should be looking at himself in the mirror in regards to his 'form'; because he wasn't a shining beacon of excellence before Benitez arrived.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
HAHAHA love it
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £80m
6 points off the top 6. 8 off relegation places. I think they call that mid table for a side that apparently is ploughing towards relegation.
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