Mr Happy
Player Valuation: £15m
Someone somewhere will be offended. It's covering all bases I guess
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Its the same 2 posters who continue to post exactly the same narrative and go on and on and on and on about Stones and Lukaku. They've turned their attention now to Pickford and constantly blame the fans.
If it really is more Psychological, then its even more of tragedy on our parts. All we have done by not finding adequate replacements is feed the beast that is eating him up. We've increased the burden and pressure on his shoulders and that is beyond shocking.
Not just for us, but for the lad himself...
gianthogweed
Player Valuation: £25m
This club has always been cursed with injuries
It's the failure to adequately prepare for these 'natural' incidents that's cursed us !!
His one goal this season was basically entirely his own work. He also creates chances for others when we play it right because of his presence.
How Dom needs to ensure he creates chances for himself is being in the right place at the right time, making sharper runs etc. But that does mean the service has to be there too.
I'm not talking about him standing in the box and waiting around, btw, but he doesn't do that when we play it right.
He's never going to be a forward who can drill one in from 25 yards, but we know what he is and what he's good at, which also involves bringing others into play and making other players better.
Maupay, for example, can drill one in like we saw he did v West Ham - DCL would probably never score that kind of goal. But what Maupay can't do is bring other players into the game like Dom did v Arsenal, or shrug by a CB like they're not there like he did in the Palace match.
This is a case of serious mismanagement of a player at the very start of a serious injury by a manager who should never have been here in the first place.
Then it's been a knock-on effect.
I've said it tons of times on here - that quad injury Dom got was as bad as Gbamin's. So I don't know why we expected different results.
It completely messes up the rest of the body, too.
I also don't really get what people mean by 'create their own chances', other than they want to see a player hit one from 30 yards or take on five players.
Dom, as I said, created something out of nothing for the only goal he's scored this season, yet people seem to have glossed over that.
Did Haaland create his goal the other day? No, he didn't. And as we've seen recently with him, even when he's making those runs and doing all of the same stuff, unless the ball is getting to him then even he, who is worlds away from what Dom will ever be, can't just magic something up.
Dom, as I said, created something out of nothing for the only goal he's scored this season, yet people seem to have glossed over that.
Did Haaland create his goal the other day? No, he didn't. And as we've seen recently with him, even when he's making those runs and doing all of the same stuff, unless the ball is getting to him then even he, who is worlds away from what Dom will ever be, can't just magic something up.
gianthogweed
Player Valuation: £25m
Hahaha Simon Jordan
I mean everything he says is just wildly offensive and completely typical Simon Jordan.
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £50m
Awful stuff, but then he's more concerned with saying something controversial than ever being right.
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
I remember, years ago, a young Ryan Giggs was struggling to shrug off a minor calf strain. The United medics were baffled why it kept recurring. Turned out, the clutch on his Ferrari was so stiff and travelled long, was knackering anything the medics could do. New car, new Giggs.
And will never be pulled up on it. He's like some weird Frankie Boyle/Simon Cowell/Jeremy Clarkson hybrid.
Funniest part is Simon Jordan went to an all boys school so likely letting out his shower frustration here.
Tomorrow he'll be complaining about media(as if talksport isn't media) looking for attention and pushing for edgy comments from managers
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