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2022/23 James Garner

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Owen Hargreaves...all action.






Onana played some good passes as well. Should have taken a booking for their goal.

Gana was wandering all over the place. Should also have taken a booking for their goal.

Has to be Garner + Onana.

Onanna can play some good passes , but that’s pretty common in prem midfielders tbh.

The amount of times we find ourselves overloaded while defending is because our midfielders are very bad in possession.

This has a knock on effect when setting tactics as you cannot adopt an ac at king style of play as it is to risky from a defensive point of view because the players give the ball away to often.

Pair that with a lack of pace throughout the team and the inability to get back in time and the lack of awareness to comit professional fouls further up the pitch? Means we struggle to score and leak goals … leaving us at the bottom end of the table
 

Onanna can play some good passes , but that’s pretty common in prem midfielders tbh.

The amount of times we find ourselves overloaded while defending is because our midfielders are very bad in possession.

This has a knock on effect when setting tactics as you cannot adopt an ac at king style of play as it is to risky from a defensive point of view because the players give the ball away to often.

Pair that with a lack of pace throughout the team and the inability to get back in time and the lack of awareness to comit professional fouls further up the pitch? Means we struggle to score and leak goals … leaving us at the bottom end of the table

Garner (as ive said since we were linked) is a good all rounder.. has a bit of everything. You could call him 'all action' in a way and I note the comparisons with Carrick but I see him more of an Owen Hargreaves.

That type of player can play with anyone in midfield.

We then have Onana who has been a defensive midfielder all his career. Someone that both Lampard and now Dyche are playing further up the pitch. They say theyre trying to improve his 'all round game'.

He's robust, big, athletic and can tackle and pass. His stats have had him at the top end for defensive play comparable with the best in the division.
End of Jan. Open and scroll down for defensive numbers.



Some much better stats out there.




Where we fall apart is having two midfielders who have no positional sense or passing ability. Theyre pure athletes in Doucoure and Gana.

Others have mentioned Gibbs-White and I'd agree that having a player like him would be beneficial.

But the main thing is playing Garner and Onana together in the centre. Then bringing in players to help them. Move on from the Gana / Doucoure 'type' and bring in an attacking playmaker and we'd look a very different proposition.
 
Good today. I liked the fact that he's not scared to take a yellow to help the team. Think he'll be an important player for us next season no matter what league we are in.
Just watched motd2 and on wolves goal twice you can see he's fuming with onana for not taking traore down
 

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