One thing I don't understand is, as his captain, why isn't Jags going over and having a word.
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John Stones
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One thing I don't understand is, as his captain, why isn't Jags going over and having a word.
Tennessee Blue Mike
Player Valuation: £50m
Agree totally. Sad fact is Martinez needs a defensive assistant in a bad way. Our defending set pieces is comical at best.
jal123
Player Valuation: £40m
He will learn when he's got a manager who knows what he's doing.
efcjames
Player Valuation: £35m
Mate, Burnley would hammer us.
I mean, all those Park Enders he told to pipe down against Spurs?
That is precisely the reason they were yelling "get rid" when he started performing circus tricks.
That was the sensible thing to do then.....that was the sensible thing to do today.
Toffeenick123
Player Valuation: £500k
That won't happen even if he wants. I think he will get the bullet.
ToffeeDoug
Player Valuation: £35m
Considering how many of his passes out of defence ended up in the stand there is a certain irony that he wouldn't choose to hoof it there as well.
Tennessee Blue Mike
Player Valuation: £50m
I believe your right. He is in caretaker mode. Players seem to have switched off in the league.
The Mighty Quint
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Robles is the real villain, that is a piss poor clearance to give a corner.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing regarding Stones, but Robles really should be doing better there.
He didn't look like he even expected it tbh, as Stones had the chance to clear it first time but chose not to then gave him an awkward ball with someone already in front of him...
At that point "anywhere" is the correct place to play it.
I'd say they're equally bad for not clearing it (imo obvs Stones a bit worse, because ^), but the real culprit is not even trying to work on set pieces and hoping we don't come up against a side that does, which obviously will never happen as everyone works on them.
kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
After the 3rd in the first half, I literally went to bed.
royvernon39
Player Valuation: £10m
I also think that there are too many backpasses to Robles, too much responsibility avoidance.
I think most people were surprisied by the Stones dance routine and then the nutty back pass and I include Robles.
Stones had been kicking the ball into touch all of the first half but got himself into a mess and thought, I know, time for a surprise back pass and lets hope the goalie can sort it for me. Robles did not have time to control and kick but had to slash at it to get it away.
I think most people were surprisied by the Stones dance routine and then the nutty back pass and I include Robles.
Stones had been kicking the ball into touch all of the first half but got himself into a mess and thought, I know, time for a surprise back pass and lets hope the goalie can sort it for me. Robles did not have time to control and kick but had to slash at it to get it away.
ExpatinBangkok
Player Valuation: £6m
He is good but fact is we have horrible defensive record this season- so he is clearly not (yet) a whole team/game changing defensive player. SO, given our horrible defense i wouldn't mind too much selling him for 40 M ++ , getting a v good , proven replacement for @20 million and then using the other 20M towards another LW player.
The players aren't the issue. It's the system we play in terms of defending.
We don't defend as a unit.
Spot on. That's our fundamental problem and I believe that's what Baines was alluding to. If your system is not right then it undermines individual confidence and good players look crap and make mistakes. A good system breeds confidence.
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