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davek
Player Valuation: £150m
I made this very point at the start of the season.
www.grandoldteam.com
Centre Midfield
This is going to be a real problem area this season. Delph Davies Gbamin Gomez Schneiderlin Gomez aside* that's looking very second rate. Baningime cant get a squad number, so I dont suppose he's anywhere near an appearance. *harsh on Gbamin, but taking this first appearance as evidence...
toffeejack
Player Valuation: £100m
Am i the only one who thinks those stats are better than expected
The worst part is mina scored 2 goals in 1 minute, that 1 minute is our 4th top scorer
The worst part is mina scored 2 goals in 1 minute, that 1 minute is our 4th top scorer
I'm conflicted on him.
Doesn't do
mkrudden
Player Valuation: £40m
Yeah can't disagree with that based on his output. I just think back to the game vs Liverpool away (and I concede he needs to show far more examples) last season. Driving through midfield, getting in the box.
For him to do that he needs:
A Gana-type next to him making up for his poor quality defensively
Time to genuinely get over this injury. He's clearly devoid of confidence and avoids anything resembling a 50/50
Time with the manager who will help him mitigate the effects his weaknesses have on the team
His best form in his career, arguably, was at Valencia and he was far higher up the pitch than he has played for us.
But again as you say, 1 goal and 1 assist isn't good enough.
Jimmy Grimble
Player Valuation: £20m
Centre Midfield
This is going to be a real problem area this season. Delph Davies Gbamin Gomez Schneiderlin Gomez aside* that's looking very second rate. Baningime cant get a squad number, so I dont suppose he's anywhere near an appearance. *harsh on Gbamin, but taking this first appearance as evidence...
Prophetic
Zezti
Player Valuation: £70m
Gary Neville on the commentary last night (yes i know) was left stunned by Sigurdsson after he pulled out of a tackle in the first half. He kept talking about it well into the second half. It made me wonder though: a player pulling out of tackles near the end of the season? maybe he's expecting a move away.
Gary Neville hates him, it's seems almost personal. He never made one run one game and it's all he banged on about as well. Sigurdsson must have looked at him funny once or something.
Not a peep from Neville on Iwobi bottling a challenge in the same game, again.
Baines' left foot
Player Valuation: £90m
People often say they want Walcott sold but he’s one of the best of a bad bunch. I’d keep him for another year.
Jimmy Grimble
Player Valuation: £20m
You a bit @davek but more @dannyboyCentre Midfield
This is going to be a real problem area this season. Delph Davies Gbamin Gomez Schneiderlin Gomez aside* that's looking very second rate. Baningime cant get a squad number, so I dont suppose he's anywhere near an appearance. *harsh on Gbamin, but taking this first appearance as evidence...
Prophetic
Lelouch
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This is the bottom of the league team's midfield this season.
Vrancic - 1 goal.
Buendia - 7 assists.
McClean 1 goal 1 assist.
Hernandez 1 goal 1 assist.
Tettey - 1 goal 1 assist.
Cantwell - 6 goals 2 assists.
It's like night and day compared to our midfield, A humongous problem which I'm not quite sure how you solve really, Getting 2 CM's is a start then we need a RM and left is tbd depending how Gordon does.
Never ending cycle of pain this club.
Vrancic - 1 goal.
Buendia - 7 assists.
McClean 1 goal 1 assist.
Hernandez 1 goal 1 assist.
Tettey - 1 goal 1 assist.
Cantwell - 6 goals 2 assists.
It's like night and day compared to our midfield, A humongous problem which I'm not quite sure how you solve really, Getting 2 CM's is a start then we need a RM and left is tbd depending how Gordon does.
Never ending cycle of pain this club.
Arteta10
Player Valuation: £10m
Yeah, tbh a lot of what Neville said last night was true, and the truth hurts.
But it did seem a strangely intense and personal attack
I think it's very important to consider each players role too.
Andre Gomes is playing so deep, almost like a defensive midfielder which is a position he's never played in before. He was at his best for us when dictating play, spraying balls and driving forward with it at his feet. I don't know if it's a tactical decision from Ancelotti to have him here or if his legs have gone.
Sigurdsson, again, isn't a CM or a LM. He's a number 10 and we got the best out of him when playing there last season when he was arguably one of our better players. He's never played in a two in the middle of the pitch - I know this doesn't excuse his heartless performances, but still.
It seems like there's a bit of an identity crisis at the moment, I recognise that DCL plays better in 4-4-2 with support but that really doesn't suit the team elsewhere going forward. There's no creativity and we don't have the wide players (aside from maybe Walcott) who can run at a defender and get a ball into the cross. Even Digne has struggled getting forward with the 442.
Damage limitation until the Summer, finish as high as possible and build a proper formation/team. We need 2x CM and a Winger or two in my opinion and they should be priority above every other position.
Andre Gomes is playing so deep, almost like a defensive midfielder which is a position he's never played in before. He was at his best for us when dictating play, spraying balls and driving forward with it at his feet. I don't know if it's a tactical decision from Ancelotti to have him here or if his legs have gone.
Sigurdsson, again, isn't a CM or a LM. He's a number 10 and we got the best out of him when playing there last season when he was arguably one of our better players. He's never played in a two in the middle of the pitch - I know this doesn't excuse his heartless performances, but still.
It seems like there's a bit of an identity crisis at the moment, I recognise that DCL plays better in 4-4-2 with support but that really doesn't suit the team elsewhere going forward. There's no creativity and we don't have the wide players (aside from maybe Walcott) who can run at a defender and get a ball into the cross. Even Digne has struggled getting forward with the 442.
Damage limitation until the Summer, finish as high as possible and build a proper formation/team. We need 2x CM and a Winger or two in my opinion and they should be priority above every other position.
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