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Hamstring injury usually takes at least a month.What's the news on his injury?
Disagree here.From watching football, playing players out of position or in systems that don't suit them will always make a team worse.
Reguilon, Ndombele and Lo Celso in particularly all look worse than their full potential shows. Hojbjerg is excelling because we gift the opponents all the ball, so he sees alot more of the action.
Kane and Son of course excelling because they are the only attacking players getting the ball and creating consistently.
Issue is, Mourinho is stubborn. And his stubbornness has cost him his job before. I don't think it'll cost him his. Failing to a win a trophy is probably the thing that'll do that.
But if he would play players in a system that suited them, gave them a bit more freedom and allowed them to make the opponents fear them, I'm sure we'd probably do alot better.
Earlier in the season we allowed Reguilon to attack quite regularly. Ndombele was deeper and we were taking it to teams. Then we sort of changed it so that Sissoko and Hojbjerg are now designated deeper midfielders and Reguilon is tasked to defend instead of doing what he does best.
But I also don't blame Jose for wanting us to play not to lose. He's right that if you don't lose, you sometimes win. Sadly, it feels like a long long time since we felt that winning confidence.
Worryingly fragile.Is he injured again ffs
Getting ridiculous now
Edit - completely erased sunday from memory
Maybe the media and probably everyone else felt Mou is ultra negative. But to be fair, he only park bus and counter against difficult teams. He used such tactic against City, Chelsea, Woolwich, Liverpool, but we were more expansive against WBA, Brighton, Palace, with PEH dropping to form three at the back, and our fullbacks pushing up. He suddenly became a park bus team because we played City, Chelsea and Woolwich consecutively. Our football was ulgy against lower teams is not because Mou was negative, it was because our passings were bad.From watching football, playing players out of position or in systems that don't suit them will always make a team worse.
Reguilon, Ndombele and Lo Celso in particularly all look worse than their full potential shows. Hojbjerg is excelling because we gift the opponents all the ball, so he sees alot more of the action.
Kane and Son of course excelling because they are the only attacking players getting the ball and creating consistently.
Issue is, Mourinho is stubborn. And his stubbornness has cost him his job before. I don't think it'll cost him his. Failing to a win a trophy is probably the thing that'll do that.
But if he would play players in a system that suited them, gave them a bit more freedom and allowed them to make the opponents fear them, I'm sure we'd probably do alot better.
Earlier in the season we allowed Reguilon to attack quite regularly. Ndombele was deeper and we were taking it to teams. Then we sort of changed it so that Sissoko and Hojbjerg are now designated deeper midfielders and Reguilon is tasked to defend instead of doing what he does best.
But I also don't blame Jose for wanting us to play not to lose. He's right that if you don't lose, you sometimes win. Sadly, it feels like a long long time since we felt that winning confidence.
Maybe the media and probably everyone else felt Mou is ultra negative. But to be fair, he only park bus and counter against difficult teams. He used such tactic against City, Chelsea, Woolwich, Liverpool, but we were more expansive against WBA, Brighton, Palace, with PEH dropping to form three at the back, and our fullbacks pushing up. He suddenly became a park bus team because we played City, Chelsea and Woolwich consecutively. Our football was ulgy against lower teams is not because Mou was negative, it was because our passings were bad.
Appreciate your effort to rewatch. Also if you could notice, the plan A goal kick drill is Dier and Toby stand close to Hugo to receive the ball, meaning to play up from the back.I might have to rewatch but I'm pretty sure we played a low block against the shitter teams too whilst also knocking it long.
Appreciate your effort to rewatch. Also if you could notice, the plan A goal kick drill is Dier and Toby stand close to Hugo to receive the ball, meaning to play up from the back.
He aslo needs to bulk up.He's vulnerable to injuries becasue of the way he throws himself into tackles.
Agreed - seems to be a turd player in the Lamela mouldMost underwhelming signing we've ever made
This guy cost a shit ton of money and he is not good at anything really. Doesn't create consistently, score consistently, makes a lot of tackles but they're all borderline bookings. He does dribble well sometimes in the centre of the park and sometimes makes long range passes, but he cost like 50m.
Yeah and the goalkeeper doesn't even get into the squad. FFS!We are only allowed one healthy Argentine in the squad it seems.
Job share with Ndombele?So what is it?
He's shit and can't be relied on or he's a good player who's having difficulties keeping fit?
Surely we all saw how good he CAN be last season? Or was he just a shining light in what was an awful all round season?
Job share with Ndombele?