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true, it's ChristianHe’s no Toby or Jan.
Dier was on Lukaku most of the game mate.Thought Romero was awesome yesterday. Considering the hype Lukaku has got the last few weeks, Romero didn't give him a sniff.
What fee? He's on loanHe was decent on Sunday and first half. But there were signs of some of that rashness he has a rep for: a bit Sanchez-like in wanting to challenge for balls that aren't quite there to be won. And he wiped out Huang with a sliding tackle in the box that may have been a pen under VAR.
I think he has the tools to be a very good centre back, but I wonder if we are going to have to be patient and not expect too much too soon (despite the big fee).
Good news for Romero and Celso. Athletic saying the 10 day hotel quarantine will go to 5 days in club bubble.
Stick them in the Lodge.
Thought Romero was awesome yesterday. Considering the hype Lukaku has got the last few weeks, Romero didn't give him a sniff.
A couple of things that highlight what Romero brings. A 1st time forward pass to the feet of Ndombele, that would have gone backwards to Lloris if that was Toby (Sanchez might have tried the pass but failed, excluding this season where I think his passing, his weakness, has been great).
And YES!!!! This is why Ndombele should be in the starting 11, also note his pass and move looking for the return!! This is good!!
I also posted this in the Kane thread but both Romero and Dier playing well on the ball in this phase. NO pass back to Lloris, effort is to play, plenty of movement of other players showing for the ball.
Both Dier and Romero played very well as a pair. Romero doing the defending outside of the box, aggressive and front foot as he was billed from Italy. Dier defending deeper behind him.
Kane has 200+ goals under his belt and yet you judge him.Lads got 3 matches under his belt and fans are already judging him
Give him some god damn time!
These international breaks aren’t going to do him any favours in finding some form and consistency though.I'm slightly concerned we have an Argentinian Soyuncu on our hands. Can't wait to find out.
To justify his price tag, he is going to have to be quite exceptional.
What does Romero have anything to do with Kane's goal tally?Kane has 200+ goals under his belt and yet you judge him.
I just want us to get value for our money. Nothing worse than paying over the odds, and I think everyone on this forum can appreciate that. At the end of the season, we will have a better idea if we could have got someone similar for half the price (or less).These international breaks aren’t going to do him any favours in finding some form and consistency though.
We’ve got Woolwich away, Mura home and Villa home then it’s another 2 week international break where Argentina play Paraguay, Uraguay and Peru. We then have 6 games which include the Vitesse home and away legs before yet another international break.
When the players return from this third break we pretty much play every three or four days right through until Boxing Day. Hopefully the South American players aren’t too fatigued or jet lagged when they come back because we’ll need everyone available.
Not for the past 3 seasons, he didn't mate! Last season he couldn't pass a turd.The same Toby who constantly played forward balls with better accuracy than our midfielders?
Think you may be confusing what usually happened. Toby to Winks. Winks back to Toby. Toby to Winks. Winks back to Toby. Toby to Dele and score. Cut the shit in the middle out.
He's only 23 mate, an absolute baby in CB terms. Even with a couple of iffy moments so far I think he's already shown miles more than Rodon who's the same age and looks shite.I'm slightly concerned we have an Argentinian Soyuncu on our hands. Can't wait to find out.
To justify his price tag, he is going to have to be quite exceptional.
They scored from a set-piece and a heavily deflected shot. 3rd goal came in 93rd min when game was lost basically when the 1st one was scored. At this point we had no midfield, this was the main issue, not the defence (and yeah I'm sure there are ample moments to look at in 2nd half, but the game state was we had no midfield and we were getting dominated as a result of this, not how we were defending as a back-line).We spent the whole of the 2nd half chasing shadows and clinging on.
Dier tried to copy what Sky Sports said about marking Lukaku at close quarters but even that failed a few times and Dier was sat on his arse.
And we lost. 3 nil. It's hard to say a defence/defender played well when it was 3 and could easily have been 5 or 6 but for bad finishing.
I'm slightly concerned we have an Argentinian Soyuncu on our hands. Can't wait to find out.
To justify his price tag, he is going to have to be quite exceptional.