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Match Sporting (H) - UCL - 26/10, 8pm

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you know what's amusing and painful, Emerson was comfortably the best of the rear 6 on Sunday.

all these years and all this trading done and still rolling up with dier, davies, sessegnon, sanchez in key roles. Hugo i'll ignore as it's very hard to get a top quality goalkeeper to come in while the France's number one is fit and healthy and relatively still sharp
 
At some point actual footballing ability has to be a greater concern and Emerson has a distinct lack of it.
You're right, but it makes me wonder about Ndombele. If Royal and NDombele are opposite ends of that spectrum. Are we, in fact, just staring into a black hole?

Joking aside, we obviously need the best of both worlds: footballing ability AND working hard.

Who makes that list (most of the time)?

Kane
Son
Kulusevski
Lucas
Richarlison
Hojbjerg
Bentancur
Skipp
Perisic
Lenglet
Romero
Lloris

Who might not:
(due to questionable ball-playing skills and regular fuckups)

Davies
Dier
Sanchez


Those who don't:

Royal
Doc
Sess


Now, I love Eric Dier (#AEDLM) and Davies is a decent player, but it's obvious we need solidity at the back and have serious issues on the wingbacks. 1 out of 4, ffs. Jan is a big window.

Fuck, I miss Verts.
 
you know what's amusing and painful, Emerson was comfortably the best of the rear 6 on Sunday.

all these years and all this trading done and still rolling up with dier, davies, sessegnon, sanchez in key roles. Hugo i'll ignore as it's very hard to get a top quality goalkeeper to come in while the France's number one is fit and healthy and relatively still sharp
Lloris has been found out with all this passing about in our own penalty area that Conte has the team doing. But it's not just him, Dier spends too much time on the ball deciding what to do with it. Our wingback 'outlets' are failures. I'm not seeing the movement from Kane and Son as I once did.

I don't even see what the hoo-ha is about Perisic, I've got him down as 'ok' and nothing more than.

Our midfield are full of sideways and backward passes. Sometimes it's passed all the way back to Lloris who then kicks the ball upfield, he'd have been as well doing that to start with than to pass it to the CB, who then play one/twos with the CMF before passing it back to Lloris for a kick upfield.

It's like teams have found us out and they just mark Kane wherever he goes, and double up on Son. who is way out of form anyway.

I think we should have Gil playing tonight, if for nothing more than forward going inspiration.
 
I recall Conte saying something like it isn't the same Matthew Doherty as last season.

and something else like I'm not stupid I don't want to lose.

Which was inevitably routed in the matter of injury/revovery/fitness.....

He wasn't just cunting the lad off.

He's clearly fond of him..... Look at all the love he showered him with after the Everton game.
 
Lloris has been found out with all this passing about in our own penalty area that Conte has the team doing. But it's not just him, Dier spends too much time on the ball deciding what to do with it. Our wingback 'outlets' are failures. I'm not seeing the movement from Kane and Son as I once did.

I don't even see what the hoo-ha is about Perisic, I've got him down as 'ok' and nothing more than.

Our midfield are full of sideways and backward passes. Sometimes it's passed all the way back to Lloris who then kicks the ball upfield, he'd have been as well doing that to start with than to pass it to the CB, who then play one/twos with the CMF before passing it back to Lloris for a kick upfield.

It's like teams have found us out and they just mark Kane wherever he goes, and double up on Son. who is way out of form anyway.

I think we should have Gil playing tonight, if for nothing more than forward going inspiration.

i'd like to see peri as one of the wide forwards while kulu is out. He's crossing is next level, and he's a good dribbler, and two footed. Think he could lay alot on to Kane. He doesn't have the athleticism anymore to do as good a job at WB in the hectic premier league and that wide forward is/was his main position so im surprised he hasn't played their over lucas.
Gill never gonna start a game in the CL unless we somehow have a dead rubber against Marselle were we finish top no matter what
 
Which was inevitably routed in the matter of injury/revovery/fitness.....

He wasn't just cunting the lad off.

He's clearly fond of him..... Look at all the love he showered him with after the Everton game.
It seems to me that Doherty has been fit after his injury but his form isn't what it was like before the injury.

Be interesting to see who starts tonight. I prefer Matthew to Emerson.

Why do you think Conte is playing Spence for a few minutes at the end of matches, rather than give him at least 15 minutes so the kid has a chance to impress?
 
you know what's amusing and painful, Emerson was comfortably the best of the rear 6 on Sunday.

all these years and all this trading done and still rolling up with dier, davies, sessegnon, sanchez in key roles. Hugo i'll ignore as it's very hard to get a top quality goalkeeper to come in while the France's number one is fit and healthy and relatively still sharp
Because he had an above average game and the rest of the backline pretty much had shockers.

He’s not normally above the other defenders.
 
Half time nil nil.
Full time 2 nil
Our usual slow start till half time 1 early in second and 1 late.
Usual performance and id take it after our last 2 horror shows
 
It seems to me that Doherty has been fit after his injury but his form isn't what it was like before the injury.

Be interesting to see who starts tonight. I prefer Matthew to Emerson.

I assume the litmus test will be the league game at the weekend.

Why do you think Conte is playing Spence for a few minutes at the end of matches, rather than give him at least 15 minutes so the kid has a chance to impress?

He's presumably not happy with him yet.......
 
Maybe he’s even worse than them? Maybe he doesn’t understand all the detailed instructions from Conte? We’ve heard many players talk about how overwhelming it is. Maybe he’s got a bad attitude?

Conte has no issue playing young players, Skipp, Sessegnon, Kulusevski all play regularly for him. If Spence can’t get a game then that’s on him. He must not be doing enough. Why is Spence any different to Dele, Winks, Lo Celso and all the other players that Conte didn’t fancy? Because he’s new? If you don’t reach the level that Conte demands, you won’t play.
Who are we but mere farmers to question the stunning nous of such a vaunted footballing pedigree?
 
Nice, a 7-3-0 formation, reminds me of the infamous 8-2-0 from the Jose era
Eddie Murphy No GIF
 
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