Fair point, good post.
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Player Archie Gray
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He was playing in the back four nearly all season. The only way is forward from there.
Nope. The back 4 traditionally pass sideways or back to the GK.
That is why I am not coating Romero off because he tried a forward pass today,
We need TWO central starters. Id seriously buy Hackney he's better than what we have and go all out for a Kone or Locatelli
I don't see it and never have
Bentancur was overloaded, he was the midfield, no support, he was getting run ragged because 1 man in midfield cant deal with 4 players by himself. Gray is bypassed by default, hiding, anonymous, total tool with no clue.
You're entitled to your opinion, friend.
whens he hiding? when bentancur has the ball? because it would seem the whole team must be as he only ever wants to pass backwards.
We don't really play through the middle much honestly. Romero either bypasses it entirely, or we end up in some no-mans land on the LW without any proper LWers.
yea its pony
where is this hiding? ive not seen it. you sure youre not mistaking taking players away to create space as hiding?
Had a bit of an odd one today. Felt like he didn’t really get into the game at all. Maybe as down to confidence being hurt a bit, but at this level you need to show up and be progressive or you can quickly find yourself forgotten
Amazing people don't see this.
I don't even rate Bentancur but how Is he meant to perform well when he has to do his and another players job, it's ridiculous.
Same thing happened at anfield last year, they were streaming past Gray in the middle whole he did nothing. He's young but he's not the level required currently. I think a loan might do him good
We have done him, and many others, such a disservice by transferring in so many players who are young and promising but clearly below the levels we need. Gray, Tel, Odobert, Simons, etc.—none of them should be in our squad now, but we are stuck relying on a critical mass of them because of organizational malpractice.
I think this particularly applies to Gray, because I think that deep-lying midfielders have the steepest learning curve (this is obviously arguable) of any position on the pitch. The need to feel pressure, to take the ball on the half-turn in risky positions and make very quick decisions with it, all of that only comes with time. The lad is 19.
That’s a great take on the situation
Him and bergval, the last ones I’m holding out for any hope
He has games where you can see real promise and then undoes all that good work by getting really found out in others
The pool and forest errors were similar. Caught napping and both occasions the players gone through him
The Forest one he has to step in to that pass and knock it
He waits for it and by the time it’s arrived he’s on his heels and it’s done for
2 similar mistakes that he either learns from and kicks on…. Or he’s just not switched on enough at the highest level
I’d play him ahead of palhinha as I agree it’s a bit too much responsibility to anchor the midfield
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This is where top managers come into their own, working with youngsters who have potential but are not quite there yet. Any manager can rotate players in & out but good managers know how to bring youngsters on.
I personally feel that A.G has tons of potential waiting to be developed.
I personally feel that A.G has tons of potential waiting to be developed.
shit cunt franks luv child . foooooook frank gray is shit, total shit playing with 10 men again