Keep him in front of the back four, doing what he does best and he’s the very least of our problems.
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Player João Palhinha
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I’m not sure Frank (if he stays) has the balls to take the armband off the Argentinian clown, but it would be the first job I’d do if JP was signed permanently.
Demonstrated exactly the mindset we want from our players and just like Roy Keane did, has the ability to raise the game of others around him.
Acting as if Sissoko or Gallagher are actually any better on the ball than Palhinha is is wild.
The reason he got rid of Capoue was because Capoue was lazy and Stambouli was crap, how are you even actually profiling Palhinha and comparing him to Stambouli anyway is hilarious because they're not the same top of player, what a lazy comparison.
Are you listening to yourself, the guy played Eric Dier at the base of his midfield and youre telling me he wouldn't play Palhinha.
Anyway it's moot, I don't even know how Poch came up in this conversation, what a weird argument.
You’ve immediately lost your argument mentioning Sissoko in the same breath as Palhinha!
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Sissoko, Capoue, Stambouli, Palhinha,
We like a midfielder with a vowel at the end of his name ...
If it wasn't for Dembele & Bale, I'd say it's the kiss of death for quality.... But maybe it's just coincidence??
hahah most overrated performance, he had a good game yea, its easy when you're in midfield and you have players available for easy passes! not so easy when you dont have an easy pass on and you have to create new angles yourself by moving with the ball.
the one time he does try and break the lines himself he actually lost the ball.
theres a reason his peak years are in a mid table championship side at a value of 7m euros. yet we carried little harry winks by having world class forwards at the time. huge waste of kane and son prime years.
that clip youve just posted is very much like bentancur this year, lots of sideways and backwards stuff, no game changing stuff.
Sissoko’s up to Paulinha’s age had a miles better career.You’ve immediately lost your argument mentioning Sissoko in the same breath as Palhinha!
I get it. He’s exceptional at a thing that gives fans a hard-on. Man Itd got scammed into paying £50million for Wan Bissaka for similar reasons.
Btw your sticker is nothing to be proud of - instead of rushing back to the centre circle for the restart, he’s taking his top off for an equaliser vs the worst team in the league. At home. Some mentality that is!
spot on mate!
some people dont get football, unless someone's doing rainbow flicks and stepovers, it all goes over their heads.
Oh look, someone's set off fucking Davey's Harry Winks alarm again.
He scored the late equaliser deep in injury time.
I’d take him celebrating that over the dour rubbish you constantly post!
Which is fine. Don't play him like that.
Put him in front of the back 4, alongside two versatile midfielders who can progress the ball. He's could also slot into a defensive three, when needed.
A player having limitations isn't an issue, if you make sure he's not required to play on those limitations.
I'd also add that Sissoko could neither win the ball back, nor progress it.
Really you think there's some big difference huh? I think they are much of a much . Physically specimens, good characters as men but flawed and inadequate as technical footballers. They are pretty much like negatives of each other .You’ve immediately lost your argument mentioning Sissoko in the same breath as Palhinha!
I do!
Palhinha excels at what he does best which is tackle and break up play whilst screening the back four.
The mistake has been pairing him with sideways and backwards Bentancur.
He needs pairing with a dynamic and progressive passing 8 who he can offload the ball to.
Paulinha and VDV are the two who give everything in every game. I see them taking responsibility on the pitch and there’s not one player in the league that will enjoy coming up against them. We need these warriors and it’s finding the balance to get quality in around Paulina. I’m all for us signing Reuben Neves who can play and dictate a game who’ll find that pass forward. Xavi in front of them is perfect. That’s the balance we need that offers everything you want in a midfield trio. Solid,aggressive,powerful,passing ability,guile,class and vision.
Keeping Paulinha is a must for me but get the right guy in to play next to him. Gray and Bergvall are squad players and not ready to make us better. Sarr is a nothing player and Bentancur is in a way too similar.
Keeping Paulinha is a must for me but get the right guy in to play next to him. Gray and Bergvall are squad players and not ready to make us better. Sarr is a nothing player and Bentancur is in a way too similar.
For a man that screens the back 4, we give up a shit ton of chances. His lack of ability on the ball puts us under pressure which means he has to tackle more.
He's so technically inept, unless he has all the time in the world on the ball (Bournemouth). Then we have a gap between him, to Bentancur, to whoever is playing at the 10. And there's no chance to play the ball, passing it back or hoofing it up, which makes the ball come right back to us.
For him to be effective, and it really is maybe 5-10 games a season, sure pair him with two water carriers who will be close enough to him to give him an out ball, fine. But paying that much money for a 31 year old who's okay at doing one very specific thing is why we're in this mess.
You're laughing at sideways backways Bentancur but think this guy is a good footballer. The mind baffles.
This is it, Palhinha rushes around and makes great tackles, but I don't see much to suggest he screens the back four well. Would be a decent signing for a smaller fee, but we'll be in continued bother if Palhinha is starting for us regularly in the coming years.
Great post. Actually think Kulu and Madders could work well with JP, but who knows what level they can get back to.
We need a developed, hard, creative, mobile no8.
Anyone know why he was missing yesterday?