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Player Micky van de Ven

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It was joelinton. Maddioson had been trying to press quickly on their receiving player and we were committing men forward around him and we'd had a bit of joy prior to that. But it was a bit of a tired attempt. Joelinton turned and pulled clear of him really easily and as soon as he did we were wide open. I knew what was coming straight away once he'd turned and played it out to the right
Yes, the old cutback-into-the-hole-ploy yes yes yes!!!
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Where there is no DMC to be seen!! Teams know this by now. When in transition, just play a cutback!
 
think maybe Romero's probelm is he wants to win, and that over rules his football head, trouble is I think he see's many in this team don't want to win, (many appear to be ok with winning or losing) they don't have that drive to win
I;ve been around a few academy clubs, and yes they do weed out lots of the kids that just lack that drive, but many of the coaches keep kids on because they like the parents, the parent help out etc, or they keep on kids because they 15 to make up the squad
That's an interesting take. It's definitely something in his head, whether it's that, or thinking of Real Madrid (which is kind of the same thing), or his next Albiceleste match, or unhappy that Lo Celso got frozen out, or maybe he's bored and wants to play DM instead of CB, who knows?

Anyway we should probably move it across the the Romero thread and leave Micky in peace.
 
The thing is our attacking play was fine, we created more than enough chances to score but we lost the game down to defensive mistakes!
Would it have been a different game with Solanke up front, maybe - same as if we had VDV pace to save us , I understand mistakes happen in football and they get punished but we seem to keep making the same mistakes over and over again , what the fuck do these guys do in training? Do they even train or do they just go to the ground to make some shitty videos for social media?
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The only genuine top class player we have that is on a level like the old poch side. 2 more seasons tops he'll be off to a successful club. Too good for us at this point.
 
Fantastic player, our best defender in years. I just pray his hamstrings can cope with the workload.
 
like VDV but he has room for improvement. hes weak in the air for a player his size, if he can improve on that his value goes up massively. your 2 CB's are your main players for set pieces and ours are not dominant enough, for a player whos 6"3 or 6"4 whatever he is, hes weak in the air.

if he was 75% as good as van dijk in the air then hed probably be the best CB in the world without question.
 
like VDV but he has room for improvement. hes weak in the air for a player his size, if he can improve on that his value goes up massively. your 2 CB's are your main players for set pieces and ours are not dominant enough, for a player whos 6"3 or 6"4 whatever he is, hes weak in the air.

if he was 75% as good as van dijk in the air then hed probably be the best CB in the world without question.
He shouldn’t be playing CB

That weak spot is why Drag should play CB and VDV LB
 
He shouldn’t be playing CB

That weak spot is why Drag should play CB and VDV LB
yea maybe case for that. udogie is overrated. especially as an inverted FB. not sure VDV is an inverted FB either though.

the best option would probably be a back 3. with drag in the middle, that helps us massively for set pieces too as he does want to get up and head the fucking thing.
 
Has even more time to zip it into Son from LB rather than Udogie tap tapping it up the pitch
agree, udogie tippy tapping is very predictable and fuck all comes from it. hes actually a passenger now. offered nothing for a long, long time.

that earlier where he could of fucking shot made me fucking angry! needs to start putting his foot through the fucking ball.

id try gray there, far better footballer. can make ground with it and play decisive passes forward. also far more switched on with defending from what ive seen as hes a natural footballer. rather try him at LB
 
Great for the whole game - except first minute. Ok, Mbuemo strike was worldie, but Mickey cannot stay so far from him. Was sort of this season Romeros fuckup :)
 
This guy is some sort of cyborg. It is not normal to see a CB as the fastest player on the pitch.

With all the demanding sprints he puts in, I can’t see him having injury free seasons. And he might be the most vital player for angeball.

No chance Newcastle’s 2nd goal happens if he’s on the pitch.

We need another of him.
 
This guy is some sort of cyborg. It is not normal to see a CB as the fastest player on the pitch.

With all the demanding sprints he puts in, I can’t see him having injury free seasons. And he might be the most vital player for angeball.

No chance Newcastle’s 2nd goal happens if he’s on the pitch.

We need another of him.
Mickey clearly needs more rest and attention than most. We need to prioritize his involvement in the most important games and rotate him out against weaker clubs.
 
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