I'm certainly not suggesting he should be dropped because I wouldn'tdrop him for winks or sisokko. But he's definitely on a bad run of form that appears to be going unnoticed.
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Nobody, he has to play, taking him out would destroy the team.
But for sure his recent performances have been a bit flimsy and he needs to up his game. I don’t think it’s a great surprise that him, Kane and Son have been a bit sloppy in the last weeks. They’ve played too many minutes but there is nobody to replace them.
He didn’t stand out as particularly poor to me. Although I do admit I hadn’t been sticking rigidly to dry January.
I just feel like he's not being as influential as he was during our good run of form,which may describe our downturn in form and our inability to control the midfield and struggle to build play. He was immense in that hot run of form we had.
He was still decent today and got an assist
Funny old game. I felt he was dispossessed easily on several occasions and poor positionally today.
He played conservatively because if he got carded today he would miss the Liverpool game.
Hopefully he can get a rest, or at least start on the bench in the cup.
Think its the yellow card thing and also his role seems to have changed.
I agree in the past few he hasn't been as solid.
Yea the yellow card thing could’ve been holding him back
Once we get better options than Winks and Sissoko (Skipp +1 other) we can give him a bit more of a rest.
He's shouldered a hell of a burden for a player in his first year at the club.
He's shouldered a hell of a burden for a player in his first year at the club.
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worst game since Everton, but still deal better than Winks.
The thing that I've noticed is his role seems very confusing now.
Before when we were on our good run he was a pure CDM.
But now for some reason he is progressing very far up the pitch so he's more of a box to box. This isn't his best role and its also meaning his defensive actions look worse.
Before when we were on our good run he was a pure CDM.
But now for some reason he is progressing very far up the pitch so he's more of a box to box. This isn't his best role and its also meaning his defensive actions look worse.
It needs some fine tuning. But I think he will work out very well as the lone DM if we keep playing this 3-5-2 that we tried yesterday.
As someone else also pointed out. He is shouldering a heavy burden. It is only logical that he would eventually hit a few slumps.
4-2-3-1 vs 3-4-3: different formations, different roles
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Bit over the top, but I appreciate it. We've needed a real communicator on and off the pitch for a long long time.
Nice one. Super happy we’ve got this kind of character and personality in our team!
Brilliant, now let's put the words into actions! That's aimed at everyone, by the way.