WTT I LOVE JOEY BARTON NOW?
Never ever thought I’d agree with Joey bloody Barton!!
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WTT I LOVE JOEY BARTON NOW?
I’d be interested to see Winks retain that spot in the middle (as Conte seems to have instructed him to pass forward and it’s working) but see Skipp right it out with Dele to be one of the dual 8s, and Lo Celso with Ndombele on the other side. I think if you move Winks away from the middle here he’ll be less effective with fewer angles to play with, and I think he deserves to keep the spot right now, while equally I think Skipp has the athleticism and intelligence to do much of what Dele did well yesterday (albeit not as naturally gifted). Of the ball in particular, as the two wide CMs were charged with pressing the opposition full backs, Skipp could play that role very well.Was good to see the 352 today, little glimpses of why many of us think this is the way forward. Even with three midfielders who many of us have issues with, none of whom are great without the ball, none had played loads of football this year, it was tactically so much better IMO than the 343.
Ah - my mistake, if I have mistaken genders, for which I apologise - no offence was intended.His/her …. Just saying
Mick, the further back the post gets the more comfortable you are entering into revisionist territory
Shoehorning Harry winks into the debate is just odd
you need to wind your neck in.......And the more he waters down what was an extremely half-baked initial apology.
Not sure the winks thread should be used as any kind of yardstick regards what’s acceptableAh - my mistake, if I have mistaken genders, for which I apologise - no offence was intended.
Probably explains the outpouring of anguish though.
I'm not revising anything, I assure you, my (original) comment was based on my dislike of people trying to turn a sport into a hokey division of some science with the farcical Xg quotient
My follow up comment about the posters knowledge was based on seeing multiple asinine comments about Winks in the execrable Harry Winks thread - in amongst many more risible ones
no - actually I agree, which is why I apologisedNot sure the winks thread should be used as any kind of yardstick regards what’s acceptable
But we’ve probably exhausted this
I thought the original comment was unnecessarily belligerent, you didn’t
No worries
Bloody deserves it!!Hugo is getting a new deal guaranteed.
He'd have said the same if Kane had attacked Robertson with an axe.Never ever thought I’d agree with Joey bloody Barton!!
I want hugo to never leave. Become a coach and then stay here after he stops playing.Hugo is getting a new deal guaranteed.
Skipp won’t get into scoring positions in the box as well as DeleI’d be interested to see Winks retain that spot in the middle (as Conte seems to have instructed him to pass forward and it’s working) but see Skipp right it out with Dele to be one of the dual 8s, and Lo Celso with Ndombele on the other side. I think if you move Winks away from the middle here he’ll be less effective with fewer angles to play with, and I think he deserves to keep the spot right now, while equally I think Skipp has the athleticism and intelligence to do much of what Dele did well yesterday (albeit not as naturally gifted). Of the ball in particular, as the two wide CMs were charged with pressing the opposition full backs, Skipp could play that role very well.
The player I fear for, and have done since Conte arrived, is Højbjerg. I think that as much as he’s got so much that’s good about him, our play looked so much slicker without him there and against teams that sit back more than Liverpool did I think that’ll be even more important. I like the guy but I can’t really see where he fits:
I hope so, he's one of the few players I've still got a lot of love for.Hugo is getting a new deal guaranteed.
Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey...