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Player Xavi Simons
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I agree that Xavi and Spence were partly at fault but the ultimate reasonability lies with van de Ven: it's never a good idea to try to dribble off a player as the last man in defense. Never. And he had plenty of time to kick the ball out of danger.
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Soladados stats were off the charts before he came here so was Jansens and the rest. It means fuck all doing it in an inferior league. They call the premier league the best in the world for a reason
Dutch Bryan Gill , although I worry this is being quite generous
Yeah I don't really disagree with that. Ultimately vdv was the guy who made the fuck up that gave away the goal, but there are many other factors that led up to it that imo can't be ignored. It was just a total clusterfuck and you could see it coming then from when Spence lost the ball.
We just don't seem to get in guys that are actually suited to us and the league ,forget about stats here and there they are misleading when comparing leagues indifferent countries .
VDV wouldn't have needed to try to dribble past him had Xavi not underhit the pass.
He’s probably got you on ignore like the rest of us
If I was on your ignore list then how are you replying to this you fucking ancient doofus
I know...i was taking the piss.....
Yeah, there was a whole series of errors, but what I don't like is people solely pinning it on Xavi, when his pass was the least of issues with the goal.
If I was on your ignore list then how are you replying to this you fucking ancient doofus
‘Ancient Doofus’???
Getting soft?
Usually you mock the afflicted by accusing some posters of being on the Spectrum!!
Just thinking…
Ilie Dumitrescu, Sergei Rebrov, Steed Malbranque, Paulinho, Super Pav, Nacer Chadli, Sissoko, Lo Celso, Tanguy McDonaldsbelly… even Bobby Soldier, bloody hell none of these were ultimately considered good enough forwards/MFs for our supposed ambitions, but all had a bigger impact in their first few months than poor old Shabby Ranks.
Seriously, WTF is TTF supposed to do with such a poor performing forward line??!!
Ilie Dumitrescu, Sergei Rebrov, Steed Malbranque, Paulinho, Super Pav, Nacer Chadli, Sissoko, Lo Celso, Tanguy McDonaldsbelly… even Bobby Soldier, bloody hell none of these were ultimately considered good enough forwards/MFs for our supposed ambitions, but all had a bigger impact in their first few months than poor old Shabby Ranks.
Seriously, WTF is TTF supposed to do with such a poor performing forward line??!!
Very generous... Bryan Gil much better.
Yeah, but he's only 22, did you hear?....Just thinking…
Ilie Dumitrescu, Sergei Rebrov, Steed Malbranque, Paulinho, Super Pav, Nacer Chadli, Sissoko, Lo Celso, Tanguy McDonaldsbelly… even Bobby Soldier, bloody hell none of these were ultimately considered good enough forwards/MFs for our supposed ambitions, but all had a bigger impact in their first few months than poor old Shabby Ranks.
Seriously, WTF is TTF supposed to do with such a poor performing forward line??!!
paqueta was the obvious choiceWhy does it FEEL LIKE WE sign the players who take longest to adapt....
I know that's not the case, as Wirst is proving at Liverpool...
But for ONCE we need to sign a player who can hit the ground running...
Or is THAT why they say only sign PL proven quality like MGW or Eze?
Huh hmm....He still is.
Sometime you just never stop believing, Helder Postiga was the one for me. I never stopped believing that one day it was going to click and he was going to be amazing for us.
He did not need to dribble past him even with the weak pass as he had sufficient time and space to kick the ball out of danger. There's no excuse for van de Ven in this case.
I think he is nailed on in January with Bissouma the other way. Even the folk felt Bowen was untouchable...hed jump at it but it's a summer deal.