Was only on the pitch a few mins and dispossessed the opposition twice and blocked a shot at the end. I think he'll take a while to earn Conte's trust but he'll be a good player for us. Ability to win balls other players wouldn't even think of going for will launch us on many counter attacks in the coming years.
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its a tough partnership to break up, they've been solid and thats what you need in midfield
Bentancur+PEH pairing has served us well, I agree.
But this same Marseille game really showed that midfield did not have enough of bite.
- midfield was not able to change the tempo of the game
- turn with the ball
- make through-passes to attackers
It was bit too one-dimensional and as a result we failed to create enough clear-cut chances, specially in the 1st half.
I hope that Bissouma can provide bit more vertical passing ability when called upon. From his individual level and potential I expect him to overtake both- PEH and Benta.
agree that it can be a bit on dimensional but the lack of clear cut chances isnt just down to the CM's. they are a steady partnership that will always do well because they are both solid at everything and work hard. ye there will be games when a different type of midfielder will benefit us as all the teams we face are different.
kanes not been at his best and son has been quite simply awful since the first game. thats a huge reason as to lack of clear cut chances, when your left forward cant keep the ball it damages the whole teams rhythm.
I do agree with your reasonings as well - Kane in this game was really poor and won very few duels there. But Son does not have that big of a contribution to creating chances anyway. His strenghts are sprints behind the line and clinical finishing.
I would argue that creativity should be divided between fullbacks (and from Royal we know we don't get any) + Kane + 3rd attacking player. But in order for them to be able to create room, ball has to reach them as quickly as possible. And here CMs come into play. And if they decide to ping the ball back towards our goal, then defenders have time to position themselves to make main creators job lot harder...
I think this bloke will be an asset but rightly he will be made to earn it.
I love that we have genuine competition in some important positions. Bissouma will get his chance to shine I'm sure.
I ran an excitedness poll after we had bought the bulk of our signings.
Bissouma completely smashed it. Disappointing.
N.B. No jokes about my excitedness poll
Bissouma completely smashed it. Disappointing.
N.B. No jokes about my excitedness poll
TBH, I did suspect during the summer that he'd have to adapt to the transition from Potter's 352 to our 343. This also might be a hang-over from missing a vital chunk of pre-season too.
Hope springs that he'll be owning shit in the starting XI before too long.
I find it hard to believe a fully rested bissouma coming on in the 85th minute is worse than a Bentancur or PEH that has no legs and both on yellows. It was clear those two were exhausted in the final 10 minutes on Tuesday.
Bentancur should have been subbed off after the yellow around 63'. I get wanting players to play through whole games sometimes, but to expose your teams fortunes to a second yellow when capable replacements are available is just plain irresponsible.
I’m sure it’s more than just his positioning but yeah, this isn’t a surprise. We saw against West Ham that he didn’t really know what he was meant to be doing.
He’s a top player and he will get there eventually.
great game made a difference, starts next game
Obviously good enough