Why Always Ste
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Still 1-0 guys? Stuck at work
2-0 ambrse both
Still 1-0 guys? Stuck at work
Happy days, cheers mate2-0 ambrse both
Bryan, Boadu, Barker, Celina > Garcia, Garcia, Roberts, Kongalo. Individually & collectively.
What a fucking referee...
I think that is very very unfair to say really. The pitch was very poor and it was hard to move the ball quickly across it. I thought Kongolo although not doing too much on the ball worked very hard protecting the defence and winning a lot of tackles in the midfield, Aleix Garcia for me looks like a player who plays with maturity beyond his years and always goes for the sensible option instead of playing a stupid hollywood pass, Manu Garcia is talented, but tries to unlock the door way too often and as a result loses the ball far too often for me and Roberts looked a frustrated figure today. You cannot really compare 4 players with another 4 players as this is just one game, we could not play the free flowing football we all wanted to see, but it was a very workmanlike, team performance today. We played ugly to grind out the win.
As for the other players you mentioned, i have always been a massive fan of Celina and personally feel that he looks better than Manu Garcia from what i have seen, Barker does need more game time and i am also a big fan of his, but i feel your criticism of Kongolo and Aleix Garcia especially is harsh. Aleix Garcia in the previous Uefa youth league matches has looked a class act. Dictated the tempo at his own pace and always looks very comfortable and assured on the ball. If i had to say out of all the players i have seen who would be most adept to playing at a higher level with the first team players, it would be Aleix Garcia. Does not rely on physicality, he plays with a brain as he has shown this season. Always in space to receive the ball and keeps the ball moving very nicely.