26 | Savinho - 2025/26

Big Yaya Wilko 12 said:
Really good?? Superb??

Fuck me. He lost the ball every time it came to him. Contributed to Real Madrid constantly attacking down the left.

Rudiger should have gone for the tackle on him but my god. How low are the standards in here for this guy? He’s getting praised because he drew one foul
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Well firstly, he didnt. You've literally pointed out a time where he won us a freekick on the edge of the box that should have resulted in a red card of the ref was fair, that isnt losing the ball is it?

The times he did lose the ball, he generally lost it in their final third after carrying it up the pitch often from our own third. He's relieved pressure every time, albeit briefly. Yes, in a perfect world he'd have kept the ball longer in a few of those occasions but it was blatantly obvious to almost everybody watching that we rightly, had no intention of pushing out as a team at that point.

The subs were brought on to provide legs, help cover gaps, carry the ball and then see what they can do on their own, we wasn't going to push up to the halfway line try and keep it and play in their final third opening us up for counters which is what Madrid wanted which is why when he did carry the ball up the pitch he was almost always on his own or had marmoush for company at most.

He was given a role and he performed it very well but as has already been pointed out, some are determined to find a reason to slaughter him regardless.
 
Blue Hefner said:
He played his part in us beating Real Madrid away. If we can’t give him credit now, then we’ll never be able to

He did his bit. He could have made a couple of better decisions but he was generally very effective
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Cigs&Alc said:
Good to see him having a crack and moving the ball forward.
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Agree. Have to be fair on the lad. Enjoyed him being aggressive and getting by defenders. Had a great cross with no one on the other end. Progress
 
He looked positive going forward and was afforded the space to run into and at Madrid that he doesn’t normally get domestically. A few bad decisions and poor balls but overall did well.
 
There was one bit where he could have gone to the corner flag with the ball but instead took a shot on goal that became a counter.

Still does too much stupid stuff but hopefully can be domesticated into a team player!
 
Blue_Lightsaber said:
There was one bit where he could have gone to the corner flag with the ball but instead took a shot on goal that became a counter.

Still does too much stupid stuff but hopefully can be domesticated into a team player!
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How was that stupid? He had no other choice. It was basically a counter and he came from the right side while being alone. If he didn’t try you would’ve probably screamed why he didn’t attack the opposition goal
 
From my vantage point,.Savinho lost the ball on his first dribble but was then a threat, and should have had an assist, if somebody had burst a gut to get into a goalscoring position.
However Haaland and Foden were no longer on the field

He also played the Grealish role of winning cheap fouls and taking time out of the game.

Unfortunately it obviously wasn't enough for the bloke behind me and a lot of people on this forum
 
His best cameo in a while, but still making naive decisions commensurate with his age.

There’s definitely a player in there, and he has shown it in flashes. However, until he’s less wasteful and has a more positive effect in games, he feels like a 20 minute cameo player for our First XI and a Domestic Cup starter.
 
Blue Hefner said:
He played his part in us beating Real Madrid away. If we can’t give him credit now, then we’ll never be able to

He did his bit. He could have made a couple of better decisions but he was generally very effective
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This post coming from you who has been calling Doku shite all season and not being a footballer, I’m starting to think you don’t actually know a footballer when you see one.
 
balotellishaircut said:
This post coming from you who has been calling Doku shite all season and not being a footballer, I’m starting to think you don’t actually know a footballer when you see one.
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I haven’t been calling Doku shite all season at all!
In terms of Savio, he has been shite all season. He did well yesterday, though
 
King Jay said:
How was that stupid? He had no other choice. It was basically a counter and he came from the right side while being alone. If he didn’t try you would’ve probably screamed why he didn’t attack the opposition goal
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'He had no other choice'

He literally just told you his other choice... go to the corner flag and draw a foul or at the very least waste a few seconds. It's basic game management.
 
King Jay said:
He was better than Foden in those minutes. Didn’t see you in the Foden thread
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Foden wasn’t good at all today.

Also @NQCitizen i think those stats are really misleading. What duels has he won!? If it’s bombing up the line past an out of position left back that’s not a duel is it? He passed the ball to a Madrid player or out of play 4 times at least. So that’s nearly half of his ball retention down.

Not seen an ounce of aggression or effort either! He’s crap.
 
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