His control of the tempo created the space that KDB, Doku and Bernardo thrived off.This strikes as the current boom/ bust/ amazing/ terrible take that seems to have become the norm.
He was above average there today and showed enough to believe there is something there.
Think a lot on here wanted him tried there and it’s clouding there judgment.
Think his positioning at times was off, didn’t ever look a real goal threat and as such I don’t think he was brilliant or our long term answer at this point.
However and someone may prove me wrong he seemed to really do a good job of keeping possession, particularly carrying the ball forward.
He has not played that position in a long time and so I think he will have learnt a lot tonight.
Agree that he needs to start there against Palace, but think a lot of work needs to be done if he is ever going to become a regular starter there for us.
I hope for him he does it, very likeable guy by all accounts and has a lot of talent.
Why a CM or an 8 should be judged by goal threat instead of carrying and keeping passing the ball?This strikes as the current boom/ bust/ amazing/ terrible take that seems to have become the norm.
He was above average there today and showed enough to believe there is something there.
Think a lot on here wanted him tried there and it’s clouding there judgment.
Think his positioning at times was off, didn’t ever look a real goal threat and as such I don’t think he was brilliant or our long term answer at this point.
However and someone may prove me wrong he seemed to really do a good job of keeping possession, particularly carrying the ball forward.
He has not played that position in a long time and so I think he will have learnt a lot tonight.
Agree that he needs to start there against Palace, but think a lot of work needs to be done if he is ever going to become a regular starter there for us.
I hope for him he does it, very likeable guy by all accounts and has a lot of talent.
His control of the tempo created the space that KDB, Doku and Bernardo thrived off.
He wasn’t perfect, but our team structure was far more solid tonight than it has been in over a month.
He also was a double pivot with Gundogan and improved IG’s game too.
A work in progress, but tonight’s performance will have ignited a spark in Pep’s head and it seemed like the birth of a new system.
It’s given me some renewed hope at least!I agree whilst some vulnerability remained, which is understandable given where we are, it did have more structure.
I felt it was more a box midfield especially in the first half with Gvardiol taking some positions very high up and Forest really struggled and it should have been rewarded with a goal.
I hope you are right, technical players all with various strengths. Pep is definitely the man you want to work it out.
Same as always on this thread.
Grealish puts in a good performance, people say "Well done Jack on a good performance", and like clockwork someone pops in asking why it wasn't a perfect performance instead.