It just looks like bad defending to me. We had the numbers back. There are three players on Diaby, and a simple pass across the top of the box still splits all of them, leading to the shot. Foden was pretty lazing tracking back, too.Watch the build up to the Ortega save.
Bloody hell, winger loses the ball in the oppositions box. Glad we never signed Messi as he lost the ball a few times up there too. Ban De Bruyne from pinging passes about because he also loses the ball a lot.Watch the build up to the Ortega save.
Wasn't the losing the ball as much as the stopping dead after 3 yards. Who knows what 3rd or 4th balls may needed to have been won. As for this very decent game - better. But he'll always have them. He wouldn't be here if he wasn't talented. That's not my point.Bloody hell, winger loses the ball in the oppositions box. Glad we never signed Messi as he lost the ball a few times up there too. Ban De Bruyne from pinging passes about because he also loses the ball a lot.
You clearly have a real dislike for the lad as a player but credit where it’s due he had a very decent game and showed glimpses of why if given time he could become a very good player for us. He’s 21 in a new league. Got loads to learn but also has tons of natural talent.
He is still 21, that’s 14 league games and 8 goal involvements. What a lot of people don’t give credit for is how difficult it is for a new player to adapt to playing for Pep - you play for a know nowt like ten bob and you just have to go and play, you go out and play for Pep and you have to do very specific things in a detailed and specific way; I would imagine that takes a lot of adaptation and getting used to. I think he’s doing really wellHe is 21, in his first season with us. In the equivalent of 13 league games he’s got 2 goals and 5 assists, not that shabby
On offense, he definitely does. On defense, he doesnt put the extra effort. I think its also because hes a bit sulky from not being able to score. He had a lot of shots lately, jst nothing seems to go in. Must be frustrating for the lad. He isn't that bad of a shooter as statistics seem to say.Watch the build up to the Ortega save.
I suppose now with Mahrez gone there is a new punching bag for some people here, when will you call him ffs ?Headless chicken more often than not. Has great feet and pace but little to no football intelligence, and that isn't really something you can teach. Needs to improve big time once this first season is out of the way, as decent as he was against an injury stricken Villa.
I suppose now with Mahrez gone there is a new punching bag for some people here, when will you call him ffs ?
Calling him a headless chicken and saying he has no football brain after a good performance, no you don't have to call him brilliant and he's got a lot of work to do but you don't have to grossly exaggerate either.Would it make you feel better if I lied and said that every aspect of his game was brilliant?
He's got talent but he's also got no football brain. He reminds me of a young Raheem Sterling right now, only with much better dribbling ability.