Agree with the midfield point, but Pep is switching back to tricky wingers so we need players coming into the box with them. When it was SAS years, Sterling was great at coming across to be that person for the tap in.very good point.
But on the other hand if the midfielders push front with them what if they lose the ball and will KDB Bernado or Kova fast enough to recover the counter attack if they have already in the opposite box? KDB maybe have the pace but he is not very good at defending. Kova and Bernado (as well as Rodri) are not very pacy.
In a team with loads of fast midfielders they can push up more bodies. Our squad didn't build like that. We prioritize midfielders skills over pace.
Absolutely agree, but if there is no one chasing in, who is there to receive the killer pass - which was a major issue las week. If 2/3 are blocking Haaland like is happening there is space for the midfielder following in. And Hey presto just like magic the king of doing just that returns from barca :-)Not sure what you mean? My reply was to your issue with no one else being available, so the obvious thing would be to shoot, like when he went past 3 players and had a one on one and he cut it back to nobody!
Also, when he was on the right, he was played in at the byline and he crossed it straight out of play. The number of attackers in the box becomes moot then!
He’s a rough diamond, with unique abilities. If he can calm his mind after creating space and make the killer pass/shot, he’ll be a top 5 player in the world.
SAS year the front three could finish the counter attack by themselves without midfielders pushing up into the box.Agree with the midfield point, but Pep is switching back to tricky wingers so we need players coming into the box with them. When it was SAS years, Sterling was great at coming across to be that person for the tap in.
Its a new tactic will be interesting how the dilema you talked about will be worked out.
That is true. Gundo was and is the master of back posts and crashing the 18yard area. His return will rack up Doku a lot of assists!All this talk about his end product, look at his runs and tell me where there are the players running into the box to pull the defenders around. If we are playing with wingers against a low block we need 2/3 players following the runs into the box on the front and back posts spread out.
Not elite?He did. While his top speed is not elite, his strength helps him a lot to hold off defenders closing in on him in pursuit and make them lose balance in the process. He uses his athleticism well in this situations, the problem is last season he didn't have the energy to do this often, so hopefully this season he has, the signs are good so far.
I think he certainly is over short distances, but over longer distances, not so much.Not elite?
He’s one of the fastest players in the League.
But Jérémy' main job is to receive the ball close to the opponents' penalty area.I think he certainly is over short distances, but over longer distances, not so much.
Oh, I agree. He's perfect for us, as 99% of the teams we play are on the back foot, but I think he's very different from Leroy Sane, for example, who had 100M sprinter-sort of speed and loved the ball over the top versus to his feet like Doku.But Jérémy' main job is to receive the ball close to the opponents' penalty area.
It’s the central midfielders' task to get the ball out to him; it’s not for him to run the length of the pitch with it.
That’s some company to be in.At the moment, this is his best quality. He did it second half v Chelsea to great effect. We were starting to fade and he'd get us 40 yards up the pitch and relieve the pressure constantly.
Well Grealish doesn't deliver.I want him to provide end product. he gets the ball, then there is a quick turn, move, dribble or even a sprint and then 99% of the times he messes it up, runs into the defender, leaves the ball, lets defender to catch up, bad 2nd dribble, blocked cross or shot.
very exciting in first 3/4 second once he gets the ball and very underwhelming the next 3/4 seconds after that on repeat with basic errors. when we got him I thought he may become our version of Saka who delivers huge numbers from the wing but thats optimistic now...
people compared him to Sterling a bit which kind of ok as he was similarly frustrating but he had brutal positioning, anticipation skills and quite a lot of goal threat and end product. Doku nowhere near to that yet.
in his 2nd season he gets picked even ahead of Grealish, so he has to deliver.