24 | Joško Gvardiol - 2024/25

[Goater=Legend]

Bernardo was right there (who also gave the ball away) and didn't bother running back.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

I thought he did fine tbh, improvement considering he didnt directlt cause any goals against.

Not….sure….if…..serious…..

Honestly, his positional play after he switched to centre half today was abysmal. Genuinely amazing how often the opposition is able to get in in front of him from simple long balls downfield. He’s been an accident waiting to happen for weeks. Inexplicable, cos he’s generally fairly comfortable in possession.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

He's knackered.

 

[EdersonsSmiley]

He looked like he had been on a bender last night. Needs dropping for a couple of games as soon as Stones or Dias are fit.

 

[warringtonblue]

I have.

Its lazy to blame that on Gvardiol and not Walker.

Akanji is closest to the player, and then Walker pushes up suddenly away from him, the ball quickly goes behind and Gvardiol is somehow expected to react quick enough to cover.

Thats an error of the backline going from:

Walker -> Akanji -> Gvardiol in terms of blame.

Gvardiol was the wrong side of the attacker, i'm not even sure he realised he was even there. Doesn't matter what went on beforehand, if he read the situation they wouldnt have scored

 

[WallyA]

Not….sure….if…..serious…..

Honestly, his positional play after he switched to centre half today was abysmal. Genuinely amazing how often the opposition is able to get in in front of him from simple long balls downfield. He’s been an accident waiting to happen for weeks. Inexplicable, cos he’s generally fairly comfortable in possession.

Im not saying he played great, but its better than other games where he would directly cause the error for the goal.

Most errors in our backline were Walker and Akanji, and them you can blame Gvardiol.

Speaking of, he started LB and then all of a sudde had to play LCB, and has played every game for us.

I take the positives wherever they come, he is being dealt a shit hand.

 

[WallyA]

Gvardiol was the wrong side of the attacker, i'm not even sure he realised he was even there. Doesn't matter what went on beforehand, if he read the situation they wouldnt have scored

Akanji was there initially, he cant be wrong side of him.

You should go further back in the clip instead of looking at the direct moment.

Ill never be convinced thats Gvardiols fault.

 

[warringtonblue]

Akanji was there initially, he cant be wrong side of him.

You should go further back in the clip instead of looking at the direct moment.

Ill never be convinced thats Gvardiols fault.

And I'll never be convinced it wasnt

 

[Haaland94]

Brilliant today.

 

[jamielowndes]

Hes so good to watch going forward.

One thing I don't get is why don't we adapt the formation to him the way we did with Cancelo? Shift the defense one slot over and play with no RB while he's too far up the field to defend? They seemed to have a field day going down the left side on the counter.

 

[Gigant]

He would be perfect in Inter's or Leverkusen's 3-4-3,-3-5-2 formations.
Here he still dont have a room to play like wide CBs

 

[sh249]

Usual mixed bag of some great play going forward and some dreadful lapses defensively.

 

[Haaland94]

 

[Crooked_rain]

The guy is excellent

He's a young player that's had a shaky spell in a team that has also.

We are lucky to have him. He'll go down as one of our great signings if he stays here, even though we did have to spend big.

 

[davyhulme blue]

Lost a bit of confidence & concentration imo pretty sure that will return . He is class .

 

[Haaland94]

Stopped a goal or two today. Played well offensively as well. Big improvement from recent performances. His confidence is coming back, hopefully.

 

[DTKOAG]

He gets targeted every game by the opposition game plan.

Always up against 2 men and sadly this year is suffering with his defensive duties

 

[Gabriel]

That chase back and challenge seemed to galvanise the team. A pity things went awry at the end.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

I expected him to be a better defender.

 

[Damanino]

put him into Inter team or Atletico where there is proper help for defenders from midfield areas and imo he would be excellent due to he would be exposed lot less times.