Cobwebcat
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Rodri will get better. There is no DM in the World at his age that has the positional intelligence of Fernandinho. He will learn that. That aside his numbers are insanely good.
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Leicester (N) - Community Shield | Post-Match Thread
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crazyg
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Just like Grealish.because they are new purchases. but they are expected to be starters.
Grassland Blue
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The 'community shield' isn't the final of anything...Apart from the Carabao Cup final wins, I’m starting to get fed up with semi-final and final defeats. Arsenal, Chelsea, Chelsea, and now Leicester.
I appreciate nothing is given in semi-finals and finals, and there are many factors that effect those games like team selection, team and player performances, luck, etc. But I can’t but think we’ve thrown away some of those possible trophy winning opportunities.
Frustrated rant over.
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BLUEMATT23
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Just making a point that it's a long way to travel and pay a lot of money for people at the moment.We also played a longer season than the Rags mate. I think the cumulative effect of that needs to be weighed up too.
I'd far rather our players get good rest and recovery, ahead of playing in a glorified friendly. You may feel short changed, but I daresay it's for the end goal of the club being able to compete on multiple fronts for higher honours.
all a matter of opinion mate, but there is a player in there with torres, for a 21year old in his first season in a new country i thought he was exceptional at times(he was poor yesterday but i'll forgive him that) this season will be big for him.Then that league is slowing down faster than I thought ;)
He's not quick, or should I say, not quick enough?
Genuinely, I hope he proves me wrong, but like Rodri, I don't think he will get much better, much as I keep telling myself they need time.
There are basic fundamentals.
Same reason doesn't matter if Mendy now turns himself into the fittest player in the league, the guy lacks the intelligence to be a top defender.
rodri is a good player but obviously he's no ferna but who is? kante at a push
mendy i agree he's a busted flush, me and my lads always laugh when he's on the ball expecting the next power pass at 100 mph, he just doesn't have the ball retention and control required for a pep team
Sounds very similar to the old “players are paid handsomely they should be able to play every three days” debate which completely ignores how the human body works.Looking at the teams for rags v everton yesterday - Maguire, Shaw and Pickford all featured.
Yet Sterling, Walker and Stones nowhere to be seen for us. Yes I get that our lads may arguably have had more minutes in the Euros but I doubt their will be much difference in the stats.
Think it's pretty poor to be honest given the expense of going to London for our fans and the traffic shit of the M6.
I think we short changed our fans a bit yesterday too be honest.
Anyone buying tickets for yesterday knows it’s a pre-season friendly.
Just making a point that it's a long way to travel and pay a lot of money for people at the moment.
I definitely get that, and it's a great effort by our committed fans again under these conditions.
Have to have some perspective here though - fans are spending huge amounts and travelling throughout the season. These players have detailed and planned rest and recovery periods, that are crucial to their continued success.
We'd be robbing the fans far more if we're jeopardising that, for the sake of what is ultimately one pre-season friendly.
Obviously I'd rather have won the game than not but find it impossible to read too much into it in regards going forward.
It was just another fitness exercise for most and a case of getting minutes in legs.
I'm not as concerned about Ake as some seem to be but then I don't expect to see him in any capacity other than giving much needed rest to one of the three main CBs when it comes to lesser games.
The bar I watched it in was showing the Lions at the same time and there were fucking loads more in for that being noisy cunts so found myself distracted for large parts of the city game which tells me how low on the giveashitometer it was.
Looking forward to the real deal next week.
It was just another fitness exercise for most and a case of getting minutes in legs.
I'm not as concerned about Ake as some seem to be but then I don't expect to see him in any capacity other than giving much needed rest to one of the three main CBs when it comes to lesser games.
The bar I watched it in was showing the Lions at the same time and there were fucking loads more in for that being noisy cunts so found myself distracted for large parts of the city game which tells me how low on the giveashitometer it was.
Looking forward to the real deal next week.
Exeter Blue I am here
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Torres not quick? He was clocked 6th or 8th fastest player in La Liga in his last season there.
I've seen that stat before and I'm genuinely as bemused by it now as I was then. He's not slow that's for sure, but I've seen nothing to suggest that he has a change of gear whatsoever so far. Invisible again yesterday from start to finish