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  1. Lenglet is no threat in the air......bean pole, Nah. You won't convince me, that height is not an important ingredient in certain positions......why are Goalies all 6'1 +.....most are 6'4 Very few centre backs in the prem are sub 6 ft
  2. Thats where character and bounce back ability comes in. They always seem mentally up for these games with us, just like Blues and Albion....We need to be prepared.
  3. No....but its not convincing. The result, was fine....but the performance, had more questions, than answers.
  4. I think they will be well up for it after losing to Coventry. I think our slow laboured style, invites pressure.....and I am not sure at present, if our first touch/ ball control, lends itself to this kind of approach.
  5. In certain positions....... we/he hasn't got the players, to play in those "right positions".......We have had injuries, to crucial players, who we are short of. We need greater depth of balance. I think the injuries, have helped expose, the lack of diversity in the squad profile.
  6. Wolves will expose, our weaknesses, they always do.
  7. but we are relying on moments for points.....while we dominated possession in the second half, we played in front of them, only when Diaby got behind them, we scored. It's very lazy possession, lacks assertion, aggression and urgency.
  8. They all do....we wait for mistakes and errors, instead of forcing them. It's not just him...The whole team lack movement off the ball, not enough athleticism in the side. The man on the ball gets caught in possession, looking for someone to pass to.....There is not enough appetite to move to receive......only when we come across teams, who fail to press us, do we deviate from that. Our team don't like traffic....they like open spaces.
  9. That's not a selection problem.....it's a squad balance problem.....UE is running out of credible options. The injuries have highlighted and issue, that was already there.....We have too many attackers v defenders.....so we are playing attackers in defensive roles. It's probably a bit more subtle than that, but basically that's what it is......Mings and Kamara, have not got direct replacements. The players who are playing in those roles have attacking bias, not defensive bias.
  10. I think if we play slow and laboured, we will get picked off. We showed too much respect to Spurs and invited them in.
  11. The Blind Beggar in Whitechapel...... just kidding.
  12. I think its fair, to be excited about mixing with the big boys, but we can't take our foot off the gas.....There is no treading water, in this environment, you are either progressing or regressing, there is no middle ground. I look at our efforts under UE and I am blown away, with the progress.....but at the same time, I see opportunities to be better. I think that rests entirely on recruitment. When Unai said last season only 10% of the work is done, I believe that from my observations....we still have a way to go, to properly challenge to top boys. Chelsea, Man U and possibly Newcastle will come back with a vengeance next season, and we need to be ready. We need to forensically analyse why, we have looked so vulnerable, in certain games.....when in others we have looked so formidable......The chasm in those games is the key concern, the distance from best to worst, is the centre of concern. Injuries are bound to affect any team, but to cling to that mitigation, for every set back is misleading in my view....I think the team needs to find more durability, and grit, when confronted by spirited opponents, and it needs to be more robust and secure at set pieces and be ready to deny opponents any initiative....we have to embrace the grinding out results in away games and cup games, when necessary. When we can honestly go to places like St James, and Anfield and be confident of giving them a game....we will know, we are getting there. I look at our team and think, it's not as hard to fix as we sometimes care to think......The top boys have added certain players to their camps and transformed themselves from top 6 to title challengers....The players coming in have made a real impact on their ambitions. It's not impossible for us, or as big an ask as some think.....but we do have to get recruitment right to do so.
  13. honesty is always the best policy. I think we are at a very pivotal stage in our development......the next few transfer windows, will define, where we go....I still think, we have some very good players, but still feel the balance of the squad is not right, to challenge for the top prizes.
  14. Withy, would have put his name to that too.
  15. but why do we keep getting linked with wingers, when we have 2 good ones on form.
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