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  1. thunderball
    Drogba, Benteke, and I would add Balotelli....... Shocking to think he is still developing, he is going to be so good for us, could even establish himself as a starter before the season finishes. As a team we are going to be so much better in the second half of the season (its about staying at the right end of the table until then), and I think he is one of the stories that will emerge along with Diaby, Torres, Zaniolo, Ramsey, Moreno and Tielemans as they establish themselves.
  2. thunderball
    He has it in his locker, I've seen it on his YT reel and also he hit the bar vs Man City last season in a carbon copy of this one.
  3. thunderball
    Exactly, because it doesnt fit the popular narrative. If that was Mings we would be bemoaning Martinez's slip. Its the same with the Scoboszlai goal from the corner - Torres get the blame but the team didnt defend the corner, and it was stunning shot too. I also thought Digne had a shocker against Liverpool, but criticism seemed to all fall to Torres because he happened to lose the ball early in the game and it was a pile on after that.
  4. thunderball
    I can only imagine we fully intended to play with three at the back this season, with Mings playing with Torres and not one or the other - Mings as the defensive rock and Pau as a "quarterback" offering a more complete team rather than a stiff back line of stoppers. Mings injury, and now Carlos has really derailed that evolution. I dont get the hysteria about the "errors" or defensive weakness, we defend as a team, most goals are team failure - in nearly every goal that has been put on an alleged Torres error, you will find at least one other player at fault or contributing, or the system failing putting us under pressure. Emery wants us to be a fluid team of ball players, he is an important part of ensuring our defensive line is an effective component of a complete team and has an offensive capability. The days of 4 at the back as a defensive obstacle with a creative midfielder are well and truly dead. If Torres coupled these numbers with the physicality being demanded, and turn of pace etc, he would be a £100m player.
  5. thunderball
    Watkins is a decent player, and a CF is not just measured by his goals, but what he contributes to the team. With Watkins in the team only 3 other teams have scored more goals this season - as a team we are doing well scoring goals and he is a part of that success. Yes we would all like him to put away all his chances but I think his off the ball game is very good and helps the team. Hopefully he gets some goals in the cups against some lesser teams and gets his confidence up, he did score a hat trick against Hibs after all so its not as though he is on a drought or he isnt getting into positions to score because he is. Its fine margins and I am sure his fortune will turn. I also think he will sign a new contract, but if he doesn't by January I am sure the club will start looking for a summer replacement and he will be sold.
  6. thunderball
    But maybe who we aspire to and want are not ready to come here yet?
  7. thunderball
    Maybe taking Watkins off and pushing Diaby up top - he looks like he could play a Kane type forward role, dropping back - he can score from anywhere.
  8. thunderball
    Unai needs to earn his money and shake this up and into life.
  9. thunderball
    Poor vs Liverpool too
  10. thunderball
    Diaby is a class above, he is razor sharp. We need a forward like him as competition for Watkins
  11. thunderball
    But when it is SO marginal, I mean a subjective millimetre, when do they draw the offside VAR line, at what point: when he touches the ball or when it leaves his boot, because that half second is the difference. What happened to favouring the attacker?
  12. thunderball
    Just not true
  13. thunderball
    Truthfully and objectively, we are likely no worse off in points that we might have expected. Work in progress. We won’t play much worse this season, and losing Carlos didn’t help. Torres and Digne poor; midfield out of sorts, struggled in possession - too many off their game but have to give credit to Liverpool’s press, they had their tails up at home. Some bad luck in there aswell, we created enough that if finished, changes this game. Lots of new moving parts but I would put money on more points (at least 10) this season than last and that’s positive progress at least. We need to work on how we get the best out of our forwards and how we can exploit Zaniolo. Lots to do but it’s bread and butter for Unai, it’s what he does.
  14. thunderball
    Discipline is his Achilles heal
  15. thunderball
    Can we sing “Sunshine on Leith”?
  16. thunderball
    First time we have failed to score in a while
  17. thunderball
    Bad day at the office, nothing working, everything failing. Unai will learn from this
  18. thunderball
    He does a lot of good and is important to how we play but the lack of goals prevails as the dominant memory. Made even worse when Archer plays like he did yesterday
  19. thunderball
    Should try Tielmans and Duran for the last 20?
  20. thunderball
    Thought he looked very comfortable when he came on midweek
  21. thunderball
    Just can’t even make passes now
  22. thunderball
    Not at the races for some reason, we are poor all over today, but Liverpool are a good side, foolish to say otherwise, beating the Toon at their place with 10 men say something, and their team is still very good and they are well drilled at this, it’s how they’ve played for years. Also, the defeat we had at Newcastle was very flattering for them, we were actually OK.
  23. thunderball
    Is Bailey still on?
  24. thunderball
    Me too, my family can eat an hour earlier than planned at this rate.
  25. thunderball
    Two goals from corners
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