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3 minutes ago, jacketspuds said:

I know you can’t have a 25 man squad who are all excellent, but there is a significant drop in quality whenever we rotate, to the point with which Emery’s tactics can’t be implemented.

We’re probably 5-6 players away from consistently challenging for a CL place, at best.

I don't think it's so much a quality issue rather than an attitude issue. Even the regular starters have been shocking.

It was overhit by dendoncker but Olsen really shouldn't be struggling with the clearance. Calamity waiting to happen, every time he plays. Hope we upgrade in January. If Emi gets injured were royally screwed.

Different gravy this lad. Loved his celebration too.

Keeping him at the end of last summer is one of the best bits of business we've ever done.

On 08/09/2023 at 13:14, Demitri_C said:

Even a kamara not at his best is bettee than nakamba, or cginn when played there.

Starting season slowly but w elal know his quality

To be fair McGinn played in the double pivot last season when Kamara was injured and was very good 

He starts every season poorly though, doesn't he?

Even in his first season, prior to January, he scored a Hattrick again Liverpool, a brace against arsenal and a penalty against Southampton.

One way to look at is 6 goals, which is decent. Another way to look at it is only 2 games he's scored from open play. The following seasons he also picked up only 3-4 goals (with all the caveats of managerial changes and the team being overall poor).

I hope this isn't a trend because we can't wait for 2024 for him to start scoring regularly.

On 25/08/2023 at 21:42, alreadyexists said:

It’s such a shame the home kit is crap… I honestly can’t remember one I’ve liked less. I mean, claret and blue… how can you get it wrong? It’s the best colour combination ever, and yet the home kit is awful.

The other two aren’t great, but marginally better. The away is probably the best out of the 3. 

To be fair, it's the sponsor that kills it. Otherwise it would be blow average, but not quite the worst 

Still got 2 assists and won a penalty in 3 league games. We play with a fluid attacking system, As long as the goals are coming, I'm not concerned with where they're coming from. He's playing well and contributing in attacking output. The goals will come.

I know the opposition was what it was, but you could feel his presence whenever the ball got near to put box and I found it very reassuring. Long may it continue because in many aspects he feels like the most natural Mings replacement.

Disappointed he didn't go for a panenka. Get him off penalties 

While I am fine with us playing a high line, there are moments in games where we should be willing and able to play with a lower block. At the end of the game on Saturday we were just asking for humiliation by persisting with it.

Another example which comes to mind was Emery's second game in charge, against Man U in the league cup. We were leading midway through the second half, they had already missed a few very good chances by exposing our high line, we persisted with it and lost 4-2.

Ideally, we should be able to read the situation and deduce whether we are more likely to benefit or to pay the price for any given chosen tactical approach.

At this stage it's embarrassing for all parties involved whenever he features. Move him on, for everyone's sake... Please...

On 13/05/2023 at 20:51, lexicon said:

I really, really want to see him and Aaron playing together - it's a fantastic story. Have we had any brothers play for the club at the same time before? Closest I can think of is the Moores but I'm 99% sure they never appeared together for the first team. 

I think the Chukuwemekas played a few minutes together in a cup game

Dougie Dougie Dougie Dougie Dougie Douglas Luiz 

He takes the piss, he takes the piss.

I'm sure somebody will come up with something much better, but I'm not quite sober so I am reasonably satisfied with this

6 hours ago, skarroki said:

I don't mean to knock him as a player, I like him, he's doing a good job and I don't worry about him in the lineup, I'd just rather Kamara was there.

I was merely talking about my feelings on him as a whole since signing him in the summer. My opinion is that he was an expensive backup that we didn't really need, even though he's come in a few times I'd rather have seen an academy player given these chances.

I understand the opposite view though that he's not expensive and the academy haven't produced anyone good enough yet who could have done the job Dendonker is doing. I guess it's all opinions. 

I would argue that we have needed him as he played a role in important wins against Brentford, United, Newcastle and now Fulham. Given how short out squad is, not having him may have forced us to shift the lineup and there is no guarantee we would have won the matches. He was by no means a protagonist in most of these games, but a backup CDM rarely is

6 hours ago, Mantis said:

I think I overreacted after the Stevenage debacle. He was very good yesterday.

Most people did. It was a bad mistake, a massive lapse of concentration, but his performances against Brentford and United have been very good, and yesterday he put in another top display.

I'm very happy with him in the squad, comes in, does a job and provides physical presence which isn't abundant in our squad.

He's got very good technical and physical attributes but needs to improve his decision making and most of all he needs to learn how to get involved into the game.

So often you simply forget he's on the pitch.

I was impressed by him last season.

This season I am genuinely asking myself - is he an upgrade on Hause?

One of the frustrating parts is the timing of the mistakes.

You should never concede just after scoring and just before half time.

While the mistake for their first was more obvious and in many ways worse, the choice to dribble in midfield with 30 seconds before the whistle is even more baffling to me. There was absolutely nothing to be gained and everything to lose from that.

Hope this is part of the learning curve for him because on every other occasion he's been outstanding for us.

1 hour ago, Zhan_Zhuang said:

Looking at the replay, Martinez totally dropped him in it with the pass.

Although this isn't false, it must be said that Bouba had at least two chances to either clear the ball or pass it to the left. He still gets the largest part of the blame for that.

The word that comes to mind is unprofessional. It's "only Leicester" so  we relax and **** around with ball.

Just like we did against Stevenage.

And what frustrates me the most is the stupidity, with 30 seconds left on the clock, to try to dribble past players in midfield.

Kamara has been brilliant up to today, but this has to be one of the worst individual performances we've seen in a while.

Really hope he improves because his defending has been very dodgy...

He either smashes it in the top bin or completely fluffs his lines, no middle ground 

The vision to play that ball, with that accuracy to Kamara, setting up the counter was glorious. Most players would have either hoofed it blindly or passed it short. Quality