Tom13 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 The Mings challenge was also Ben Mee ish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 2 hours ago, chappy said: Getting dogs abuse on Twitter from Spurs fans angry about him injuring Doherty. In a challenge where he won the ball and their player carried on playing for another 10-15 minutes. He went down 3 times following the tackle to be fair. I thought it was awful. Digne did one too where he didn't even get booked. I thought the ref was atrocious. Coutinho had a late one off the ball not seen by ref or the lino, someone else on our team clattered one of them and it was waived on. It was a ridiclous game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted April 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 11, 2022 Matty is our best player currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 35 minutes ago, Tom13 said: The Mings challenge was also Ben Mee ish. I agree - if the opponent's leg is planted, it breaks, simple as that. The ref had no control of that game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) Mings challenge is nothing like Ben Mee. Maybe it doesn’t/shouldn’t exist in the 2020s game and be a foul or a yellow but it’s no different to most of these and he only retired 8 years ago. Edited April 11, 2022 by a m ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MaVilla Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 10 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said: tbh, all that tell me, is that we have a poor team overall, which means we are frantically defending a lot. i think there is a reason that players on that list are from teams like Burnley, Brentford etc. Not knocking the fact that Cash clearly helps us defending, but its also interesting that apart from Rice, no players from remotely "top teams" are on that list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 14 minutes ago, MaVilla said: tbh, all that tell me, is that we have a poor team overall, which means we are frantically defending a lot. i think there is a reason that players on that list are from teams like Burnley, Brentford etc. Not knocking the fact that Cash clearly helps us defending, but its also interesting that apart from Rice, no players from remotely "top teams" are on that list. The top teams defend less for sure due to their possession. Watching city the other night Rodri’s like a first line of defence on his own. Still good to see him on there anyway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 The better teams also try and succeed in winning the ball back higher up the pitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 42 minutes ago, sne said: The better teams also try and succeed in winning the ball back higher up the pitch. Liverscum had Van Dijk and Konate closer to Villarreal’s goal yesterday than their own for large parts of yesterday. They were all in the Villarreal half except Allison who was 30 yards out of goal at times. We spend a lot of time defending our box. Cashy does get loads of blocks in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: Liverscum had Van Dijk and Konate closer to Villarreal’s goal yesterday than their own for large parts of yesterday. They were all in the Villarreal half except Allison who was 30 yards out of goal at times. We spend a lot of time defending our box. Cashy does get loads of blocks in. I don't think blocks necessarily means we are defending our box as this stat includes blocked passes. Only 13 of Cash's blocks were blocked shots. In fact only one player on that list has more than 17 blocked shots, and that's Tarkowski with 60. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 1 minute ago, tomsky_11 said: I don't think blocks necessarily means we are defending our box as this stat includes blocked passes. Only 13 of Cash's blocks were blocked shots. In fact only one player on that list has more than 17 blocked shots, and that's Tarkowski with 60. Should also add that as a team we are 8th lowest for blocked shots while 7th highest for blocked passes. West Ham and Spurs have the 3rd and 4th highest blocked shots and both are challenging for European places, while Southampton and Brentford have blocked fewer shots than us, so this stat doesn't always correllated with league position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 2 hours ago, tomsky_11 said: I don't think blocks necessarily means we are defending our box as this stat includes blocked passes. Only 13 of Cash's blocks were blocked shots. In fact only one player on that list has more than 17 blocked shots, and that's Tarkowski with 60. Fair enough I’ve always thought blocks refers to shots and interceptions would be more specific to passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 another fine game today, cant believe his thread was on page 3. Must be guaranteed player of the season, him or Ramsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Has been immense this season. The idea of replacing him is madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 26 minutes ago, Spoony said: Has been immense this season. The idea of replacing him is madness. Shoe in for POTS IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 As much as I love the guy, I can't help but feel as though he shouldn't be POTS material, but then there is no-one else who's been as consistent this season. Mings could be in with a shout actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Made big strides this season in terms of consistency. Hasnt been made a fool of like he was occasionally last season and has developed his crossing and shooting. Lots of time to get better as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) On 11/04/2022 at 13:41, a m ole said: Mings challenge is nothing like Ben Mee. Maybe it doesn’t/shouldn’t exist in the 2020s game and be a foul or a yellow but it’s no different to most of these and he only retired 8 years ago. Yeah you’re right it has changed but to be fair no-one was saying at the time “Gerrard is a nice tackler” - he was always a bit of a vicious player (or on a night out…) - a lot of those would be red cards now with VAR though yes. Edited May 8, 2022 by Adam2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Spoony said: Has been immense this season. The idea of replacing him is madness. He has limitations but easily our player of the season. Only player to challenge him is Ramsey and Mings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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