Adam2003 Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Yeah i think i read that. But at championship much lower level. At pl level he is shown that he simply cannot play there Didn’t he score two last time he played there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 minute ago, Adam2003 said: Didn’t he score two last time he played there? He's still generally poor there though. Nowhere near good enough on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Just now, Adam2003 said: Didn’t he score two last time he played there? I'm sure he's played there a couple of times since. He can do it to an extent, but it's hard to see what he offers on that position to play him above Bailey even when he's on it, which he absolutely wasn't today, he lost his head and looked an absolute liability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Ironically he produced one of the most important bits in the game, injuring Bentancur. I can kind of see the logic in doubling up with Cash and Konsa as Udogie was providing a lot of their attacking threat in the first half but it was a bit of a disasterclass from Matty all round. I still rate him as a right back though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 His biggest problem imo is positional discipline. He struggles to understand where he needs to be at times and get caught in no mans land creating his own problems which leads to him being rash. Although playing further forward today he was still getting caught out positionally far too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, Adam2003 said: Didn’t he score two last time he played there? Against Burnley who are championship level. Against a 2nd string spurs team he was totally outplayed. If that was against spurs 1st team they would have trounced us. Dont want to see him play there again. A failed experiment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 He also got rid of this player who was destroying us. As good as a goal for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 He knew he **** up with the tackle and kind of lost his head, every time the Spurs fan bood him he couldn't handle it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 29 minutes ago, avfc1982am said: His biggest problem imo is positional discipline. He struggles to understand where he needs to be at times and get caught in no mans land creating his own problems which leads to him being rash. Although playing further forward today he was still getting caught out positionally far too often. the problem is, that he isnt good enough to play further forward, i have no idea how he used ot be a winger, but granted, probably against championship level teams, so maybe i can. needs quality competition in the Jan window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Only against Burnley has Cash at RW worked. Don't even blame him was lost up top. Honestly part of me thinks that was Unai's plan all along. Have Matty run around getting stuck in then 2nd half bring on Bailey to run at tired legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fun Factory Posted November 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2023 Look he had a bad game but lets not slaughter him. He has been a good player for us down the years. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I don't think he's intelligent enough to move positions unfortunately. Has the ability, not the composure. It might come one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian_Angel_M Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 He's got his own learning curve. Under Emery every single player is being asked to play like most never have before. Even Diaby is going through his own discomfort right now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 (edited) Thing is with cash is cause he's not particularly good on either side of the ball* he's just so limited tactically. You want to play him as a wing back or winger and he just kills attacks. You want to play him as a pure defender than his positional awareness means he gets backcut or plays someone onside or a ball goes over his head. There was a reason young was starting over him last season and that was because of his tactical discipline. *what I mean is like he's basically average on both sides instead of good going forward or good defensively. Edited November 26, 2023 by MotoMkali 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 18 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said: Only against Burnley has Cash at RW worked. Don't even blame him was lost up top. Honestly part of me thinks that was Unai's plan all along. Have Matty run around getting stuck in then 2nd half bring on Bailey to run at tired legs. Issue was aside from the bentancur challenge he wasn't getting stuck in. He offered nothing defensively and we were getting cooked every single time they attacked down the right. Replacing him with Bailey improved our defence down the right massively which just shouldn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Against Burnley who are championship level. Against a 2nd string spurs team he was totally outplayed. If that was against spurs 1st team they would have trounced us. Dont want to see him play there again. A failed experiment I’m not here arguing for him to play right wing, don’t get me wrong, but I would also say in his defence the guy outplaying him has arguably been the best left back in the league this year even if much of the Spurs team was missing elsewhere. Anyway - he’s a good player to have in the squad, and also an obvious area to upgrade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 It’s a huge deal to play consistently in your preferred position at this level. Playing out of position away against a top side is asking too much of any player and I’m a bit surprised Emery risked changing it up like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 hour ago, VillaAlex said: He knew he **** up with the tackle and kind of lost his head, every time the Spurs fan bood him he couldn't handle it. Did he but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Cash RW performances. Burnley, Liverpool, Wolves, Spurs. Burnley he was MOTM but they’re horrible. Each time Unai has tried this configuration, we run into the same problem that Cash is not good in the build up. As a late arriving box crasher, he’s fine but building up in the first and second phase at RW, I hope Unai has seen enough to know it’s not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 He looked a bit lost today and was rightly taken off at h/t. Overall though he is having a good season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts