My 2 penneth. Once the champions league games were underway we were playing 2 v difficult games a week for a while. The team was on its knees because of accumulated fatigue and lack of meaningful squad depth. The style of our team means fitness first is the way to go but the team has literally run itself into the ground. Our tactics as well and howes willingness to stick with players out of form or injured means we’ve had next to no rhythm and his decision making is getting more odd as the season goes on.
I think if we’d have got a non European slot last season we’d have finished higher this season..
also our players do seem to get injured more than most other teams… maybe we’ve just had a duff season!
Them and Burnley totally out of their depth. The thing is of the promoted sides next year, I can’t see any of them bouncing back down either…. The chasm between top flight and championship is getting bigger.
Chiesa is a risk As he had a pretty bad injury, though when he was fit he was well worth watching out for. . Is rabiot available on a free? Think he’s out of contract. Could be useful?
Ward prowse doesn’t have the engine, strength or technique of any of our 3 in the middle. His free kicks and pens are excellent but we’d lose something if we stuck him in the first team. Agree with the others. Labuan is a big prospect, but a bit raw.
Big Sam to Leeds on probably a silly contract. Hope they and Everton go down. Not that I dislike Sean dyche, but because of how they run their club.
Leeds have been awful this season. They just don’t look good at all.
shame Chelsea can’t be relegated as well… fat frank has effectively killed his management career off with this job (though his track record was always poor).
Yep, tierney is probably good enough, mctominay is shit, ward prowse can’t cover enough ground for what we want, though he’d be a good plan b for free kicks. Barnes is good enough. Him and Maddison would be very useful.
I think he stays. He had their full back on toast yesterday and set up numerous chances. He can consistently do this against the best full backs in the league. I think he’s moved from being our out ball under Bruce, to a player now that knows he can start a few yards further up the field, and his dribbling is still excellent. His final ball has also improved…
getting him to press better might well be a step too far!
the shame for me is that he knows he’s a “showreel” player. Look at his instagram for example.
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