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He doesn?t shy away from the ball particularly, but he absolutely shies away from trying to do anything meaningful with it. He?s passive as they come, at least for us, and IMO that makes him useless/eminently discardable even if he does sometimes score and assist. Hell, we?re far superior to...

We really need to move him on. He?s been a little better recently, but will always be a bad fit. We?re obviously not getting our money back, and I know swap deals are rare, but personally I?d be trying to swap him for either an actual winger somewhere, a striker, maybe an athletic centre mid...

I?ve actually been pleasantly surprised by how often he picks out a player in the penalty area. My only real concern with him is his first touch is often quite sloppy, and when pressed that causes problems in defence. Overall though, very encouraging. Step over, gets a yard on the defender...

For sure. There?s definitely a good player in there somewhere, and I?m a better team it would be far more visible. But still, as an individual he needs to improve drastically. Particularly his passing/timing of the pass.

I still like him, but it?s pretty clear that his one real stand out attribute, like Arthur, is press resistance. Press him and he?ll dribble past you and look brilliant. Stand off however... his passing is poor, or at least he takes way too much time to make the decision to pass, and by then...

I have to be honest, I do feel like he is being way overhyped. I get that we need hope right now, and absolutely Puig would be an upgrade in the midfield purely on his energy and bravery. But I?m the little I?ve seen of him, his technique has merely been quite good. There?s nothing elite about...

He?s got fantastic off the ball movement. But that is his only really stand out attribute. He used to be quite an exciting dribbler, and can still be so on occasion, but rarely. His finishing is so hit and miss it?s hilarious. Personally I wouldn?t want him ever at Barca, or real in your case...

Don't worry, we'll coach those good habits out of him in no time. :lol:

Yeah, for me this seems an obvious solution, or at least a viable workaround. Only problem is, like you identified, it would require a completely different profile of players to be successful. I mean, imagine trying to shoehorn Busquets into one of the two physically demanding mid roles, oh no...

I agree. Though Imo the goal wasn't even his fault. Braithwwaite switched off and didn't track the run. Semedo was decent enough, way more of an outlet than Alba for example, who didn't even have a winger to worry about.

Never quite understand what people mean when they say this - as a player he couldn't be more unlike Messi imo; can't pass, can't dribble, has good off the ball movement and workrate. The problem with Griezmann is simply that he's only effective (and even then he's still over hyped imo) with a...

The only decent thing sure, but it's not like Griezmann's part in it was amazing. In fact I'd say the crucial and hardest part of the move was Busquet's pass, which by your logic would make him MoM. Face it, he was anonymous\scared the rest of the game but because he runs he gets a pass?

Appreciate the goal, but pass the ball forward ffs. He plays so passively that unless it's put on a plate he's irrelevant.

Atletico are a truly dreadful team to watch. Which is why I watched Psg Dort instead. :lol: Literally think the only time I wanted them to win was against Juve. I simply don't see how anyone could enjoy their tactics. They ruin games, pure and simple. Don't get me wrong Liverpool aren't great to...

I don't watch Mbappe week in week out, so can't say definitively that he'll never be worth (in purely footballing terms) 250 mill or whatever, but right now he's not imo, and nor is Neymar, at least on last night's evidence. So yeah, I tend to agree that the money tied up in those two, and...

What about Toure? Started out def mid, became pretty much the best attacking mid in Prem at City? That being said, and it does pain me to admit this, because I like him and want to love him, but overall I've been fairly underwhelmed by De Jong. Whether that's because he's been playing out of...

Take that. Only concern is that with a new manager they'll improve. Either way though, we should go through.

He's no starter, not at his age, and if he's absolutely determined to be one then it's best he leaves. Shame, because he's still a decent squad option/something different.

Well I mean, not to sound like a typical can't-admit-they're-wrong forum dweller, but I stand by the bulk of that opinion. (Though admittedly the bit about Dembele, Coutinho and Malcom is pretty funny; or at least it would be if it wasn't such a tragic indictment of our transfer policy.) I still...

That feeling when he comes on for Rakitic... Nothing beats it. ��