Stopper Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 3 minutes ago, Farrington fox said: Why is Iborra out of favour? Or is he injured? Surely Iborra injured. Can’t see Fuchs and Benny on bench if not ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nick Posted 20 January 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 20 January 2018 1 minute ago, Kitchandro said: He’s been absolutely terrible recently, that might have something to do with it. As far as Iborra is concerned you are an actual blind person. He had a weak first half with stray passes against Chelsea but you’ve missed completely how he controlled the play, used space, turned players, saved Amartey more than once and pulled the strings. It was one of his worst performances but the way you slated him after the game was a bit daft mate to be honest. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechey Posted 20 January 2018 Author Share Posted 20 January 2018 1 minute ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said: His form has dropped off a bit imo To say he's been "absolutely terrible" is plain wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_horns Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 Last time that goalie played he let in 3 goals in 20 minutes against Everton. Also Deeney is rubbish when he starts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnthefoxrayner Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 4 minutes ago, Farrington fox said: Why is Iborra out of favour? Or is he injured? I find it strange that Iborra is not even made the bench, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotTheMarketLeader Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Sampson said: I know Iborra had a bit of a drop in form but he was playing really well before that earlier in the season but seems to have really fallen out of favour for some reason. He’s had two good games and been awful ever since. Kingy rightly gets stick for sideways or backwards passing, but Iborra seems no different in this respect. Im disappointed in him so far. Edited 20 January 2018 by NotTheMarketLeader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 3 minutes ago, Kasey Keller said: No gomes for them they have that shite Greek bloke in goal 4-0 city If we dont win its your fault !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechey Posted 20 January 2018 Author Share Posted 20 January 2018 2 minutes ago, NotTheMarketLeader said: He’s had two good games and been awful ever since. Kingy rightly gets stick for sideways or backwards passing, but Iborra seems no different in this respect. Im disappointed in him so far. He made more forwards passes than anyone else on the pitch last game though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 3 minutes ago, Stopper said: Surely Iborra injured. Can’t see Fuchs and Benny on bench if not ! Why? He isn’t a defender. Puel prefers silva on the bench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 Unchanged side?http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/42668184?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5a634d3ece7984064b4484e9%26Team news%26&ns_fee=0#post_5a634d3ece7984064b4484e9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 I wasn't very impressed by Iborra against Fleetwood, but I would have had him on the bench. Claude obviously likes what he sees from James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M0901 Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 Oh I hate it when people state "he always plays it sideways/backwards". Not being funny but if you're a centre midfielder and you've got no options ahead of you, you look for the man next to you, if not there then behind you. The name of the game is keeping possession and finding the quickest way forward. You're not going to find a killer forward pass every bloody time are you? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john ridley Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 No King in the squad, no one to blame if it goes pear shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPinCarolina Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 Matty James being given a fair opportunity to shine. Hopefully he can continue to stake his claim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertstreet Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 Just now, john ridley said: No King in the squad, no one to blame if it goes pear shape. i'm blaming this new diabetes guy if we don't win 12-0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 Matter of time before James gets injured again so Iborra and Silva will be in very soon. Presume theyll both probably play next weekend id imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 Just now, Tuna said: I wasn't very impressed by Iborra against Fleetwood, but I would have had him on the bench. Claude obviously likes what he sees from James. To be fair James was great last week and Silva impressed midweek. Iborra also got the full 90 in the cup. It’s brilliant to see that we can leave a player like Iborra out of the squad and still have both a good starting partnership and a class player on the bench. It creates competition among the squad which improves performances. Certainly I feel Shinji and Albrighton reacted very well to bring dropped and returned to the starting 11 playing better than ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 10 minutes ago, rachhere said: Strange that Iborra isn't in there. I don't think there's any doubt he's proved himself to be honest, so can only assume that there's some injury concern. Yes, I wonder if he is being handled with care. Maybe a niggling injury that occassionaly blows up... I actually thought we would be seeing Iborra/ndidi/Silva..midfield spread, with James an occasional slot in.. Not even on the Bench, mmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 Diabaté not just for the dev squad then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotTheMarketLeader Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Beechey said: He made more forwards passes than anyone else on the pitch last game though. Maybe because VC was dropping so deep to unnecessarily take the ball from defenders. From there the only way is forwards. No coincidence maybe that our best ‘footballing’ performance of the season last week didn’t include Iborra. The midfield duo there let Dragovic and Maguire play out themselves thus freeing up more players to enable us to dominate. Edited 20 January 2018 by NotTheMarketLeader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 3 minutes ago, NotTheMarketLeader said: Maybe because VC was dropping so deep to unnecessarily take the ball from defenders. From there the only way is forwards. No coincidence maybe that our best ‘footballing’ performance of the season last week didn’t include Iborra. The midfield duo there let Dragovic and Maguire play out themselves thus freeing up more players to enable us to dominate. Hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 Puel clearly thinks its a waste to have 2 CM's on the bench. That doesnt mean Diabate or Benalouanne are higher in the pecking order, it means Silva, James and Ndidi are and I might actually agree with that. We have great options, im just waiting for a game where we line up with 5 CMs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechey Posted 20 January 2018 Author Share Posted 20 January 2018 1 minute ago, NotTheMarketLeader said: Maybe because VC was dropping so deep to unnecessarily take the ball from defenders. From there the only way is forwards. No coincidence maybe that our best ‘footballing’ performance of the season last week didn’t include Iborra. The midfield duo there let Dragovic and Maguire play out themselves thus freeing up more players to enable us to dominate. "... he plays so many balls backwards" "he played so many balls forwards because ..." Think you're getting your message confused here. Iborra is a holding midfielder, he moves deep and plays others in. Him moving towards the CBs allows the FBs to move forwards, with the assurance that we're not going to be left open at the back. It works much better with Okazaki because he drops back into midfield to replenish it to a 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 20 minutes ago, Swan Lesta said: As far as Iborra is concerned you are an actual blind person. He had a weak first half with stray passes against Chelsea but you’ve missed completely how he controlled the play, used space, turned players, saved Amartey more than once and pulled the strings. It was one of his worst performances but the way you slated him after the game was a bit daft mate to be honest. Errrm he didn't play against Chelsea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 20 January 2018 Share Posted 20 January 2018 Diabete actually half decent then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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