cropstonfox Posted 1 October 2021 Share Posted 1 October 2021 21 hours ago, Collymore said: Total opposites. Yes sorry Mendy is quicker and can pass. Both championship standard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyrobot Posted 1 October 2021 Share Posted 1 October 2021 With Ndidi out Soumare’s going to get a chance to play in a deeper role as he was playing in France. He’s got big boots to fill tho, Ndidi’s tackling stats are off the scale. Brendan’s either got to risk him in the role and bring Maddison back in or if he doesn’t trust Soumare can do the CDM role alone then he’ll have to do a double CDM pivot. With our best alternative back up CDM not even given a squad place (Mendy) then it would have to be Choudhury and that doesn’t fill me with any confidence, particularly with the shambles going on behind the CDM’s with our current centre back woes. Could be a painful watch on Sunday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 1 October 2021 Share Posted 1 October 2021 20 hours ago, adam said: Should of kept Praet and used the money on a right winger that would of actually improved the first 11. Not a fan of Lookman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 1 October 2021 Share Posted 1 October 2021 23 hours ago, Steve_Walsh5 said: What’s his game supposed to be? Box to box midfielder, a ball winning midfielder, a playmaker who can pick a pass? Genuinely not sure what his role in the starting 11 is. ...all of the above...!!! He needs to get up to speed and he has to put his stamp on the game himself but that won't happen until he is comfortable with his play. Rodgers attempt to play him ahead of Tielemans is not the right move. He operates between the Backline and the opposition's last third. No point in bringing him in and asking him to play a different way. We know what he is good at, just let him get on with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadno'r Cymoedd Posted 1 October 2021 Share Posted 1 October 2021 My way too early take too. Haven't seen enough off the guy to make a considered judgement. Ditto Daka, KDH or even Lookman. Hope they flourish. Vestergaard on the other hand. Shite. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasPb Posted 1 October 2021 Share Posted 1 October 2021 45 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Not a fan of Lookman? lookman is a lw that can play on the right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoveValleyFox Posted 2 October 2021 Share Posted 2 October 2021 10 hours ago, NasPb said: lookman is a lw that can play on the right Or even a LW who can play RW who is generally left on the bench. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 2 October 2021 Share Posted 2 October 2021 Man Utd. paid 73 million for a "winger" but would sooner play Greenwood who cost nowt. Its about time we got over this. Lookman looks promising whatever you call him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post baldeagle Posted 3 October 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 3 October 2021 Thought he did well when he came on , cut out no end of through balls . 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigga Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 Watch it again, look at his positioning when the oppo are attacking.. stood in no mans land most of the time when he is supposed to be shielding the back four.. he did do well the last few minutes think it says plenty though that Hamza started in front of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta2014 Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 Feels abit like Praet in not sure why sort of midfielder he really is and where he fits in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyrobot Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 He’s better than Choudhury is a fact that most of us would agree with, unfortunately not Brendan today. Soumare is not Ndidi but he’s our best CDM alternative now Mendy is out of the frame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 3 minutes ago, funkyrobot said: He’s better than Choudhury is a fact that most of us would agree with, unfortunately not Brendan today. Soumare is not Ndidi but he’s our best CDM alternative now Mendy is out of the frame. Mendy played 60 minutes for the U23s this week. Could be back after the break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 4 minutes ago, funkyrobot said: He’s better than Choudhury is a fact that most of us would agree with, unfortunately not Brendan today. Soumare is not Ndidi but he’s our best CDM alternative now Mendy is out of the frame. Have you seen a lot of him at Lille then? We haven’t seem nearly enough of him here to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 1 minute ago, Webbo said: Mendy played 60 minutes for the U23s this week. Could be back after the break. He’s not in any squad Webbo ….. Mandy’s availability on here is up there with the AFCON memes …… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 Just now, st albans fox said: He’s not in any squad Webbo ….. Mandy’s availability on here is up there with the AFCON memes …… Fair enough, didn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonFox Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 17 minutes ago, Rigga said: Watch it again, look at his positioning when the oppo are attacking.. stood in no mans land most of the time when he is supposed to be shielding the back four.. he did do well the last few minutes think it says plenty though that Hamza started in front of him. He didn’t start because he played 90 on Thursday after 65 the Sunday before. You could see he was knackered in the Burnley game and also by the end of the Warsaw game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mucfox Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 imo - the slowest player in the PL and speed is the most important attribute as a professional 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverollo Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 2 minutes ago, mucfox said: imo - the slowest player in the PL and speed is the most important attribute as a professional Rubbish, that tag goes to another one of our players. Speed…..ask Wolves fans about Adama. We’ve not seen anywhere near enough of him to make a proper call. It took Kante nearly 10 games to really start imposing himself, different style of player though. He’s had moments when he has shown some class 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockmyster Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 Think I've finally worked him out today. He's just so ploddy off the ball and as much as he works it just means he can't impose himself on a game like Wilf or Hamza can from workrate alone. If he's not up with play he doesn't have the mobility to get involved with it really, he can't be played and relied upon as the "defensive" option in a midfield 2 as I'd argue that's his least effective job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 1 minute ago, brockmyster said: Think I've finally worked him out today. He's just so ploddy off the ball and as much as he works it just means he can't impose himself on a game like Wilf or Hamza can from workrate alone. If he's not up with play he doesn't have the mobility to get involved with it really, he can't be played and relied upon as the "defensive" option in a midfield 2 as I'd argue that's his least effective job. So he should be written off already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockmyster Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 1 minute ago, Dahnsouff said: So he should be written off already? I mean you've jumped at a conclusion there Christ. I merely stated he shouldn't be played as the defensive option, no point is that writing him off is it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 3 minutes ago, brockmyster said: I mean you've jumped at a conclusion there Christ. I merely stated he shouldn't be played as the defensive option, no point is that writing him off is it! Sorry, read the negative into your post, but didn’t get the more positive aspect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyrobot Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 2 hours ago, st albans fox said: Have you seen a lot of him at Lille then? We haven’t seem nearly enough of him here to know His team won the French league beating PSG, Soumare got rave reviews playing in either a CDM or CM role. The fact is at the moment his only competition for the CDM role (assuming Amartey is now only considered a defender) is Choudhury and he has to be a better overall option than Hamza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 3 October 2021 Share Posted 3 October 2021 20 minutes ago, funkyrobot said: His team won the French league beating PSG, Soumare got rave reviews playing in either a CDM or CM role. The fact is at the moment his only competition for the CDM role (assuming Amartey is now only considered a defender) is Choudhury and he has to be a better overall option than Hamza. I don’t think Brendan sees him as a wilf clone ……he seems to want him to be box to box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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