He is very frantic, needs to slow down and think. He reminds me of a kid playing in the playground, just following the ball.

Fair enough but one thing that I noticed on the highlights was how deep Boro's centre halves were when Piroe came on and I'm putting that down to Joseph pushing them back for the first 70 mins. Also Joseph had one excellent piece of play first half which resulted in Aaronson putting Dan James in on ...

andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 6:28 pm Another thought. There may be an agreed playing time with Solomon being on loan. Just a thought. But maybe Farke wants to ensure he doesn't lose him in January.

I, as a rule, hate loan players.

I imagine DF will be furious. Tanaka has played the most switches of play. Plays more long passes Creates more chances More crosses Has more expected assists. Than Amps. It's simply not on. And making an attacking run is absolutely ludicrous, extra laps in training I'm sure and lines. All of which ...

Gotta love superstition

Jammy 07 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 5:21 pm Ampedu looked a little rusty when coming on last night in my opinion plus Rothwell, Tanaka & Aaronson have earn't the right to keep the shirt for now.

Wouldn't earn't be earn not?

andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 5:14 pm I don't get that feeling. When he got injured he looked like the best of our 4 wingers. I just think he's the least match fit of the 4.

Only one way to get match fit and if that were the case (best winger, not match fit) then he's first man on at 70 for Gnonto.

andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 5:04 pm I think Farke is just taking it slow on Ramazani, not rushing his return unnecessarily. 68 minutes was probably longer tha he wanted to risk him yesterday.

I think Rama is ready and raring to go, he's just well down the pecking order.

Heard quite a bit of praise for Piroe and Solomon's impact The truth is we just have that luxury of bringing on top quality players to play against tiring defences. It could equally be James, Gnonto, or Ramazani coming off the bench to make a big impact. Hoping we'll now be adding Ampadu to the mix ...

John in Louisiana wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 1:00 pm Tanaka (If I have hear that idiot announcer call him Tannika one more time I'll go nuts)
James
Aaronson
Rothwell
Rodon
Meslier

For me it was a very tough call between Tanaka and James. Both were outstanding.

Tana-ka

1964white wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 10:19 am Thank you, Hector for starting the post-match polls

Where were my regular helpers?

I give CJay a few minutes as we have posted at the same time before, but Hector had them up very quickly. In fact 3 minutes after kick off it seems

Sean_Nile wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 10:29 am IMG_20241211_122724.jpg

They're too late ... Saying that, that looks like lager so it's not beer

Cjay wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 12:12 pm A midfielder making runs into the box and getting assists and creating chances



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Looking forward to him as the 8 when Amps gets the 4 back... he'll have license to do that a lot more

+ Joseph prancing like a young wild Andalusian stallion. Free untameable spirit galloping though defences, a winged Pegasus creating chaos in his wake... who needs 4 horses for the apocalypse when our one raging stallion will do. - Energy is in the hair and the tight braids of Joseph contain that ...

1964white wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 11:42 am Watching the game again, Joseph should have buried that chance, a strikers' goal.

Defender got the first touch

andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2024 1:33 am He played some at RB in preseason. Farke was definitely preparing him as a back up option.

I just think it was a case of get him on where we can for game time.

You know, that will be interesting to follow. So far, Mateo appears to breeze International U21s but fails to score in men’s football at sub-Premier level. Piroe is proven at Championship level, has he had an International career? Not sure about Piroe in Internationals, But Joseph is still a kid. ...

Joseph's ceiling is higher than Piroe's who's likely at his peak as a championship forward

He's a really talented kid tbf, he's created more chances than Gnonto in less minutes and has a better goal involvement ratio. Wober did really well. Disagree on Piroe, he's more intelligent than Joseph, tired legs is irrelevant. Disagree with that, I like both tbf. Both are startable but I don't ...

SG90 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 10:14 pm He's alright, but like most young players, gets hyped up for doing one decent thing. The fact he's from Liverpool probably adds to the overhype too.

I don't think Doak is better than Joffy. Joffy can play like that if he got game time week in week out