faaip wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:38 pm
That's where we differ, I think we have a proper #9 and 9 goals in 10 games playing time tends to agree with that, lethal on his left and in the air, less so on his right
Rodrigo has done fantastically well, two sublime finishes today, he is only two away from our top goalscorer of last season, Raphinha with 11 goals. I always thought we had Rodders down as a No.10, but I suppose he is now playing in the position he played for Spain when we signed him.
Marsch has definitely improved Rodrigo.
Happy I still have Rodrigo in my Fantasy League team
1964white wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 7:54 pm
Rodrigo has done fantastically well, two sublime finishes today, he is only two away from our top goalscorer of last season, Raphinha with 11 goals. I always thought we had Rodders down as a No.10, but I suppose he is now playing in the position he played for Spain when we signed him.
Marsch has definitely improved Rodrigo.
Happy I still have Rodrigo in my Fantasy League team
I thought 10 goals would be a good season for him, but now I think it'd be terrible.
He's finally starting to pay back his fee. His goals v Norwich and Wolves kept us up too. Good to see.
andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 7:45 pm
Villa and Wolves have appointed top calibre coaches that have been at the highest level. You know they'll get financial backing too.
Everton might appoint a top calibre coach before January too.
1964white wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 7:46 pm
Adams allowed Davies & Bentancur on the edge of box to have shots under no pressure for their goals, stood there ball-watching, the silly challenge for his second yellow wasn't clever too.
I'll look for that on the replay then. I didn't catch it during live action.
Had someone told me 4 years ago we would be in the premier league with Liam cooper as a starter I would of thought they had gone stark raving bonkers - he has been a fine servant for the club but enough is enough he needs to be replaced and take llorente with him. The club could even do it on the cheap, replace cooper with struijk and hjelde as backup and buy a decent bloody left back - shop in the championship if neccersay but it needs sorting.
CHAPELALLMAN wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:52 pm
Probably because he's using the same defenders that the previous manager used when he also had a bad defensive record...
Who else do we have though? Because we stood still last season, rather than buy midfielders, we had to buy midfielders this year. So now we're still short up front and in defence.
1964white wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:11 pm
Only victories in two home games against Forest & Southampton both 1-0, scoring 8 goals in 15 matches.
They are dire!
A lot think they'll stay up solely because of Lopetegui, but he has 'sacked in March with caretaker for the rest of the season' written all over it imo.
With 15 mins to go the game was still in our hands and was there to be won.
Our midfield had run itself into the ground at that point - Aaronson and Roca in particular who were running on fumes. We didn't have the depth off the bench to close it out.
Jimmy, Gnonto, Joffy, Greenwood, Perkins all saw game time - that speaks volumes.
Squad is still 3 or 4 short. Hope the 49ers don't make any takeover noise before the next window as Radz won't put his hands anywhere near his pockets.
Pullhard wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:14 pm
With 15 mins to go the game was still in our hands and was there to be won.
Our midfield had run itself into the ground at that point - Aaronson and Roca in particular who were running on fumes. We didn't have the depth off the bench to close it out.
Jimmy, Gnonto, Joffy, Greenwood, Perkins all saw game time - that speaks volumes.
Squad is still 3 or 4 short. Hope the 49ers don't make any takeover noise before the next window as Radz won't put his hands anywhere near his pockets.
Yep. A lot getting excited by u21s on the bench, but it just shows there's no depth. Well add Sini, Harrison and Klich and it starts to look better on paper, but two have been poor this season.
CHAPELALLMAN wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:52 pm
Probably because he's using the same defenders that the previous manager used when he also had a bad defensive record...
What was the excuse at Leipzig?
Or at Salzburg where his 33 and 34 conceded was the highest for 5 seasons or in the seasons since?
No better than what we already have in the u21s.