Yes, minor ankle injury - almost fit again
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What are the chances of him playing in (semi) final?
He can settle down now Sherwood and Ferdinand have stopped telling him he's singing for Real every day
Four years and he just seems to be getting better and better. Lots more to come from him. Feels like he's just scratched the surface of what he can achieve with us.
I remember last year when he got banned.
A lot of people were saying we are more than a one man team and we wouldn't miss him, or dele. We'd be fine.
Dembele is not even that creative. He also doesn't score much.
Yet we miss him.
We miss him because of his ball winning, his strength on the ball, his his ability to hold onto the ball and beat the odd player or two. His passing never usually goes astray either.
This allows the others more space and time.
I hope he comes back stronger than ever and ups his scoring.
A lot of people were saying we are more than a one man team and we wouldn't miss him, or dele. We'd be fine.
Dembele is not even that creative. He also doesn't score much.
Yet we miss him.
We miss him because of his ball winning, his strength on the ball, his his ability to hold onto the ball and beat the odd player or two. His passing never usually goes astray either.
This allows the others more space and time.
I hope he comes back stronger than ever and ups his scoring.
From being a ghost to being a pivot. What a player, his absence is harshly felt
My guess is that we won't see Dier, Dembele and Wanyama together. I'm expecting Mousa to generally play, with one of Dier or Wanyama playing the more defensive role. I agree Victor's been great so far, and I could well be completely wrong. Be interesting to see how it pans out. In some games I'd love to see Winks get a kick too.
Basically we miss him because he can control the game. With Dembele we are able to dominate midfield. Without him we have issues doing that.
Gibbsy would be fucking insufferable.
When is he back, anyways?
Without him we lack a player who can run/dribble the ball past a first/second layer of defense. Also, it doesn't look as though we're getting the best from Dier at the moment. Whether Dier is out of form or he finds it hard to work with Wanyama I don't know. Defensively they haven't offered the cover you'd expect from two def mids of that calibre. In my opinion it looked as though we improved against Liverpool when Alli replaced Dier at CM.
I've got it on good authority that Elton John predicted the sin binning of Gibbsy back in the 70s.
"We'll come again next Thursday afternoon
The in-laws hope they'll see you very soon
But is it in your conscience that you're after
Another glimpse of the madman across the water"
- Elton John , Madman across the water ,1971.