Winks is a good player, he runs his knackers off every game and is a good passer of the ball. I don’t have any problem with him being our first choice midfielder. But playing him as the deepest player in the diamond, just doesn’t work.
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If he can't play dm what can he play?? He can't make through passes consistently, doesn't create chances, never scores, can't dribbleCome on, don't kill the guy for that game.
It is absolutely PAINFULLY OBVIOUS that he was played in the wrong position and given wrong instructions!
Why the f*ck do we play him as lowest of the CMs / in DM position?!? HE IS NOT A DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER (no matter how many times bus-conductor says he is). And we had a defensive midfielder on the bench. Why not use him to shield our defense?!?
But no, Poch has to stick to his fantasy world that has nothing to do with reality anymore.
If we throw
- Winks under the bus because he can't play DM
- Sanchez under the bus because he can't play RB
- Sissoko because he is not adequate person to take the shot
- Alli because he has not enough pace to be a winger
- Ndombele because he is not defensive minded
Then who will we have left at the end of the day?!?
It is managers task to pick a tactics+gameplan and players who suit into it. Poch is just blindly pushing square pegs into round holes making so many of our players looking worse then they are.
So either we ship out Winks, Sanchez, Sissoko, Alli on top of Eriksen, Toby, Jan (whose contract end) on top of Wanyama, Aurier and Rose who are just not good enough... then who we have left?!?!
Or could we maybe get in a manager who would assemble our starting XI based on their strenghts not to blind and stubborn belief?!?
He is liable to take as many as 8 touches before passing the ball. He shouldn't be taking more than 2. He is absolutely killing our tempo in possession. The only type of pass he is comfortable playing is short, and on the deck, typically non-progressive. He can't play balls over the top, he cannot reliably switch the play, he rarely breaks the lines-it's awful stuff.If he can't play dm what can he play?? He can't make through passes consistently, doesn't create chances, never scores, can't dribble
If he can't play dm what can he play?? He can't make through passes consistently, doesn't create chances, never scores, can't dribble
Ball recycler.He can play a role of tempo-controlling CM (don't know how to phrase it better).
Winks is not a good DM, he is not strong enough in the tackle, he doesn't sense where the danger is going to be, spends too much energy shadow chasing the ball around our third of the pitch
Whenever they pressed, he gifted them the ball in some very dangerous positions. We need Dier or some other midfielder back to help Sissoko/Ndombele. This Winks experiment like the Mason experiment has been a huge failure.they were on him in a flash, he was obviously identified as the player to press, either because they felt he could make things happen or would fold under pressure. Wasn't his best game last night but he did look to be the focus of their attentions.
Makes me feel, if I can see it why can't the manager?
Whenever they pressed, he gifted them the ball in some very dangerous positions. We need Dier or some other midfielder back to help Sissoko/Ndombele. This Winks experiment like the Mason experiment has been a huge failure.
Please don’t start with the silly bollocks. He got dispossessed once, as did Sissoko, Ndombele, Rose, Vertonghen - Aurier twice.
Bayern just pressed much better than we did.
Like Dier would be have been any better receiving the ball with two men up his arse 5 yards outside our box?
We need a proper 6, have done for a long time. Dier isn’t one.
What do you mean dispossessed once. He kept passing the ball to them repeatedly.Please don’t start with the silly bollocks. He got dispossessed once, as did Sissoko, Ndombele, Rose, Vertonghen - Aurier twice.
Bayern just pressed much better than we did.
Like Dier would be have been any better receiving the ball with two men up his arse 5 yards outside our box?
We need a proper 6, have done for a long time. Dier isn’t one.
How convenient that everything you happen to disagree with is a silly, 'kneejerk' reaction, like our team underperforming for 10 months straight...Winks has had numerous good games this season, so slating his only season based on this particular game is knee-jerking once again.
If we're gonna play three in the middle, I'd like to see Dier holding with Winks and Ndombele either side. It will bring out more of Winks' strengths and give us the cover our defence desperately needs. If we're not gonna buy a new DM, we can only hope Dier rediscovers his form from a couple of years ago.