Still could be the man for us.
Waiting and hoping he sparks into action.
Waiting and hoping he sparks into action.
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A few deft touches and flicks today and desperately trying to wind up Walker.
Should have been awarded the penalty against Walker, but ultimately very disappointing.
OK he's coming back from injury, but where is the player of 18 months ago?
Should have been awarded the penalty against Walker, but ultimately very disappointing.
OK he's coming back from injury, but where is the player of 18 months ago?
Ridiculous statement! What exactly are you expecting a player to do when we have 8/9 behind the ball?
He was great today, both with and without the ball. Thought he had a poor first 10 mins or so, there were a few City players who ran off him (same said for the majority of our other players, we needed to sort and organise ourselves better, which we did).
Needs to play higher up the pitch I think, that’s where he played 18 months ago.
His killer attacking instinct is being wasted in midfield although we’re not playing him there out of choice.
He doesn't play well without Kane it's that's simple for me and vice versa. No coincidence that both have been miss firing this season when they have barely played together.
That and the injuries I should add haven't helped them both either
That and the injuries I should add haven't helped them both either
I thought he had a poor game. Not a CM for my money. Best suited to playing in the 3 of a 4-2-3-1.
Been disappointed with his performances since he returned to the team.
Like always he gives his all but needs to spark into life so that we can benefit from his mercurial talent.
Like always he gives his all but needs to spark into life so that we can benefit from his mercurial talent.
Can’t agree. If you’re playing that deep, I’m looking at Sissoko, Winks and recently Wanyama for inspiration:
Not getting much from Dele.
Be honest, for someone playing that deep, he’s not getting stuck in, and he’s not creating.
Minus the flicks, what did he actually do?
If Skipp had an identical performance I highly doubt everyone would be saying how brilliant he was.
Nothing, really.
Dele was good yesterday imo.
He absolutely "got stuck in". He pressed City relentlessly. He's not a Wanyama, so don't expect that of him (Winks isn't too).
He played box to box, without the ball was actually part of an effective midfield block that where he was instrumental in pressing City into mistakes for our attacks (so, he was deep and yet still was able to support our attacks, that's impressive in itself, but did this with a broken wrist/hand too!!).
His first 10mins I thought he struggled positionally, City players were running off him during this time but after that, did they do so again? I don't think so.
I much prefer him pushed on but we didn't have the personnel to do that, Poch is developing a number of our key players into more than one labelled role or function. Our best players, our most used players all play at least 3 positions now!!!
This is good.
No, he didn't. It was a sleepy affair, City were sluggish, and we were very sluggish indeed. The way we played yesterday was kinda similar to how Palace played against us a couple of weeks ago.
Nah, he really shouldn't have. Only very desperate people would claim that was a penalty. The least deliberate handball I have ever seen.
Clip 1. I don't want our players doing this 20m outside the area with only Alderweireld and Vertonghen as cover. Not against a side of City's quality.
Clip 2. Showboating flicks such as this can wait until we're 3-0 up. Not when we're seeking an equaliser.
He's coming back from injury OK - but no more than average yesterday (as was probably the entire team except Foyth).