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Mate, we had Dembele who fans wanted gone for years before they finally changed their tune.
Mourinho knows the talent he has on his hands. He's said as much.
It’s so scary that he destroyed Amiens?
Janssen scored about 400 goals in a season against similar.
Means little here though
To be fair, it's probably best to base it on who they perform against and if they can do it in consistent seasons.
Janssen managed 27 goals in a top flight season once. Before that, he had never played in the top flight and since then he's only managed 11 goals in 4 seasons of top flight football.
Janssen was always a risky signing, but he was only ever signed to be back up. It wasn't like signing Suarez from the Dutch League, a Van Nistelrooy who had both done it in the league consistently as well as in European competitions against better opponents.
But also with Janssen, he wasnt ever truly given a chance. Because he had Kane ahead of him and never really had other qualities that Kane didn't have (he wasn't pacey for example) - he only started 7 league games for us in his debut season and was involved in 4 goals. (2 goals and 2 assists)
Ndombele had done it consistently for 2 seasons in the French League (which let's be honest, is of higher quality than the Dutch league) - usually playing considerably well, not just against the best in his domestic league (PSG, Monaco) but some of the best in Europe (Man City, Barcelona)
There was nothing wrong with signing Ndombele for the price we did. Its the going rate for a potential world class midfielder.
The problem is likely with him and his fitness. Whether that's an ongoing injury that truly prevents him from training and getting as fit we need or whether that's a deep lying issue with him personally that's demotivated him, I have no idea.
But we, as supporters, need to back him and obviously the manager and the club need to sit down and see how they can truly get the best out of him.
Who covers for the DM whilst they're covering ND?
(I get your point, but it's not so much about positional cover as it is workload/energy levels.)
Will never enjoy himself under the current tactics being employed. To sit in on our own 18 yard and smash it up the pitch to any quicker fucker who can run
He was hacked at and roughed up repeatedly by Chelsea. They never picked up a yellow for any of it while he was on the field. Prem refereeing is not favorable to his style of play. Mou should consider making this an issue in his press conferences. I truly believe refs for whatever reason are giving our opponents the benefit of the doubt far too often, at our expense.
Apparently using no DM is better than using an average one.
And as you can see by our performances, that is so correct.
Oh wait
Come to the decision that he should be coming on from the bench for the rest of the season.
Far more effective against a tired defence than one fresh at the start of the game.
Far more effective against a tired defence than one fresh at the start of the game.
This must be the most ironic post of the decade
Soldado and Janssen could actually run about and not look knackered after 2 mins.
I'm sure if we put Maradonna in our team he could still produce a silky turn and a slide rule pass, doesn't change the fact's he is too old and fat to play.
How many months has Ndombele had to get fit now? He arrived in the summer.
Sorry but its still a mans game, he got a few tackles on him but nothing excessive. He needs to man up.
I don't care if he's latin with a ponytail, African, Asian, North American or Mr fucking blobby.
He isn't fit enough to play PL football, I question if he would be fit enough to play a full 90 for the White Swan on a Sunday afternoon. therefore he is either unprofessional or has some kind of medical condition that should have been identified by the medical department.
Either way in his current condition he is no use to us, and as we aren't a club that can throw 60 million around on duds and we don't have time to pander to him due to our injuries its a big problem.
Agree Chelsea did nothing to him that was out of the ordinary. I had an office conversation with a couple of folks here at work whom both had no real idea of whom Ndombele was nor when we got him. And the most damming comment was “you wouldn’t want him in your fantasy team would you?” While that’s funny, it’s also quite shameful. :mourfacepalm:
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Not sure why you tagged in a comment that is explicitly referencing someone else saying he is like Eriksen in the tackle. Hence debating what kind of player is and the perception of him. As he is coming back from injury its obvious he is not fit enough, as it's his first season he gets time to adapt.our problems as a side are not about N'dombele. Guess it's a general rant, I can dig that.
Bruno Fernandes has the same amount of goals Ndombele had in his opening 3 games for the club. Both play in different positions as well.
I like Bruno, I like Ndombele. Very early to say who will do well and who won't. Tanguy has issues, plenty of players have dips due to that but you can't deny the lad clearly has talent.