I was following the thread nicely till you derailed it with that comment.Another thread derailed / dominated by Swansman
I was following the thread nicely till you derailed it with that comment.Another thread derailed / dominated by Swansman
Can I be the first to say that he should have shot to the near post? Raya had a lot of ground to make up, it would have had to travel less distance, and was the most likely place for him to score.
None of this detracts from how well he's seized his opportunity. I haven't had the highest of hopes for him, but he's been very good in pre-season and the energy and intensity he's provided from the bench this season has been hugely impressive. He made a couple of errors yesterday but, for the most part, was highly competent and in no way overawed by the occasion. His pressing and intensity was again very good, and he won the ball back a good number of times.
According to sky sports, He Didn't even lift his head up to see where the keeper was.I would like to think he saw the keeper had committed himself by diving to the left so he tried put it across the keeper to his right
I mentioned this on another thread. I think Raya got up quick and Ayari tried giving him the eyes to whip it back to the far corner. Didn’t work out unfortunately.
someone who is better than Billy Gilmour, who was apparently shipped out because he's not good enough to get us to Europe.
You're doing him a lot of favours here. What I saw was a head down panicky scuff.I mentioned this on another thread. I think Raya got up quick and Ayari tried giving him the eyes to whip it back to the far corner. Didn’t work out unfortunately.
A side foot power placement into the opposite corner would have been 2-1 (maybe).You're doing him a lot of favours here. What I saw was a head down panicky scuff.
He doesn't play the Gilmour position so not sure a comparison is fair on either player. If we had been able to bring Gilmour on instead alongside Baleba we would have had two pivot midfielders on the pitch, rather than the one pivot and one attacking midfielder that Hurzeler wanted. Just the way it is.Yes, Yasin Ayari has improved remarkably in the last three days, going from a player most of NSC would have been happy to see loaned out to someone who is better than Billy Gilmour, who was apparently shipped out because he's not good enough to get us to Europe. Narrative bending and tinted glasses has made him go from a Championship midfielder to a semi-regular starter in a team that people expect to end up top 8 in the PL.
Very happy for him - and us - if this remains the perspective throughout the season and not only now when it is a strong desire to see every move he does as if he's the next Alexis Mac Allister.
I like Ayari and think he could become a good player, but the honeymoon factor here is very strong: imo, Ayari playing a lot of PL football is a real weakness and Wieffer/Baleba/Milner/O'Reily/Hinshelwood (and Gilmour for that matter) are all better than him by a fair margin. I'm hoping to be proved wrong and that he's super good etc. like every new/fresh player always is until they're not.
Really hope Wieffer & some left back are back after the international break. Baleba and Ayari worked really hard but none of them are able to be the "engine" on PL level. Hinshelwood or Wieffer needs to be there or contol/chance creation is going to be a problem every game.
I mean, yes it was a poor finish, he missed a huge target, no need for any more analysis than that.You're doing him a lot of favours here. What I saw was a head down panicky scuff.
I was loving it until you derailed it with your comment about the comment about it being derailed, which you thought caused the derailmentI was following the thread nicely till you derailed it with that comment.