At age group - and most of the time out on loan - he didn't seem all that much. He's played, successfully, for our first team, far better than many of us ever thought - he's on a breakthrough season, in the view of many who have been watching him play for us.
Well no, he didn't impress in the age groups. Would have been a big ask, eh?
Did me, I was quite concerned how Ipswich grew in confidence as we lost it and went a bit headless chicken late in the game. A bit of composure from Ipswich and we’d have come away with nul point. I actually thought Ayari was probably our most creative player
It’s the two 8 positions that are causing this. They’re so high and wide when we’re attacking that they’re not in a position to press efficiently when the opposition win the ball back. To be honest, it was much better with Ayari in there today rather than Milner, as Baleba had some help at least, but his positioning was still so high.
No not at all. The one attack that concerned me was the Delap one but other than that I felt very comfortable, I didn’t think there was any danger of them scoring, they created nothing really of note.
Did me, I was quite concerned how Ipswich grew in confidence as we lost it and went a bit headless chicken late in the game. A bit of composure from Ipswich and we’d have come away with nul point. I actually thought Ayari was probably our most creative player
The guy with the Lidl Grealish haircut caused us a few problems late on over that side. He came on as a sub.
Yes Ayari playing really high. Almost as a 10 when we had the ball. That said, we were on the front foot for most of the game and theoretically having an extra bod in attack is a good idea in those circumstances. If we put away a few chances in the first half it suddenly makes sense but became a bit wobbly later on as we lost our composure.
I just don’t get this line of argument, which seems to surface every time late flags are discussed. How is the lateness of the flag in any way related to an injury? They could just as easily be injured after an early flag and a quick restart.
200% this. It makes no sense.
The argument is that playing those extra seconds heightens the risk of injury.
Shorten the games to 89 minutes and 43 seconds then, and we can keep the current system where linesmen don't have to make a quick guess if someone is offside or not.
