I know new players need time but other than some tidy passing Dahoud looks pretty useless. Nowhere near enough work off the ball or helping out defensively. Like someone said, looks like another Davey Propper.
Sorry you’re right. A novice Hinshelwood who led to a 6-1 defeat, a Dahoud who he doesn’t trust (understandably) v Villa, and a totally raw Baleba who gifted possession away like he was giving sweets to children v Chelsea are much better options right now than a 7/10 performer in many premier...
Shearer on MOTD saying our midfield got BULLIED today. He is totally right and RDZ has to take responsibility for the team selection. A total novice and a striker at CAM alongside a Gilmour who gifted the ball to Villa for several goals with the support. This amount of rotation has to stop.
I tend to think it’s because we’ve all seen him put in very competent performances in centre midfield with our own eyes. Certainly better than anything I’ve yet seen from Dahoud, or Hinsh today .
If our CM options are really down to the bare bones to make RDZ select todays first 11 is there anyone that doesn’t think Alzate would have been an improvement? Even looking at Dahoud and Baleba Wednesday I struggle to believe Alzate wouldn’t have been an upgrade in the short term. Tenacity and...
You can’t really just replace a £115m CDM like for like and we bought Baleba who fits our model of potential with the right attributes. We can’t just stockpile players in the squad.
This excuse pees me off. We have played a grand total of ONE game more than the rest of the league. How at this point are we not used to playing so many games? I could understand if we were half way through the season.