So he does have a right foot too!
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[Albion] Dunk's low driving cross-field pass
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So he does have a right foot too!
Three passes on this very thread that go some way to explaining why he'll be in the England squad for the World Cup. All three passes are in the same class as the one from Frank de Boer to Dennis Bergkamp when the Dutch beat Argentina in the world cup. This one:
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On that basis then half the league is underachieving this season so far......
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Sheebo
Well-known member
- Jul 13, 2003
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It really is the last time I make a very, very basic and easy to understand joke on NSC
Thanks Trig!
Yes but you also need to look at goals conceded. We're averaging just over a goal a game there (agree we need a few more though) - Liverpool finished 4th last season with a similar ratio (42), and Arsenal 5th (44). If we continue to maintain a more or less neutral GD, closest to that last year were Southampton (-7) and West Brom (-8) - who finished 8th and 10th respectively (scoring 41 & 43 - so also similar to our scoring rate). Best of the bottom 3 were Boro on -26, scoring 27 and conceding 53. Genuinely don't see our GD looking anything like that with the defence we have.
I think that's about right, some decent teams have shocked us with how poorly they've started the season.
Given that we weren't able to bring in the striker we'd hoped for, we've done pretty well and 10 goals isn't bad. Don't you agree that our team is based on team ethic, organisation and a solid defence though?
Totally agree with last sentence but i don't think we need to up our goals scored comparitively to goals conceded at the moment.
On the other hand I'm slightly concerned with how little we create ....
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That was larus's point (that we're built on a solid denfence), which I was agreeing with.
We've played 10, scored 10.
Gazwag
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I literally can't stop making Dunk gifs.
As good a pass as De Bruyne has hit this season
Cool - I meant we're conceding just over a goal a game (11 in 10)....so currently heading towards a season end GD of about -5........
I'd be more than happy with -4 at the end of the season.
It seems you're basically agreeing with what larus said too.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Looking at the way Southampton play and where they are in the league, I don't worry about goal-scoring opportunities as much.
One thing that I think might be a factor come the January transfer window is that we will be a much more attractive proposition for a striker looking to join us than we were in August. We've shown that we can hold our own in this league and also that we have plenty of players who can provide the passes and crosses for an out-and-out striker.
Maybe, just maybe not signing a striker earlier this year could turn out to be a blessing in disguise in the long run.
Only had a quick flick back but couldn't see a team relegated with a GD of better than -17 in the last 20 years, and most have been well over -20
As long as we can keep going as we have, there's a long way to go between now and then.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Yeah, good point.
I literally can't stop making Dunk gifs.
They are great, but not quite up to the Gif Dude's very high standards.
Just to be mentioned in the same breath is an honour.
Marc Vaughan
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- Oct 30, 2017
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I think Dunk is a great asset to the team and he's come a long way very quickly ... still getting accustomed to the Premiership but against teams without excessive pace our defense looks very competant in the main.
In case people haven't seen it there was a one-man-one-game report on Dunk earlier this season which I thought was quite interesting.
https://everyteamneedsaron.com/2017/08/31/one-man-one-game-lewis-dunk-vs-leicester-city-19082017/
In case people haven't seen it there was a one-man-one-game report on Dunk earlier this season which I thought was quite interesting.
https://everyteamneedsaron.com/2017/08/31/one-man-one-game-lewis-dunk-vs-leicester-city-19082017/
A joke? Care to explain it? - I still can't see it. No matter how many times you replay that clip from MOTD, Jenas still mentions 6'4"...........at least twice.