Since we've been in the top division, Solly has always been a manager's dream in terms of work-rate, willingness to learn and to do any job for the team. I understand that the finish on Tuesday was the result of a bit of advice from today's captain. I have heard that Lallana and Gross are absolute football geeks who obsess about all aspects of the game. Great to have the kind of desire and professionalism all three show at the club.What is RDZ doing to get him to this level and with goals as well
I'm sure that RDZ has helped a great deal, but I think Solly has always been late to mature in terms of confidence. Maybe CH taught a lightweight incredibly quick young lad how to defend, win and protect a ball, GP taught him how to be positionally and tactically aware, and RDZ has convinced him he is a Top top Premier League player ?What is RDZ doing to get him to this level and with goals as well
He is incredible at the moment, but I feel like he's been improving all the time, rather than a sudden change (although I could be wrong)What is RDZ doing to get him to this level and with goals as well
People have been raving about how great Solly is for years.
He's been improving overall, which is why this thread is ridiculous, but RDZ has given him licence to attack and confidence. Potter was playing him as a wing back.
Football can appear simple at times, but it's really not and there are oceans of people who think they understand the game when they're completely clueless. I feel that I understand the game fairly well but I know there are plenty of people here who know it better, and then there are the professionals who know it better than all of us. Yet the idiot fans still believe they know the most.
To be fair, he played well in that position. And the alternative at the time was Burn, who I adore on many levels but was always happy to see not playing as a wing back.
I'm not sure what you mean, Potter didn't always play him at the back, sometimes he was part of a front 3, and I'm sure Potter would have encouraged him to shoot too. We saw him have plenty of poor shots and then he comes up with a worldy against Southampton, which would obviously give him confidence.
Solly was a good wing back, but is definitely playing better now he is further forward. I think he has more confidence knowing he has cover behind
I'm going to reply to this here, because I think we should spend more time on a thread going on about how Solly's f***ing great.
Playing as an attacking wing-back, often going forward, or sometimes in the role as a winger, was what he did for three years before 8 September 2022. On 9 September onwards he spent the last three years playing as a defensive full-back passing the ball to Lewis Dunk for 90 minutes per game.
I don't understand this post. I'm guessing there's some sarcasm but I genuinely don't understand. Can you please explain?
Perhaps but what has enabled him to hit this level ? Seemingly suddenly raising his game another level
Something about Solly being upset by the death of the queen I think. Can't remember anything else that happened on that day.
Yes: the perception of what Solly has done during the GP years changed when GP was sacked.
Yes, just twigged that. I've been stealing your glory on this thread. Thanking you kindly
Yes I agree, the other thread should be locked and archived. In fairness, it was always a small minority of posters who have had it in for Solly. Most have supported him, and even when he was blazing over from 6 yards, the Amex would still sing out the Solly March song.
