simonhch's latest activity
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simonhch replied to the thread Antony | 2024/25 Performances.I don’t remember, and I also don’t think we’ll actually see him at full back either. He ended the season out of the team, and had seemed to fall behind Garnacho and Amad on the right. With the way Amad ended the season and has started pre-season...
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simonhch replied to the thread Racism in European Football.Some good things came out of this. (1) I am heartened that the affected young man immediately reported the incident to the match officials and presumably felt comfortable coming forwards. This is important. (2) I am happy to see his team and...
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simonhch replied to the thread Antony | 2024/25 Performances.I don’t know if he can do a Valencia and become a full back. He has the engine and work rate. When I see him play. I see a midfielder on the wing. I’ve always felt he could be decent on the left of a midfield three. A sort of Joelinton...
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simonhch replied to the thread F1 2024 Season.Exactly right.
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simonhch replied to the thread F1 2024 Season.Verstappen in huge “being a prick” shocker. What’s new? When it isn’t going his way he throws his toys out the pram, and more than that he’s a menace on the track.
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simonhch replied to the thread Henry Winter: Rashford spent the summer getting supremely fit, reporting early for training | Wants to stay as he loves the club.I agree with the first part of that statement. I don’t know how much of the supposed rollercoaster is down to Rashford himself though. His form has certainly peaked and troughed, no doubt. But all the drama seems to come from the fans and the...
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simonhch replied to the thread Sofyan Amrabat | To Fenerbahçe SK pending medical.A couple of good performances at the end of the season shouldn’t have been enough to earn a move, and I am glad they weren’t. Nothing I’ve seen suggests he’s good enough. That said, I do find it sad, because he seems a likeable chap that...
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simonhch replied to the thread Manuel Ugarte | Romano - he’s signed | Awaiting Club announcement.Last season we played a very high and aggressive press. Problems arose because the defensive line was very deep, meaning once the press was broken, teams were running at our back five almost unimpeded. Clearly we are focusing on bringing in...
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simonhch replied to the thread Do we have enough goals in the squad?.We don’t, but I am not sure how much it is to do with the players at our disposal and how much to do with the coaching and tactics. Football is ultimately a team game, and what has been lacking is a discernible attacking plan. No patterns go play...
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simonhch replied to the thread Graeme Sourness | Retires from “punditry”.And without the “passive racism”. Not a term I am particularly fond of, because I am not sure how passive racism can actually be, but it’s the only known term I can think of that describes the general theme present behind his most vitriolic...
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simonhch replied to the thread Erik ten Hag interview with AD.nl | " [Last season] was by far the toughest season I have ever experienced as a coach".A candid interview that reveals a man who takes no personal accountability for the failures of last season. Presumably INEOS know what they are getting themselves into, because I don’t read that and see someone self reflective and able to grow...
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simonhch replied to the thread Facundo Pellistri | 2024/25 Performances.We should be able to comfortably get 10m plus add ons for him. Which would be a nice fee. He’s an Uruguay regular, young, with plenty of potential. The fact he can’t get a look in here means someone is getting a great deal.
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simonhch replied to the thread Ruud van Nistelrooy has joined United's coaching staff.Imagine being a young academy striker and having Ruud congratulate you after the game for your individual contribution. Must be surreal for him. Glad he’s back. Hopefully he’ll be working with all the forwards, not just the strikers, so that he...
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simonhch replied to the thread Mason Mount | 2024/25 Performances.This is a succinct and well defined way to articulate a drum I have been beating for some time. That football, with the 60-70 games per season, is a squad game. Having lots of good player in your squad is a good thing, and the idea of a first xi...
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simonhch replied to the thread Spending big on talented teenage players.As with most things, it’s about balance. Resources are finite, risk should be diversified, and success has to be planned for in the immediate as well as long term. For premium teenage talents I am all for investing substantially. Even if they...