NinjaZombie
Punched the air when Liverpool beat City
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He really should be captain. Setting the standards for the rest with his consistent efforts.
Must be a huge pain in the ass to play against in midfieldI absolutely love this guy. You just know other teams despise him too.
Love the guy but surely I can't be the only one who's annoyed by his niggling unneccesary fouls?
Its an important part of his game. It breaks up moves, unsettles opponents, and almost always works in our favour.
Its an important part of his game. It breaks up moves, unsettles opponents, and almost always works in our favour.
Love the guy but surely I can't be the only one who's annoyed by his niggling unneccesary fouls?
It is and I like that too. But I'm talking about recent unecessary fouls that he gave in dangerous areas, also resulted in numerous yellow cards for him. He just needs to be smarter about them I guess
We love them too! He is always fighting, scurrying around the pitch; of course there will be a foul here or there, but I want him to just continue with it. I think he pisses off the other oppo's midfielders.
Dedication.
Shows he gives a shite.
Love the guy but surely I can't be the only one who's annoyed by his niggling unneccesary fouls?
Exactly - I would never want him to give that up. Just as I never wanted Scholes to give that up.
I particularly noticed Herrera, Rojo and Jones today and the way they would not let our players relax for a second. We need those players; not every player needs to be like that. Martial is cool, but we need a combination.
Yeah it is not enough for an individual to be like this. It needs to be a team ethic. Pressing the opposition can be so effective if done correctly, the best example in modern history is barca. For all their wonderful on the ball ability, the way they were able the press the other team and force mistakes was incredible. They are still wonderful at that aspect of the game now, if we could becoming more motivated to retrive the ball I would be delighted. Feel like ander is a big aid in not only pressing the ball himself, by allowing and motivating others to also do so.
Wish we were able to pick up kante in the summer. MF of Kante, Ander and Pogba would have been incredible.
Agree with all of this. It obviously depends on what kind of game you want to play. Sometimes a high pressing game is not the best solution, especially if the opposition has as good on the ball ability as Barca - they will exhaust you. Ferguson was brilliant in that aspect, most of the time. Especially Arsenal, he just let them deep into our half and then countered. You need fast attackers for that. Not sure we are quite there yet
Kante and Matic have been crucial to Chelsea's winning ways. Fernandinho has been pretty good too despite the little support he gets. Lallana's been excellent.Hard to think of a better midfielder in the league this season.
Coutinho as an AM maybe, but struggling to think of many in CM. Kante perhaps after his early wobbles.