His crossing was surprisingly good, I thought. If we can buy a CF with decent aerial ability, this might be a weapon EtH chooses to deploy.Antony on the left is interesting, Sancho as false 9 not so much.
Sancho plays better on the right, so maybe we go with Antony Rashford and Sancho as a front 3 if we dont manage to bag a striker. Garnacho is still better coming off the bench at the moment, as he showed last season. TH also likes diversity in players across multiple positions, so even if we get a striker Antony may still start some games on the left if we rest players more.Antony on the left is interesting, Sancho as false 9 not so much.
I quite liked it.Ten Hag wearing a baseball cap is an experiment I hope we don’t see again.
Tony Pulis vibe, I remember when I saw Pulis take off his cap and thought to myself "Who's this old geezer?". Baseball cap made him look 15 years younger.Ten Hag wearing a baseball cap is an experiment I hope we don’t see again.
He needs to protect his beautiful bald head from skin cancerTen Hag wearing a baseball cap is an experiment I hope we don’t see again.
Why would we trade two very good footballers for one decent?He should try and combine Antony and Sancho, somehow, with science like a human centipede, or in a blender and bake in the oven at 150 for 4 hours.
Might get one decent footballer out of it.
He should try and combine Antony and Sancho, somehow, with science like a human centipede, or in a blender and bake in the oven at 150 for 4 hours.
Might get one decent footballer out of it.
At least that experiment provided further evidence, if any were needed after last season, that we desperately need to splash out on an actual 9. I think we looked more effective going forward with Hugill in the second half against Lyon.Antony on the left is interesting, Sancho as false 9 not so much.
Why would we trade two very good footballers for one decent?
So far (based on last season) his crossing is surprisingly bad. His passing in general is his biggest weakness if we forget the weak foot. Also playing him on the left takes away his most dangerous weapon - cutting inside.His crossing was surprisingly good, I thought. If we can buy a CF with decent aerial ability, this might be a weapon EtH chooses to deploy.
It will also stop him from taking a ridiculous amount of shots when there is a better passing opportunityAntony on the left is interesting, Sancho as false 9 not so much.
If that abomination still counts as 1 player on the field, I'm all for it!In the name of science. How are we to improve as a club if we aren't willing to push the boundaries?
Everyone else can have peds, we can can have hybrids. The ultimate footballer, could run all day on 4 lungs and by resting 2 legs while they use the other 2. Two heads = 2 brains and superior onfield brain power, and 4 eyes = 360 vision for ultimate awareness. 4 arms, means they could play in goal as well when needed.
Antony on the left is interesting, Sancho as false 9 not so much.
So the experiment with Sancho wasn't just about making up the the numbers. It was to test whether it would work in the PL! It hasn't looked very good so far.
Let's not forget EtH won the Eredivisie playing Haller as orthodox #9 one season and then Tadic as a false #9 the next. So it's definitely a tactic he definitely likes. If I recall, he even attempted it briefly with Eriksen for a little bit last season.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see more attempts at this - either with Sancho again, or maybe a different one of our attacking midfielders.
I doubt the powers-that-be at the club are paying too much attention to the intricacies of tactics during a preseason friendly.I had interpreted it as a message to the club: get me a striker, we have nothing to work with
What did he say?Pretty clear that EtH is now making a point regards the striker position by playing Sancho there.
Said as much after the game.
0Any signs well be better in possession?
"I'm playing Sancho as a striker because I don't have a striker. Sign me a fecking striker you Glazer cnuts and sell the fecking club too you little parasite fecks!"What did he say?
No. Probably worse.Any signs well be better in possession?
As it stands it's probably the worst among the big 6, and I'm not sure Hojlund is gonna change that.. Even Chelsea with all their troubles have Nkunku and Jackson who look good so far, though it is only pre-season.Our attacking unit is still pretty bad. Not having a striker is obviously a huge glaring issue. But even then I don't have much faith in Antony and Sancho. Our wings aren't elite. The wing play is predicatable. Antony and Gernacho repeat the same thing over and over with almost always the same results. Martial will return soon only to end up injured begore the first PL game. As it stands we're relying on Rashford to replicate 30 goals in a season or we're in the shit
- AWB in a free role up the entire length of the pitch like some kind of hybrid between rightback and trequartista
- Bruno on the right
- EtH sticking stubbornly with the 4231
When asked if the missed chances highlighted the need for a striker he said 'absolutely' and 'we need to be more clinical' and other words to that reasoning.What did he say?
If we spank Real Madrid 4-0 in pre-season then everyone at the club thinks we have enough with the current squad to be title contenders.
A little wake-up call like this in a meaningless friendly is probably a good thing.
We had more possession than Madrid,
We had 53% possession vs Real Madrid's 47%No. Probably worse.
