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Firstly, that was Vik's best game in which he didn't score, imo.
We've had games all season where people have said that Vik's off the ball work was really good, making space for others to score etc. And people's interpretations of these games has depended on whether they were pro- or anti-Vik.
But last night he was really involved. If someone had shown me a video of that game in the summer and said this is an example of a game in which he doesn't score, I'd have been more than happy with us signing him. He created loads, had loads more touches than normal and really seems to be fitting in with the team now.
As does Easy. He's getting better and better for us. Really linking play well and as Dec says, his shooting from the edge of area. We're really starting to see what he can do now. I like the way he thanks The Divine for his goals. Let's hope that on Sunday he's doing another interview where he's thanking God because he sticketh it into the old onion bag and wineth his first trophy with us.
B's not in the best form but still involved. Why Noni didn't come on Arteta alone knows. He does miss having Odin for the triangles, both Dec and Easy drift right.
Finally, we saw the advantage of this new thing where we play the 2nd legs at home for coming in the top 2. That might have been useful against PSG last year. According to Dec, in the first leg vs BL we got the press all wrong. If we'd done that at home in a first leg, we'd have been in a trickier position having to go away and get it right.
Btw, has anyone been to a game since we got these drums? I hate the sound and it also means one person alone chooses the crowd rhythm. Must be horrible.
We've had games all season where people have said that Vik's off the ball work was really good, making space for others to score etc. And people's interpretations of these games has depended on whether they were pro- or anti-Vik.
But last night he was really involved. If someone had shown me a video of that game in the summer and said this is an example of a game in which he doesn't score, I'd have been more than happy with us signing him. He created loads, had loads more touches than normal and really seems to be fitting in with the team now.
As does Easy. He's getting better and better for us. Really linking play well and as Dec says, his shooting from the edge of area. We're really starting to see what he can do now. I like the way he thanks The Divine for his goals. Let's hope that on Sunday he's doing another interview where he's thanking God because he sticketh it into the old onion bag and wineth his first trophy with us.
B's not in the best form but still involved. Why Noni didn't come on Arteta alone knows. He does miss having Odin for the triangles, both Dec and Easy drift right.
Finally, we saw the advantage of this new thing where we play the 2nd legs at home for coming in the top 2. That might have been useful against PSG last year. According to Dec, in the first leg vs BL we got the press all wrong. If we'd done that at home in a first leg, we'd have been in a trickier position having to go away and get it right.
Btw, has anyone been to a game since we got these drums? I hate the sound and it also means one person alone chooses the crowd rhythm. Must be horrible.
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