That is Raya's ball all day long. Gabriel is deep in the box and is only heading it into danger. Raya is right there and it is an easy catch.
It's a mix up. But Gabriel should be getting out of Raya's way there.
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That is Raya's ball all day long. Gabriel is deep in the box and is only heading it into danger. Raya is right there and it is an easy catch.
It's a mix up. But Gabriel should be getting out of Raya's way there.
We're going to need to spend an awful lot of money on our forward line in the summer. At an absolute minimum you're looking at a new striker and left winger. With presumably Jesus departing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
And while I agree with you on the above - I do wonder whether we'll look at the market for a goalkeeper. Perhaps someone to challenge Raya as I understand Kepa is likely off in the summer. Raya has had a few shaky moments in this second half of the season - not all his fault.
Also understand that White will leave the club in the summer. Which is presumably why we like this young defender at Real Madrid.
Do you have any words of comfort for me, P? Do you now conceed that the Carabao Cup is by far in a way our most likely chance of getting any silverwear this season?
It's something that's been puzzling for a while; the apparent lack of peripheral awareness players sometimes have. Years ago, Gilberto would simply misplace five-yard passes. As a youth player, David Rocastle wouldn't pass at all and they eventually discovered it was because he couldn't actually see very well; a standard contact lens prescription allowed him to make the step up. As England coach, Clive Woodward actually employed a peripheral vision coach. Forwards, not only ours, imagining they have about twenty minutes on the ball in the penalty area to do a fancy trick or two before shooting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
We praise footballers for their sixth sense-like perception at times; no-look flicks and whatnot. So how on earth does Gabriel not know where his own goalkeeper was.
Fortunately, we have an awful lot of money to spend nowadays. But what is the outlay supposed to achieve because we are not going to outspend our rivals, in any case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
If only the problem was as simple as changing players :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
I'm afraid it is the coach.
No words of comfort, I'm afraid. We could still nick the Carabao Cup.
No - I won't accept it's the coach. Gyokeres, Martinelli, Trossard, Jesus would not start (and wouldn't make the bench in some cases) of City, Liverpool or Chelsea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
We have a fantastic defence and midfield. We have built those foundations over the past 3 years. The cherry on top is the forward line which is barely top 8 standard - let alone title challenging.
That's precisely why we have to share goals around - we simply do not have the raw talent in forward areas. If you add an Julian Alvarez and a Morgan Rogers / Bradley Barcola - all of a sudden we have flair in that final third. Players to be feared.
There is no team in the PL that's scared of facing Gyokeres and co.
It is astonishing to me that people still cant see the problem....Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Was Martin Odegaard just rhe luckiest guy in the world. The only footballer ever to have a fortunate run of great form that lasted 3 years?
Look at Eze. Brilliant at Palace, he looks like a ****ing pub player with us. Even Saka is struggling now.
We have an approach to games that would destroy an Henry. Sign any player in the world and we will ruin him. Haaland couldn't score goals in this side.
By "no team" you must mean "Manchester City" as we do tend to finish above everybody else and will likely do so again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
A month ago the problem was apparently that everyone uses a low block against us and against nobody else. Now nobody is scared of us.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I can name someone who is terrified of our players. Arteta :-(
I mean all 19 teams in the PL that face us. Not one is scared about the players I mention because they're simply not at the level we require.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Obviously forward players of the standard we need are very expensive so I understand why we have left them until last in the rebuild. Also defences win titles etc.