Dr Gloom 21923 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Christmas Tree said: i liked that analysis better than the thing he did about klopp's "genius" tactics when liverpool went down to 10 men against us. main takeaways: his numbers from six games this season are elite - both defensively and in attack. we all knew about his defensive work off the ball but the bit about his understanding of space and how to create and exploit it was illuminating 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4156 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Well his attributes were there to see clearly in his short Everton days. It's no surprise Eddie pushed for him and Chelsea etc wanted him too. Wingers that are direct and can take on and get past people are rare these days (see Antony ). He was only going to get better with time, still very young. Most of us on here (one exception of course) were quite happy with the signing and if there was any reservation it was that he can be a bit of a prick. A lot of the Twitter/social media experts though let themselves be deceived by views of bitter Everton fans and the difficult start he had last year. The quality of sigings and the impact almost every single player has had under the new regime has been nothing short of remarkable. Even Targett and Wood served their purpose. This has to be remembered when we think about Tonali, might not be the missing piece in the puzzle right now but he will come good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, aimaad22 said: Well his attributes were there to see clearly in his short Everton days. It's no surprise Eddie pushed for him and Chelsea etc wanted him too. Wingers that are direct and can take on and get past people are rare these days (see Antony ). He was only going to get better with time, still very young. Most of us on here (one exception of course) were quite happy with the signing and if there was any reservation it was that he can be a bit of a prick. A lot of the Twitter/social media experts though let themselves be deceived by views of bitter Everton fans and the difficult start he had last year. The quality of sigings and the impact almost every single player has had under the new regime has been nothing short of remarkable. Even Targett and Wood served their purpose. This has to be remembered when we think about Tonali, might not be the missing piece in the puzzle right now but he will come good. Tonali got player of the Month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4156 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 But his role and place has been questioned lately. Which makes sense in the way that we haven't clicked with him and Bruno together. It's something that needs time though as Howe has been saying, roles will evolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20140 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 13 hours ago, Anorthernsoul said: Tonali got player of the Month! I do find that odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, wykikitoon said: I do find that odd. I didn't see it, but was it an internet poll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20140 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 22 minutes ago, The Fish said: I didn't see it, but was it an internet poll? Ah possibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20140 Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 AG10 Sela player of the Month. But yeh he's shit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Has to be in contention for the England squad IYAM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21923 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 6 minutes ago, Craig said: Has to be in contention for the England squad IYAM. hopefully southgate stays true to form and opts for Kalvin Philips and Henderson instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44879 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 They don't hand the Sela Player of the Month Award out to just anyone. If Southgate can't see that then I don't know what to tell him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17260 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, Craig said: Has to be in contention for the England squad IYAM. Trippier is the only NUFC player in the squad. Nketia and Olly Watkins are in though, and Saka who is injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44879 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Right fuck it. I'm in the Southgate is a Cunt club. He's in a very unfortunate position cos I don't actually want him to pick our players, but he can fuck off if he thinks he's not picking our players. The goofy little dweeb. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6585 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 He has gone off Pope completely. Im happy Wilson is not included so he can recover. No James Ward-BROWSE. That’s pretty criminal It’s shame for our players but good news for us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13867 Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 Ward-Prowse has turned West Ham around massively, really second only to Maddison’s impact at Spurs so he’s picked Henderson and gave a sympathy pick for West Ham to Bowen instead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21923 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 bowen has been on fire this season though tbf (...and he's shagging dani dyer etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6585 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I know its going to be out of character but Wykiki is going to be fuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20140 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 15 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Right fuck it. I'm in the Southgate is a Cunt club. He's in a very unfortunate position cos I don't actually want him to pick our players, but he can fuck off if he thinks he's not picking our players. The goofy little dweeb. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4156 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Southgate has got to be the most boring, tedious man in football and downright infuriating if you care about England football team. Good for us though, suspect Longstaff, Burn and Willock last year would have felt hard done by but England aren't winning anything under this dreary slop of a manager so they might as well rest thier legs and make history for Nufc 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9775 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 It took us about two months to coach England out of Wilson after the World Cup. I sm not bothered about our players not getting called up. They can look at some of the world class prospects down the road though. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20140 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 9216 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 just to add to this in me slightly intoxicated late night, travel weary state... love the headless chook I do, he could very easily be me new craig bellamy, not many higher accolades! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3355 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: just to add to this in me slightly intoxicated late night, travel weary state... love the headless chook I do, he could very easily be me new craig bellamy, not many higher accolades! I'd like to see him be little more like Bellamy and run more directly at goal but you cannot fault his work-rate and commitment. When he popped up to take the ball off one of palace's attackers after just being involved in our attacking play in their box moments earlier, it showed his worth. Also @PaddockLad will love the way he pointed and didn't kiss the badge after scoring! 😉 Edited October 22, 2023 by sammynb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7295 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 On 06/10/2023 at 00:08, Gemmill said: They don't hand the Sela Player of the Month Award out to just anyone. If Southgate can't see that then I don't know what to tell him. Grealish, Foden, Phillips, Bellingham, Saka, Kane, Rashford... NONE of them have won the Sela Player of the Month. Are you watching Gareth? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego21 2135 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 When we signed him it seemed to me that we could have tried something better for that price. Then his first games here were disappointing. How glad I was wrong. It seems like a real super class to me. His ball handling is different. Release something. Things are going to happen when he has the ball. Yesterday he shows his intelligence without the ball in the goals from Willock and Almiron making the perfect unmarking to clean up the play. He already needs to be called by Southgate... And next summer it will cost 100 million if someone wants to take him. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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