Sandro Tonali

[Holden McGroin 7416]

7 minutes ago, Dazzler said:

I think he never recovered from that Declan Rice jealous rage tackle tbh. Once he got back on the pitch he was always nervous on the ball, and has gone down too easily.

 

He looked head and shoulders above Rice for me up until that point.

Aye. I remember us playing Wolves away and he looked like a Rolls Royce in the DM position.  He dominated the game and seemed to have an extra yard in his head.  I even recall Lineker waxing lyrical about him around that time.

[PaddockLad 18807]

11 minutes ago, Dazzler said:

I think he never recovered from that Declan Rice jealous rage tackle tbh. Once he got back on the pitch he was always nervous on the ball, and has gone down too easily.

 

He looked head and shoulders above Rice for me up until that point.

I was at that game and I hadn’t thought about how it may have affected him. Declan Rice is a v good player but not a 100 mill player . You sign a player for that money you’ve got to win a title. Perhaps Rice will once Pep fucks off but that just makes a mockery of the 100 mill…

[OTF 8263]

2 hours ago, Holden McGroin said:

He looked superb when he broke on the scene to be honest. I had massively high hopes for him. He seems a different a player to then.

 

It's testament to how shit our youth system was under Ashley that we were properly excited about Longstaff. He did have a good spell under Rafa but never was he ever an exciting player. Worked hard and gelled well in a midfield with Isaac Hayden (ridiculous I know). Hayden was a good player once upon a time but his body wasn't up to his combative nature. Because this was under Rafa the focus was on defensive stability and compressing space so it suited him. In a more expansive game Longstaff doesn't have the athleticism to keep up, he covers a lot of ground but at what seems a snail's pace. I don't see any future for him here and wish we sold him instead of Anderson. Miley is a superior player already with a better range of passing, more physical presence and never gets caught on the ball like Longstaff frequntly does.

 

And that's my rant for today.

[Dr Gloom 23385]

i like longstaff but he isn't a technical player. tonali is an upgrade because he works hard like longstaff but he can also pass the ball forwards as well as sideways 

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4218]

33 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

i like longstaff but he isn't a technical player. tonali is an upgrade because he works hard like longstaff but he can also pass the ball.

Fyp

[David Kelly 1328]

On 28/10/2024 at 11:10, David Kelly said:

Has Tonali played a good game for us yet?  I've seen flashes of his ability but I'm yet to see a good game.  I thought against Brighton when we were dominating he would shine but he was hardly involved at all.  We need more from him to justify his place in the team let alone playing a full game.

I've seen him have a good game now.

[ohhh_yeah 3048]

 

   🎨 90 seconds drawing.

 

 

[wykikitoon 22507]

2 hours ago, ohhh_yeah said:

 

   🎨 90 seconds drawing.

 

 

Aye but Anderson is a better sub

[The Mighty Hog 562]

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[Gemmill 49279]

He'd already won everyone's hearts by booking a table at Wetherspoons. 

[Dazzler 11461]

Just now, Gemmill said:

He'd already won everyone's hearts by booking a table at Wetherspoons. 

Aye, on gossy high street, the posh cunt. He'd have won more hearts if he rocked up for bait at the high main on shields road. We'd have sussed his addiction sooner too, because there's about 30 bookies on that road. 

[Monkeys Fist 44859]

On 13/11/2024 at 04:26, ohhh_yeah said:

 

   🎨 90 seconds drawing.

 

Fyp. 

[Meenzer 16304]

On 13/11/2024 at 04:26, ohhh_yeah said:

 

   🎨 90 seconds drawing.

 

 

 

Fyp.

[Monkeys Fist 44859]

On 13/11/2024 at 04:26, ohhh_yeah said:

 

   🎨 90 seconds drawing.

 

Fyp again. 

[Dazzler 11461]

1 minute ago, Monkeys Fist said:

Fyp again. 

Gordon isn’t cropped out enough. 3/10.

[wykikitoon 22507]

5 hours ago, Dazzler said:

Gordon isn’t cropped out enough. 3/10.

Close an eye 👍

[Dr Gloom 23385]

Have to pay tribute to Sandro. It’s no coincidence that our turn in form coincided with him starting games at the base of our midfield. He’s been superb in every game, linking up superbly with Bruno and allowing him to play further forwards where he can provide that creative spark we have lacked, as he did once again yesterday against the Manc twats.

 

This midfield is finally looking like we hoped it would. I don’t think I’d swap it for any other in the league tbh - is there a better midfield three pairing? 

[Gemmill 49279]

Gonna be a right kick in the balls when he goes out on loan in January, eh @PaddockLad 

[Dr Gloom 23385]

He’s possibly not as press-resistant as Bruno in the number 6 role, but he brings other qualities - athleticism, a surprising turn of pace when making recovery runs, and I love how after winning the ball, his instinct is to always look for a forward pass. I love how he and Bruno passed and moved through Man U’s static midfield yesterday over and over again 

[PaddockLad 18807]

35 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Gonna be a right kick in the balls when he goes out on loan in January, eh @PaddockLad 

Who said that?  

 

[Gemmill 49279]

I can't remember but I thought you might.

 

[PaddockLad 18807]

I said a loan back to Italy wouldn’t surprise me when he was looking like a lost sheep every time he wandered on to the pitch…. It’s fairly unlikely now….its not like I said he was definitely leaving on at least three separate occasions  

 

[Gemmill 49279]

Your views on our Italian friend were "well Brexit", as Al Needham would say. 

[PaddockLad 18807]

I wasn’t the only one as this thread suggests. He wasn’t blending at the time and I thought at times he looked a bit disinterested. The solution is brilliant and has been key to the huge upturn in form over the last month. He’s now the player his flashes of skill suggested he would be. “Never in doubt”  

[Gemmill 49279]

1 minute ago, PaddockLad said:

He wasn’t blending at the time 

 

"They won't integrate with our culture"