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comment by Merseysidefox (U4842)
posted 54 minutes ago
What we can all agree on is he’s re-found his form and that’s something to enjoy.

We just need to get more creative in the final 3rd and we’ll have a good team again.
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What do you put that upturn in form down to Mersey bearing in mind he's been awful since the FA Cup and wasn't even anything special that Season, ok the odd goal and decent pass but partly because of the way Bodgers plays he's been anonymous.

So why the upturn in the last few matches

The Quality of the Opposition?

A desire to play for the Fans/

World Cup coming?

OR it's time to put himself in the shop window with the transfer window not far away, remember he didn't get that big move you suggested was coming for him, Wasn't it teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid and PSG were going to bite our hands off for him.

comment by True Blue ( RODGERS can F&CK OFF ) (U9486)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Merseysidefox (U4842)
posted 54 minutes ago
What we can all agree on is he’s re-found his form and that’s something to enjoy.

We just need to get more creative in the final 3rd and we’ll have a good team again.
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What do you put that upturn in form down to Mersey bearing in mind he's been awful since the FA Cup and wasn't even anything special that Season, ok the odd goal and decent pass but partly because of the way Bodgers plays he's been anonymous.

So why the upturn in the last few matches

The Quality of the Opposition?

A desire to play for the Fans/

World Cup coming?

OR it's time to put himself in the shop window with the transfer window not far away, remember he didn't get that big move you suggested was coming for him, Wasn't it teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid and PSG were going to bite our hands off for him.
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It’s a difficult one to call TB. For me he’s improved as the team has improved as a unit. Tielemans has never been a man to drive the game forward individually like someone like Gerrard used to, he needs the team to be set up to support him.

That’s why he’ll never been world class. He is elite though and what’s been clear recently is when the team are playing well around him he's absolute quality.

That and he seems to scoring a worldie every other game!!!

So I don’t think it’s anything sinister, I just think the team as a collective are helping him and it’s getting the best out of him.

Completely agree Mersey and that’s the kind of balanced thinking TB appears incapable of. When the team perform poorly, he suffers. He’s never been the world beater than can change an entire game that some Leicester fans feel he should be. When he doesn’t perform he gets singled out in a way no one would dare do to Vardy, it’s depressing and bonkers

Ah back to everyone else having to help
Tilly 😂😂😂

I think most would agree Tilly has been bang average since that FA Cup wonder goal. There was possibly too much expectation for him to produce world class football, he never was or even will be world class. But he's a talented footballer who for whatever reason has been under performing for months. He's currently playing at a level most expect of him and yes, TB, he probably shines less against the better teams as he's not at their level. Our team will find it almost impossible to be at that top level consistently due to finances and the way FFP favours the clubs that generate greater revenue. Maybe his improved form is linked to the better defence ? the Wout Faes influence (Amartey looks better next to Faes also), the Soumare effect as opposed to playing along side Wilf ? Whatever it is , Tilly is performing again, at last.

To say he’s been bang average since the FA cup goal feels to me too much of a sweeping statement. He’s underperformed more times than he’s put in top performances, but this season - not just the last 3 or games - this season he’s been our 2nd best performer and he’s actually outperformed N’didi at the things N’didi should be far better than Youri at - namely tackling

Does N’didi come in for criticism for his woeful performances not just this season but also last season at times? Not a bit of it. Fans have pre-judged certain players - some can do no wrong, some will never be good enough. When Youri finally leaves - you may then change your views

I guess what I’m trying to say is that it’s not that Tielemans has been terrible since the FA cup, as some fans remarkably claim, it’s that he hasn’t consistently lived up to the silly expectations we’ve placed on him.

comment by 99 Problems (U12353)
posted 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
I guess what I’m trying to say is that it’s not that Tielemans has been terrible since the FA cup, as some fans remarkably claim, it’s that he hasn’t consistently lived up to the silly expectations we’ve placed on him.
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Yes, that, is what I was saying, in my own way. We all know (hopefully) what we mean when we start typing, not everyone will read our words and interpret them as they were meant . I expect this won't make sense to everyone, :- D

Yeah that’s fair Appleton

comment by True Blue ( RODGERS can F&CK OFF ) (U9486)
posted a day ago
comment by Merseysidefox (U4842)
posted 54 minutes ago
What we can all agree on is he’s re-found his form and that’s something to enjoy.

We just need to get more creative in the final 3rd and we’ll have a good team again.
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What do you put that upturn in form down to Mersey bearing in mind he's been awful since the FA Cup and wasn't even anything special that Season, ok the odd goal and decent pass but partly because of the way Bodgers plays he's been anonymous.

So why the upturn in the last few matches

The Quality of the Opposition?

A desire to play for the Fans/

World Cup coming?

OR it's time to put himself in the shop window with the transfer window not far away, remember he didn't get that big move you suggested was coming for him, Wasn't it teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid and PSG were going to bite our hands off for him.
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Probably being made captain. Did you think about that?