Didn't see the first half but I agree with Chris

His dribbling was good today, and he was solid defensively.

Agree that his passes weren’t great though

comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 1 minute ago
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a guy with his ball carrying ability should be driving forward and breaking lines when we're looking stale in possession and struggling to find a spark

instead he ends up with lesson progressive carrying than Vicario ffs
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Try watching him and judge with your own eyes, instead of watching the game on an excel spreadsheet 👍🏻

Dribbling as in the little moves he did to get out of the press etc. not so much distance ball carrying

comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
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a guy with his ball carrying ability should be driving forward and breaking lines when we're looking stale in possession and struggling to find a spark

instead he ends up with lesson progressive carrying than Vicario ffs
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Villa had a line off 4 and 5 in front of him yet you want him to dribble through it

comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
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a guy with his ball carrying ability should be driving forward and breaking lines when we're looking stale in possession and struggling to find a spark

instead he ends up with lesson progressive carrying than Vicario ffs
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Villa had a line off 4 and 5 in front of him yet you want him to dribble through it
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Retweet. Villa had the same game plan as others and it worked....in the 1st half.

comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
https://x.com/markstatsbot/status/1853106429550538895/photo/4

a guy with his ball carrying ability should be driving forward and breaking lines when we're looking stale in possession and struggling to find a spark

instead he ends up with lesson progressive carrying than Vicario ffs
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Villa had a line off 4 and 5 in front of him yet you want him to dribble through it
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forgot it was only him they did that for which is why he was so much worse than every other midfielder

comment by Luka Bosh Brasi (U22178)
posted 31 seconds ago
comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
https://x.com/markstatsbot/status/1853106429550538895/photo/4

a guy with his ball carrying ability should be driving forward and breaking lines when we're looking stale in possession and struggling to find a spark

instead he ends up with lesson progressive carrying than Vicario ffs
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Villa had a line off 4 and 5 in front of him yet you want him to dribble through it
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Retweet. Villa had the same game plan as others and it worked....in the 1st half.
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Cos Bissouma came on?

comment by Luka Bosh Brasi (U22178)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 1 minute ago
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a guy with his ball carrying ability should be driving forward and breaking lines when we're looking stale in possession and struggling to find a spark

instead he ends up with lesson progressive carrying than Vicario ffs
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Try watching him and judge with your own eyes, instead of watching the game on an excel spreadsheet 👍🏻
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The NathanAclark cult in full swing

comment by Christopher (U20930)
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comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
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a guy with his ball carrying ability should be driving forward and breaking lines when we're looking stale in possession and struggling to find a spark

instead he ends up with lesson progressive carrying than Vicario ffs
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Villa had a line off 4 and 5 in front of him yet you want him to dribble through it
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forgot it was only him they did that for which is why he was so much worse than every other midfielder
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He was the furthest back midfielder

such an overrated player because he has that sexy berbatov posture when he's carrying the ball

flatters to deceive like no one else in the squad

I think Chris is right to say he didn’t do a lot in progression, but his role covering/tackling/intercepting was very good and he was very press resistant

comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 7 seconds ago
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comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
https://x.com/markstatsbot/status/1853106429550538895/photo/4

a guy with his ball carrying ability should be driving forward and breaking lines when we're looking stale in possession and struggling to find a spark

instead he ends up with lesson progressive carrying than Vicario ffs
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Villa had a line off 4 and 5 in front of him yet you want him to dribble through it
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forgot it was only him they did that for which is why he was so much worse than every other midfielder
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He was the furthest back midfielder
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so you're saying he had even more time on the ball, more responsibility to establish some sort of tempo and ger us playing quicker, and he still knocked it sideways all afternoon

comment by Edinspur (U1109)
posted 45 seconds ago
I think Chris is right to say he didn’t do a lot in progression, but his role covering/tackling/intercepting was very good and he was very press resistant
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I agree he's been much sharper off the ball this season, looking back to his best physically

I like Bentancur but the 6 in this system needs to be all action, almost a fullback in transition half the time. He's not that, and that's not his fault. Ederson off Atalanta would be a grate fit IMO

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comment by Hengy (U9129)
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comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
https://x.com/markstatsbot/status/1853106429550538895/photo/4

a guy with his ball carrying ability should be driving forward and breaking lines when we're looking stale in possession and struggling to find a spark

instead he ends up with lesson progressive carrying than Vicario ffs
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Villa had a line off 4 and 5 in front of him yet you want him to dribble through it
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forgot it was only him they did that for which is why he was so much worse than every other midfielder
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He was the furthest back midfielder
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so you're saying he had even more time on the ball, more responsibility to establish some sort of tempo and ger us playing quicker, and he still knocked it sideways all afternoon
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No he had less because he had more to get through.

He got recycled the ball left and right as a 6 does while backing up the forwards when it got dropped back to 20 yards.

comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 56 seconds ago
comment by Luka Bosh Brasi (U22178)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 1 minute ago
https://x.com/markstatsbot/status/1853106429550538895/photo/4

a guy with his ball carrying ability should be driving forward and breaking lines when we're looking stale in possession and struggling to find a spark

instead he ends up with lesson progressive carrying than Vicario ffs
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Try watching him and judge with your own eyes, instead of watching the game on an excel spreadsheet 👍🏻
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The NathanAclark cult in full swing
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Retweet. Hengy is on a roll.

Yeah I blame Xg. Definately the root cause of all these new age football yuppies watching the games on a lap top, constantly switching with the tab button between Sky Go, Microsoft Excel and X whilst drinking a latte.

ok if you're happy with our deepest midfielder knocking it sideways all day then that's up to you, we clearly have different expectations

It's Kulu and the two number 10 fullbacks job to break the lines.

The 6 in our system is to get the ball and play in wide quickly.

He did that fine but the movement of our wingers isn’t good. In fact our forwards movement isn’t good enough imo.

It’s why everyone gets on Romero back for slowing us down but in reality it’s because the moment wide isn’t happening

on the other hand I thought this was one of Sarr's best ever performances

I do think going after Bentancur for his passing is a bit much. It's one area where he's definitely better than Bissouma

comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted less than a minute ago
The 6 in our system is to get the ball and play in wide quickly.

He did that fine but the movement of our wingers isn’t good. In fact our forwards movement isn’t good enough imo.

It’s why everyone gets on Romero back for slowing us down but in reality it’s because the moment wide isn’t happening
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On the ball yeah

the difference between Romero and Bentancur's passing is night and day

comment by Bãleș left boot (U22081)
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comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted less than a minute ago
The 6 in our system is to get the ball and play in wide quickly.

He did that fine but the movement of our wingers isn’t good. In fact our forwards movement isn’t good enough imo.

It’s why everyone gets on Romero back for slowing us down but in reality it’s because the moment wide isn’t happening
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On the ball yeah
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Yea moving the ball normally happens when you’re on the ball