It’s way too early to right him off.Comparisons to Gil are laughable
Quote from: TonyD on October 22, 2021, 11:58:26 PMIt’s way too early to right him off.Comparisons to Gil are laughable Not at the moment they're not. We can't go off anything else until Smith plays him in his correct position, and so far playing centrally, he looks weak and gets bullied off the ball constantly.
Not his fault but at 40 million notes you would expect better.
Would rather just play Bailey wide right tbh.Not sure what we do on the left, suspect we'll just put Ollie there but he's not really playing well enough to justify a starting place.
Near the start of this thread I said I was worried about him handling the physical side of the league and that was as a winger, in central midfield he is totally lost. The worst thing is that this could easily turn the fans against him and it's not his fault, his choices, right now, are to sit in the pocket of a big bastard like Partey or sit on the bench because we've spent something like £80m on wingers over the last 2 summers and then decided to play without them.
He's a wide player. Play him wide or not at all.
Quote from: Ads on October 23, 2021, 10:27:08 AMHe's a wide player. Play him wide or not at all.Yep it’s baffling. You wouldn’t sign Kante and play him centre half would you?
Quote from: SoccerHQ on October 22, 2021, 11:52:55 PMWould rather just play Bailey wide right tbh.Not sure what we do on the left, suspect we'll just put Ollie there but he's not really playing well enough to justify a starting place.This is why we needed to buy an actual left winger in the summer. For all the money we got for Jack, signing a genuine replacement that could hold the ball and play a pass was something we should have been shooting and trying to find for the last year knowing he would likely go. Poor from the the club to not buy one. Even worse was not pushing harder for Benrahma last summer because he could have stepped in there nicely.Anyhow, play Bailey left and Buendia right for a few games, get Ramsey in the midfield 3 and drop Ings. Watkins moves more. See how it goes.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on October 23, 2021, 12:24:20 PMQuote from: Ads on October 23, 2021, 10:27:08 AMHe's a wide player. Play him wide or not at all.Yep it’s baffling. You wouldn’t sign Kante and play him centre half would you? Martin O'Neill would.