He was our best player yesterday. His best game so far.
Think it was his best game to date yesterday. He was thrown under the bus a couple of times with high balls up to him. I'm still not convinced though
Quote from: Monty on January 03, 2022, 09:28:04 AMI know it's become a bit of a cliché, but I do think some are still expecting Emi to be Grealish, and I don't think that's fair or accurate. Grealish is basically a unique player, an attacking winger with the ball-retention stats of Sergio Busquets. Emi isn't that - he's a classic no. 10, albeit one who harries and harrasses off the ball.In other words, he's as Argentinian as Jorge Luis Borges riding a horse through the pampas eating a steak with a glass of malbec. It comes with the style that he's going to lose the ball a bit, trying things that don't come off. He's also going to get goals and assists (that bit of play yesterday to set up Ings was fucking gorgeous). He's getting better every week with the new structure around him and I'm hopeful about his chances of succeeding again.It was Buendia in a nutshell yesterday. Just before his outrageous bit of skill for the assist, he'd passed it straight out of play twice. Not through trying something outrageous, just from playing really duff balls. And we really could do with some goals from him.
I know it's become a bit of a cliché, but I do think some are still expecting Emi to be Grealish, and I don't think that's fair or accurate. Grealish is basically a unique player, an attacking winger with the ball-retention stats of Sergio Busquets. Emi isn't that - he's a classic no. 10, albeit one who harries and harrasses off the ball.In other words, he's as Argentinian as Jorge Luis Borges riding a horse through the pampas eating a steak with a glass of malbec. It comes with the style that he's going to lose the ball a bit, trying things that don't come off. He's also going to get goals and assists (that bit of play yesterday to set up Ings was fucking gorgeous). He's getting better every week with the new structure around him and I'm hopeful about his chances of succeeding again.
Quote from: wittonwarrior on January 03, 2022, 10:04:14 AMThink it was his best game to date yesterday. He was thrown under the bus a couple of times with high balls up to him. I'm still not convinced thoughTo be fair, he nearly scored with a header in a crowded box yesterday so maybe we're underestimating his ability to deal with the long-ball hoof!!!
I hope people are starting to see it now.
Quote from: chrisw1 on January 11, 2022, 10:11:48 AMI hope people are starting to see it now. What?
Quote from: LeeB on January 11, 2022, 10:17:00 AMQuote from: chrisw1 on January 11, 2022, 10:11:48 AMI hope people are starting to see it now. What?That he is a very good player.
Quote from: chrisw1 on January 11, 2022, 10:20:20 AMQuote from: LeeB on January 11, 2022, 10:17:00 AMQuote from: chrisw1 on January 11, 2022, 10:11:48 AMI hope people are starting to see it now. What?That he is a very good player. OK, it wasn't clear which way you wanted to go with that. I agree, but fucking hell he wastes possession sometimes.I think the art to becoming great in his position is knowing when to use your tools. You have to make every pass a killer through ball, a bit of subterfuge can keep the opponent guessing and make it more effective when you do use it.
I know it doesn't need saying, but a proper defensive midfielder is an absolute must. A Bissouma type in the middle, with two of Luiz, Ramsey, McGinn and Sanson either side, behind two 10s of Coutinho and Buendia feeding Watkins or Ings, and we'd be well set. I think we need a proper top notch striker in the summer though. That Haaland fella would do. At the moment our midfield three are all a bit samey, and Buendia often drops too deep doing a sort of Luiz job, when he should be spending his time trying to hurt the opposing team as he did a couple of times last night.