A few weeks ago he was interviewed and said how Unai gives him the confidence and permission to "try things" in the final third. The fact is, they're not coming off for him right now. He's not become a bad player, he's just not quite clicking like he did. But he was still a dodgy call from scoring the winner last night. I'm not sure we have a decent alternative on the bench without changing the way we play, but he could definitely do with some rotation.
Quote from: Smithy on November 28, 2024, 09:16:45 AMA few weeks ago he was interviewed and said how Unai gives him the confidence and permission to "try things" in the final third. The fact is, they're not coming off for him right now. He's not become a bad player, he's just not quite clicking like he did. But he was still a dodgy call from scoring the winner last night. I'm not sure we have a decent alternative on the bench without changing the way we play, but he could definitely do with some rotation.Possibly when Onana is fit again, Emery could play Tielemans further forward like he did last season a few times. The only real alternative is Bailey, but his form has been even worse, and that bad form has gone on for a lot longer.
I think Tielemans further forward, in front of Onana and Kamara is our best short term plan, but we're hardly going to burn teams on the counter with pace, ae we? I think we really need to add more pace to our forward options and we need more options full stop.
Quote from: Risso on November 28, 2024, 09:20:35 AMQuote from: Smithy on November 28, 2024, 09:16:45 AMA few weeks ago he was interviewed and said how Unai gives him the confidence and permission to "try things" in the final third. The fact is, they're not coming off for him right now. He's not become a bad player, he's just not quite clicking like he did. But he was still a dodgy call from scoring the winner last night. I'm not sure we have a decent alternative on the bench without changing the way we play, but he could definitely do with some rotation.Possibly when Onana is fit again, Emery could play Tielemans further forward like he did last season a few times. The only real alternative is Bailey, but his form has been even worse, and that bad form has gone on for a lot longer.I think Tielemans further forward, in front of Onana and Kamara is our best short term plan, but we're hardly going to burn teams on the counter with pace, ae we? I think we really need to add more pace to our forward options and we need more options full stop.
Quote from: LeeB on November 28, 2024, 09:25:08 AMQuote from: Risso on November 28, 2024, 09:20:35 AMQuote from: Smithy on November 28, 2024, 09:16:45 AMA few weeks ago he was interviewed and said how Unai gives him the confidence and permission to "try things" in the final third. The fact is, they're not coming off for him right now. He's not become a bad player, he's just not quite clicking like he did. But he was still a dodgy call from scoring the winner last night. I'm not sure we have a decent alternative on the bench without changing the way we play, but he could definitely do with some rotation.Possibly when Onana is fit again, Emery could play Tielemans further forward like he did last season a few times. The only real alternative is Bailey, but his form has been even worse, and that bad form has gone on for a lot longer.I think Tielemans further forward, in front of Onana and Kamara is our best short term plan, but we're hardly going to burn teams on the counter with pace, ae we? I think we really need to add more pace to our forward options and we need more options full stop.Finances may dictate that we can't, but I still think we could do with adding a top class number 10 and wide player if we are going to progress into the top reaches of the league again.