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Offline brontebilly

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Re: Morgan Rogers
« Reply #4065 on: Today at 11:51:40 AM »
Agreed with paulie too on the "moments". John Giles back in the day, might have been under Capello, called the England approach then "a wing and a prayer" and that's what I see with Tuchel. Boxed himself into it a bit with a frankly idiotic squad selection. If set pieces are the primary attacking plan then he should have picked Maguire too. TAA and Wharton would already be starting.

The sycophantic England media, including Neville, eulogising Bellingham. Would it have been a surprise if he was hooked at half time? Not all his fault obviously but anonymous. With two subs ready to come on he swung a leg at a corner and it went in. Surge of confidence then for sure and great play to gift wrap that one for Kane. But that's just a moment, there's no coherent play. Anderson getting criticised, prime Roy Keane would have struggled to do all the midfield running for four players. Crazy stuff. Our two lads struggled too and will do well to hold their spots but with and without the ball it's a Gerrard esque mess.

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Re: Morgan Rogers
« Reply #4066 on: Today at 12:15:01 PM »
Rashford was so selfish.

I thought Saka was worse with his pathetic greed, Madueke and Eze when they came on weren't much better. If that's what awaits Morgan at Arsenal I'd stay well away.

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Re: Morgan Rogers
« Reply #4067 on: Today at 12:34:33 PM »
Rashford was so selfish.

I thought Saka was worse with his pathetic greed, Madueke and Eze when they came on weren't much better. If that's what awaits Morgan at Arsenal I'd stay well away.

Yeah, late second half we had the ball wide and Rogers had found space inside, in the 'Buendia' pocket, and Saka just hoofed it straight over him into the mixer.

I'd would think all of our players over there will be thinking how much more fun in it is playing for Unai .

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Re: Morgan Rogers
« Reply #4068 on: Today at 12:40:27 PM »
For me Rogers tried to play for the team, he made runs to create space, he moved the ball quickly, he didn't run into trouble. He didn't play well by his standards but he was doing the right things and ended up a little anonymous because no one else did the same back.

Saka in particular took 2-3 touches more than he should and was crowded out all the time, Rashford was a little better but still ran into trouble time and again. Bellingham was doing it in the first half but at half time something must've been said because he was much more willing to move the ball on in the 2nd half. For me this is why the Bruce/Gerrard/etc "moments of magic" idea of how to win games is so poor, it creates players who won't see the bigger picture.

For me it was no shock that the most fluid we looked all game was when Eze, Rogers and Watkins were on and all 3 were playing as a unit rather than as individuals, Rashford and Madueke started to buy into it as well but given the game was over it'll be ignored and we'll go again with 3-4 players all trying to be superstars and win it on their own because that's the squad we've created.

Exactly as I saw it Paul.

Me too, very good summary Paul.

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Re: Morgan Rogers
« Reply #4069 on: Today at 12:58:04 PM »
Agree with Paul. You can see the Villa players are coached by an elite coach in their day job. Most of the players around them either rely on talent (Bellingham) or pure physicality (Anderson). Watkins, Rogers and Konsa do things with a purpose.

 


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