Ian Maatsen

[Mister E]

Agree with this overall, the exception being Onana, who has rarely been benched from the get-go. Will be interesting to see how that develops with Kamara back in the mix.

Onana has been subbed at half-time twice so far, so your 'rarely' is doing a fair bit of heavy lifting there.
However, Barkley has played well when he's come on for him, and the other options in the squad now mean that everyone gets the chance to shine.
Re Maatsen, I thought he was excellent last night (effectively playing in front of a back three, Onana providing defensive cover when required) and gave Bologna a real headache down their right - I'm surprised that Sam I-J was not brought on earlier to provide cover down that side for them.
We are certainly blessed that we have 2 international LB that we can alternate.

[eye digress]

Agree with this overall, the exception being Onana, who has rarely been benched from the get-go. Will be interesting to see how that develops with Kamara back in the mix.

Onana has been subbed at half-time twice so far, so your 'rarely' is doing a fair bit of heavy lifting there.

Think that you have either misread or just misunderstood what was written. The point being that unlike others (Tielemans, Barkley, Maatsen), he has not spent a prolonged period of observation from the bench at the start of games (i.e., he’s mostly been in the starting 11).

[eye digress]

Double post curse, again!

[rooboy316]

Well if Bouba was fit, Onana probably sees a similar bedding in period off the bench.

[eye digress]

I think the same, but will be interesting to see if that actually transpires, or whether Onana is just a blessed one in the eyes of Unai.

[Mister E]

Agree with this overall, the exception being Onana, who has rarely been benched from the get-go. Will be interesting to see how that develops with Kamara back in the mix.

Onana has been subbed at half-time twice so far, so your 'rarely' is doing a fair bit of heavy lifting there.

Think that you have either misread or just misunderstood what was written. The point being that unlike others (Tielemans, Barkley, Maatsen), he has not spent a prolonged period of observation from the bench at the start of games (i.e., he’s mostly been in the starting 11).

Oh, okay; understood.

[VillaTim]

Poor tonight, very poor . Absolutely all over the place .

[Risso]

It's hard to judge players when the team is changed so much, but even so, I'm struggling to see what made us pay so much for him.

[Beard82]

It's hard to judge players when the team is changed so much, but even so, I'm struggling to see what made us pay so much for him.

I do think he was part of the FFP trading - a decent player with potential but I dont think we woudl have bought him if Chelsea were buying Omai for 20m. 

Dont get me wrong I think they rate him and see him as our future left back - but tbh it solved a problem that didnt exist currently when other issues did.

[supertom]

Think he's been poor in the League Cup but generally good when he's played in the league and Europe. He's not alone there in fairness.
Just don't know why we're so lacklustre in this competition under Unai, when really it's one we should be pushing to win. It would be amazing if we got to the Quarters in the UCL. A miracle if we got beyond it. The big teams fancy the FA Cup far more. I get the games stack up but Palace weren't good by any stretch.
It's really a missed opportunity...again.

Maatsen is a good player but Digne gets the nod all day, every day, and twice on Sunday. For now.

[PaulWinch again]

It's hard to judge players when the team is changed so much, but even so, I'm struggling to see what made us pay so much for him.

On the flipside he was excellent against Bologna. He’s a big talent.

[Demitri_C]

I thought maatsen was good 1st hald but poor 2nd.  A tale of two halves

[Dante Lavelli]

It's hard to judge players when the team is changed so much, but even so, I'm struggling to see what made us pay so much for him.

He did get picked in the champions league team of the season.  Not saying he’s reached that level but he does have previous.

[VillaTim]

It's hard to judge players when the team is changed so much, but even so, I'm struggling to see what made us pay so much for him.

He did get picked in the champions league team of the season.  Not saying he’s reached that level but he does have previous.

bit like scott carsen having 3 or 4 prem league medals

[Olneythelonely]

It's hard to judge players when the team is changed so much, but even so, I'm struggling to see what made us pay so much for him.

He did get picked in the champions league team of the season.  Not saying he’s reached that level but he does have previous.

bit like scott carsen having 3 or 4 prem league medals

It couldn’t be more different than that, could it? One is getting medals when not playing, one is being picked in a team of the season for his performances. Like, nearly the polar opposite?