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 NEILLO  Shoreham-by-Sea 27 Aug 23 1.04pm |
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Edouard ? Got a free kick on target but it was straight down the middle. A save you would expect any Premiership goalkeeper to make. His hold up play was average at best. A number of sloppy short passes that were easily intercepted. When he was played through the left channel in the first half, he wanted too much time and the chance went. I'm not seeing any improvement from him at all.
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| Elpis In a pub 28 Aug 23 10.51am |
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Originally posted by NEILLO
Edouard ? Got a free kick on target but it was straight down the middle. A save you would expect any Premiership goalkeeper to make. His hold up play was average at best. A number of sloppy short passes that were easily intercepted. When he was played through the left channel in the first half, he wanted too much time and the chance went. I'm not seeing any improvement from him at all. No nor me . Haven't seen much of the Brentford game bar tv highlights but against Ars he seemed very reluctant to run the channels or get in the face of the defenders . In his defence I don't think he sees himself as a CF
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| Eaglecoops CR3 28 Aug 23 12.50pm |
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Originally posted by monkey
If only it was that easy, as Ange at spurs said, SOME fans need to realise, buying players is not as easy as telling the mrs you’re just popping down the supermarket to buy some players. There’s so much more involved. SP and Dougie are not stupid, im sure they would’ve bought a striker by now if the right one at the right price was available and if he wanted to join us of course. We wanted Danny Ings last season, but he’s not exactly been banging them in for the spammers. It’s been obvious for a long time, we don’t just bring in players for the sake of it, they have to be right. What, like Ferguson, Mateta, Sorloth… shall I go on!
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 28 Aug 23 3.06pm |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
What, like Ferguson, Mateta, Sorloth… shall I go on! Sorloth seems to score pretty regularly at quite a high level. Looked pretty poor for us. Ferguson is surely a tax scam? Mateta shows that it's not only white men who can't jump. He still had a foot on the floor when he leapt three inches into the air to miss a header at the weekend. I was brought straight back to Zaha's comment on him during training. Something like 'who jumps like that, bro?' Or some such.
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| Eaglecoops CR3 28 Aug 23 3.35pm |
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Originally posted by ASCPFC
Sorloth seems to score pretty regularly at quite a high level. Looked pretty poor for us. Ferguson is surely a tax scam? Mateta shows that it's not only white men who can't jump. He still had a foot on the floor when he leapt three inches into the air to miss a header at the weekend. I was brought straight back to Zaha's comment on him during training. Something like 'who jumps like that, bro?' Or some such. Lmao. I played basketball with a guy who was 6’8” but couldn’t dunk it. I thought he was alone in the sports world at being unable to leave the floor when he jumped, but apparently not.
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| Charles Forest Hill 07 Sep 23 9.24am |
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This thread's gone dead since the Wolves game :-)
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 07 Sep 23 9.28am |
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Originally posted by Charles
This thread's gone dead since the Wolves game :-) I am reminded of the adage "One swallow doesn't make a summer".
Edited by Willo (07 Sep 2023 9.29am)
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| doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 07 Sep 23 9.55am |
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Originally posted by Charles
This thread's gone dead since the Wolves game :-) It's early days and I suspect the jury is still out on both Edouard and Mateta. On the plus side: On the minus side: Let's see where we're at after 10 PL games (after Spurs) when we will have played a good range of PL clubs.
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| Midlands Eagle 07 Sep 23 10.33am |
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Originally posted by Willo
Especially when the swallows are two of the feeblest out of the nest
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Goal Machine  The Cronx 07 Sep 23 10.43am |
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I’m not certain either OE or JPM are the answer, but they’ve both bizarrely hit a purple patch. Part of the issue I think is that neither have been given a proper run in the team, there’s been too much chipping and changing. This was certainly an issue with Vieira. It seems Roy is favouring OE and he just needs a run of 10 games or so to see what he can do. Eze is playing superbly and Ayew has turned into a different player under Roy. Service has improved and with that, the strikers will appear to improve. I think Edouard could still turn into the striker we want, just needs more time. He’s had a great start to the season and long may it continue.
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| MrRobbo Chaldon 07 Sep 23 11.27am |
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Even though we might not think they are the answer, I think that we might be able to agree that both OE and JPM can finish. They are not devoid of talent. BUT, they are the type of strikers that broadly wont get heavily involved in the game. We've seen with a couple of Ayew and Mitchel crosses the guys can find space and get on the end of things. Until we can upgrade, we know what we need to do. Generate some opportunities for them
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Nicholas91  The Democratic Republic of Kent 07 Sep 23 1.07pm |
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BBC piece on our strikers and team/club in general today - [Link]
Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!! |
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