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Football Thread 13/14 |OT19| It's a good sign when its boring
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IMO, Mignolet has saves us significantly more points than he's lost us.
He's still young is goalkeeping terms, and he's obviously trying to do more about coming off his line and commanding his area. The downside is that he's going to be making mistakes whilst he learns how to do that.
I think it's far too early to write him off.
He's still young is goalkeeping terms, and he's obviously trying to do more about coming off his line and commanding his area. The downside is that he's going to be making mistakes whilst he learns how to do that.
I think it's far too early to write him off.
I think we need another incisive wide player.
Quite a few of our moves that go wide die later in the game.
What Moses was supposed to be.
Not like your own players don't do it? Players get lambasted for not going down when they're touched and players get criticised for making a meal of it. Which is it? Did you actually see the challenge? It was dangerous, regardless of how Suarez acted.
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The_Hitcher89
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Would like a keeper who is both better than Jones, and capable of challenging Mignolet as well tbh. Not sure if an affordable one exists though, as they'd have to accept being on the bench
I'd give Mignolet another season to be honest. He has issues, but he's improved in most aspects as the season has gone on. The TAW lads made the point after the City match that it was the most comfortable he's looked coming out for the ball. He's still very young and he's a class shot stopper.
That would be the ideal scenario, but I can't see us signing him due to his loyalty do Madrid. Would like to see us sign Diego Lopez, as I feel that one is a lot more realistic.
I don't think he commands his area and that he doesn't know positionally when to come off his line.
I think right back and left back we need to splash £20m + on signing two quality fullbacks. Flanagan can cover both positions, Enrique can provide cover when he comes back and Johnson + Kelly can be let go. I would like us to go for one of Shaw/Rodriguez/Monero for the left-back position and for right-back would like to see Montoya or Clyne.
I agree we couldn't do much better for the amount we paid for him. I would of preferred Begovic.
Johnson's wages are too drastic for his age and performances. Flanagan can always cover the right-back position as well as Wisdom or McLaughlin.
I think he's going to pull off another mistake at Chelsea. I do not feel comfortable when he plays the ball out or through set-pieces/crosses into the box.Absolutely.
If we want to pass it around defense, we want a keeper comfortable doing it, and decent at kicking it long as a last resort.
If we want to play 3 in the middle/no typical wingers with exposed fullbacks, that will invite crosses so we want a keeper comfortable leaving his line and taking command of the box.
Ideally, I imagine we want to play a high line, in which case we'd want a keeper quick off his line, who is happy to start on the penalty spot rather than the 6-yard line.
Mignolet is pretty terrible at all of those things imo. He's good, but not exactly ideal. All of those things are what Reina used to be fucking brilliant at
He doesn't command the defence well enough, not vocal at all.
ter-Stagen is nailed on for Barcelona. I'd rather have Valdes over Mignolet, shame he got injured.
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fight for 4th place > fight for 1st.
To give credit where it's due, Moses was pretty good today when he came on.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Tell you what, I can see why Arsenal fans are so confident they've already one the FA Cup now.
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This might be the slowest Arsenal starting XI in the Wenger era.
casillas is a line keeper just like mignolet. doesn't look comfortable when coming out of the goal either.
I've been pushing the LVG bandwagon before he was even mentioned for the Spurs job. he built the foundation for Bayern's current success and I'm pretty sure he'd be able to fix this huge attitude/mentality problem that we have, if only by whipping them into shape and telling Jack to quit the coke and get his shit together.
The_Hitcher89
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Yep. Just needed someone to run forward with the ball without losing it, get some solid possession away from our own goal, and as a bonus contribute to some attacking play, without risking losing the ball. Moses did that pretty much perfectly
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in the form of B-Rod
You gotta give him more time. DDG was awful first season at doing that. If Vidic didn't play we were fucked.
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Casillas has been playing behind terrible Madrid defenses for the better part of the last decade. I like Casillas but I think the whispers of him being overrated probably have some merit.
I'm pretty shocked he hasn't even regained his place in the Madrid team. for the captain of the team and a guy who's basically an institution at Madrid (and, by all accounts, got Mourinho fired?)... that's got to be pretty worrying, no matter how good Lopez is. I'd take Casillas too but I do wonder what's going on with him.
ShogunDarius
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LFC may need a new keeper or at least get fix the gaps in Mignolet, But we do need GJ out and a new RB and tbh a new left back, Enrique can be dodgy as can Cissohko.
Not a bad shout, would love to see Bergkamp come back along with him.
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Phantast2k
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good play.
He said he was open to Spurs and Liverpool (after Brendan turned us around).
He never ceases to amaze. What a player.
Ramsey is back HE IS BAAAAAACKKKK.
ozil, santi, rammy the two sided triangles doing lords work !
Sign me up for the Wneger out brigade
de boer has put together one of the most boring ajax sides in history. the only reason he hasn't been caught out is because the rest of the league keeps fucking up. if de boer is an option--which he isn't--then i'd rather keep wenger.
But why does he do that?
He is obviously feigning injury, isn't he.
Some players do that.
Others just get on with it. Bad tackle or not.
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