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by JonG86
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: England -v- Brazil & then -v- Belgium
Replies: 828
Views: 20237

Re: England -v- Brazil (C4 from 1900)

That's true,but sometimes it is the luck of the draw. Semi finals against Croatia and Denmark? Almost every previous manager would have sold their granny to get that lucky and still he's come back empty-handed. It's like Avram failing to get past Birmingham. Thing is, for England, it isn't. We've a...
by JonG86
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Summer Transfer Thread 2024
Replies: 1512
Views: 82672

Re: The Summer Transfer Thread 2024

I think Gibbs-White would be a fantastic signing, my fear is that if he were to be available one of the Sky 6 would take him. He's home grown and proven, perfect for their benches whilst the rest of us scramble around adhering to financial rules. The "Big 6" are also right up against FFP ...
by JonG86
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: England -v- Brazil & then -v- Belgium
Replies: 828
Views: 20237

Re: England -v- Brazil (C4 from 1900)

Thought the game was pretty even until the subs happened. Brazil were an interesting one and generated very little unless they were on the counter. Thought we played well and on another day (with Kane and Saka in the side) we would have won. I think the ideal England lineup looks like this: Pickford...
by JonG86
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ✍ Welcome Tomas Soucek
Replies: 3257
Views: 211654

Re: ✍ Welcome Tomas Soucek

He's one of the better finishers at the club. Can't remember where I heard him described as a box and box midfielder (as opposed to box to box), but it's a perfect description of him. He dominates both our box defensively and now he has a defensive midfielder behind him he dominates the opposition o...
by JonG86
Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!
Replies: 67376
Views: 2962167

Re: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!

Transfer window was a joke - although we did sign a guy Moyes apparently felt is one of the best English midfielders around - but I am struggling to see how that window specifically is the reason we are playing so **** and can’t win a game. We have always been a team, with Moyes at least, that has ...
by JonG86
Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!
Replies: 67376
Views: 2962167

Re: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!

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by JonG86
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nottingham Forest v West Ham United : match thread
Replies: 1324
Views: 46331

Re: Nottingham Forest v West Ham United : match thread

Forest are playing really well on the counter. Wish we could do that...
by JonG86
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nottingham Forest v West Ham United : match thread
Replies: 1324
Views: 46331

Re: Nottingham Forest v West Ham United : match thread

Genuinely awful refereeing, but we aren't helping ourselves.
by JonG86
Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!
Replies: 67376
Views: 2962167

Re: David Moyes' Claret and Blue Army!

He'll go 5 at the back now, he has to. Our xGA is pretty much the same as Burnley. Taking out the newly promoted sides, we've got the 3rd worse defence in the league. It solves the left wing problem as well. Back 5 makes a lot of sense with the people that we have available and I'm a little disappo...
by JonG86
Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ben Johnson
Replies: 2062
Views: 149713

Re: Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson is where promising attacks go to die.
by JonG86
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1037846

Re: January transfer window

Now do the Paqueta one versus united.
by JonG86
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1037846

Re: January transfer window

I said he moved central. Then went on to say the more he is central the better. 3 or his 5 assists came when. you guessed it - central. The assist for Bowen he dropped in as a 10. Had 3 players ahead of him. 3 Whether you want to call it a number 10, false 9 or centre forward I don't care. That's p...
by JonG86
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1037846

Re: January transfer window

I said he moved central. Then went on to say the more he is central the better. 3 or his 5 assists came when. you guessed it - central. The assist for Bowen he dropped in as a 10. Had 3 players ahead of him. 3 Whether you want to call it a number 10, false 9 or centre forward I don't care. That's p...
by JonG86
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1037846

Re: January transfer window

He moved central off the left. Even Cole agrees. And Cole told TNT Sports how impressed he was by the Moyes tactical tweak (December 23rd, 2:14pm): “Fantastic from David Moyes’ perspective, he done a little tweak I noticed. Paqueta come in off the left hand side and played that false nine role. Str...
by JonG86
Wed Jan 10, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1037846

Re: January transfer window

Of his last 5 assist, 3 have come after he moved central. 1 game from defending a set piece in which he was central in our box. Nothing to do with playing LM. Vs Man utd it was well observed switching it changed the game. The more he is central the better. If he is a 10 he can drift to either wing ...
by JonG86
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ✍ Welcome James Ward-Prowse
Replies: 921
Views: 69581

Re: ✍ Welcome James Ward-Prowse

Jon I honestly think that is what is making loads of people scratch their heads. he got forward, scored that goal in which, iirc, he made up about 50 plus yards in the build up and managed to get into position to score. Alvarez I think is underrated on here by people who think he can't pass the bal...
by JonG86
Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1037846

Re: January transfer window

I don't understand why after a season and a half of Paqueta playing in the 10 and being pretty average, people are now thinking of moving him when he's having an amazing season as a left CM of a diamond with JWP in a 10 (allowing us to play Soucek, Alvarez and JWP together). Am I going crazy, or is ...
by JonG86
Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ✍ Welcome James Ward-Prowse
Replies: 921
Views: 69581

Re: ✍ Welcome James Ward-Prowse

We were playing some great stuff with JWP as 10. No idea why we moved away from it. He is actually a really strong choice as a 10 as well. Good at recycling the ball, good at crossing from the channels and we've seen that he is a goal scorer when given the chance. Alvarez at the base of a diamond wi...
by JonG86
Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dimitri Payet vs Lucas Paqueta
Replies: 108
Views: 6448

Re: Dimitri Payet vs Lucas Paqueta

They play different roles at a very high level. Payet was a dynamic inside forward, able to create something from nothing and score absolute worldies with free kicks. Paqueta is a central midfielder we're trying to shoehorn into being an attacking mid. He's stupidly press resistant, able to get stuc...
by JonG86
Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: January transfer window
Replies: 15204
Views: 1037846

Re: January transfer window

Ironing Board wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:23 pm What's wrong with Areola?!
Absolutely nothing.