👋 Farewell, Pablo Fornals

[il_martello_di_genovesi]

Some of our players are probably as bad as they have shown, Fornals isn't. I really don't know whats happened so far, but he is so much better than that. A run of games, a win, a confidence boost...The last time Fornals had a really good game he was dropped for the one after.

[libero]

Some of our players are probably as bad as they have shown, Fornals isn't. I really don't know whats happened so far, but he is so much better than that. A run of games, a win, a confidence boost...The last time Fornals had a really good game he was dropped for the one after.

That is spot on - and is almost certainly true of Haller as well.

Despite all his experience Pelle seems to have lost the ability to get the best out of some players.
As if to emphasize that, Lucas Perez, who was very poorly used under Pelle, is on fire in La Liga, playing for bang average Alaves,
with some statistics showing him as the best minutes per goals striker in Primera

[daytimedave]

was standing by the tunnel entrance prior to kick off on saturday,fornals & ajeti walked out for a wonder,
on their return a few fans shouted at em for a wave/aknowledgment , but they just kept walking and ignored the fans,
total blank, one supporter shouted ' oi we are your fans'
both players looked so miserable and un interested , poor body language, surely just a wave or some indication to your fans that you appreciate thier support , kind of pissed me off in a way .

[HammerMan2004]

was standing by the tunnel entrance prior to kick off on saturday,fornals & ajeti walked out for a wonder,
on their return a few fans shouted at em for a wave/aknowledgment , but they just kept walking and ignored the fans,
total blank, one supporter shouted ' oi we are your fans'
both players looked so miserable and un interested , poor body language, surely just a wave or some indication to your fans that you appreciate thier support , kind of pissed me off in a way .

Or they don't speak English yet.

[daytimedave]

Or they don't speak English yet.

the fans were shouting his name . im sure they are aware of the response from fans as they enter exit the tunnel, just a friendly wave and smile wont hurt . as a supporter said , we are their fans !

[Crouchend_Hammer]

the fans were shouting his name . im sure they are aware of the response from fans as they enter exit the tunnel, just a friendly wave and smile wont hurt . as a supporter said , we are their fans !

I quite like the attitude i have seen from Fornals so far
Just the little things like when Antonio scored he celebrated quite a lot. I also noticed Anderson celebrating on the bench

[mushy]

also noticed Anderson celebrating on the bench

Did it look like he might be moving around a bit?

[devonshirecream]

One of those players that need a season to adapt, I know we need him now but it ain't going to happen.

[Cellar-door]

One of those players that need a season to adapt, I know we need him now but it ain't going to happen.

And he's been put into a tough spot New country, new league, new teammates, and he's being asked to cover for a lot of different roles in midfield, while also having no consistent role and playing time. It's hard enough for a young player to make a move and hit the ground running, even harder when he doesn't have any consistency.

Looking at some of the underlying analysis, he was pretty good the 2 matches he started as a CM (2 starts, 161 minutes). His 3 other appearances in the starting lineup all came at different positions (AMC, ML, MR) and he has 7 sub appearances almost all short.

I get that we have injuries, but he needs to know what is expected of him in terms of his role, and concentrate on that. Pelle has put him in a tough spot by asking him to be a bit of everything

[Westbourne Bill]

There may be mitigating circumstances with his poor form but again, was there any other foreign import of ours who has looked as out of their depth on joining, then come good?

I can’t think of one.

Buying the best from the Championship plus experienced Prem players as Palace have done in Cahill, Townsend, Kouyate and Tomkins would represent far less of a gamble imo.

[e17]

First solid outing for us today. Some very very intelligent passes and movement

More please

[hammer1975]

Worked his backside off tbf

Had a much better second half than first I thought.

Definitely better

[Cuenca 'ammer]

would have rather seen him in CM and Anderson LM

not quite sure why Anderson was shaking his head when he came off - I like players who don't want to be subbed but to be honest he was peripheral most of the game.....

[61dicksey]

played him centrally , his natural position , not rocket science.

[WCpete]

would have rather seen him in CM and Anderson LM

not quite sure why Anderson was shaking his head when he came off - I like players who don't want to be subbed but to be honest he was peripheral most of the game.....

Has he got it written in his contract that he has to come off in the 70th? Anderson, that is. I didn’t like bringing in Yarmolenko for Felipe to protect a lead. Yarmo can’t run. He just can’t. We were under pressure as soon as he came on.

Anyhow, I thought Fornals was useful today. Let’s have more of that.

[Softhammer]

At the end of the day I think he was good today. Pretty good with the ball, he's not the fastest player but he runs and doing his best.

[OohAahButler]

Getting there.

Today would have done him the world of good.

[Cellar-door]

Has he got it written in his contract that he has to come off in the 70th? Anderson, that is. I didn’t like bringing in Yarmolenko for Felipe to protect a lead. Yarmo can’t run. He just can’t. We were under pressure as soon as he came on.

Anyhow, I thought Fornals was useful today. Let’s have more of that.

Think the idea was that we were likely to be pinned back more as the match came towards a close and have more balls played in the air. Yarmo is a more physical presence and better in a more defensive positioning than Felipe, while Felipe can run. Yarmo had a couple clearances late in the box that were key

[S-H]

He was playing with a smile on his face.

[costa75]

Up until now he has not looked like Premier League standard.

Much better today.