Sorry but IMO Scarles needs subbing at HT, today he looks out of his depth.... I know he's playing against a brilliant player/team, but perhaps some experience is needed..IMO
I think he just needs instructions to stop trying to beat Salah to things and just try to match him and slow him down. Let others come and help you. Give him at least 10 mins of the second half.
I really like Soler off the ball - his pressing is great, he makes really clever runs, very industrious - but I really thought we were getting something different on the ball when we signed him
Our midfield don’t seem to want the ball. AWB having to play the ball really quite far from him or try to escape a press quite often. There’s so rarely a short option.
For their goal AWB was IMO just a guilty, he was nowhere to be seen... We've had a few very good chances, especially Mavropanos, but we're still in it, just gotta take a chance when it comes our way... COYI...
JWP driving me mad with the positions he takes up when teammates are on the ball. Never moves in to the space to give an easy option that could progress the game.
JWP driving me mad with the positions he takes up when teammates are on the ball. Never moves in to the space to give an easy option that could progress the game.
He often seems to get played into trouble when he gets the short pass from the fullback, but I agree it’s because he’s taking up weird positions a lot of the time.
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I know he's playing against a brilliant player/team, but perhaps some experience is needed..IMO
We've had a few very good chances, especially Mavropanos, but we're still in it, just gotta take a chance when it comes our way...
COYI...
Coufal on for Scarles, AWB switched to LWB.