He tried a tiny bit (half forced) with Nketiah, Jorginho, Vieira/Havertz splitting time the last few games and they were largely ineffective. Having Martinelli, Trossard and Partey injured doesn’t help of course.
For real, if anything we miss the intensity of Xhaka in a NLD. He absolutely would’ve stabilized the midfield. Rice is awesome, but he’s not quite there in terms of taking charge.
Feels like a loss. Doesn’t help that we really didn’t play well.
Where was the energy of the NLD’s of the past?
Seriously.
Off day for us and I’m sure the team realises it.
Ødegaard was incredibly out of character today, passes missed, losing the ball easily. Saka needs rest and know the limits of his body.
I agree, he was. I’m also willing to cut him some slack (as a fan) because he’s played 270 minutes this week.
It’s almost like the gaffer needs to rotate.
I agree but where is the quality :(
He tried a tiny bit (half forced) with Nketiah, Jorginho, Vieira/Havertz splitting time the last few games and they were largely ineffective. Having Martinelli, Trossard and Partey injured doesn’t help of course.
Saka doesn’t need to play in the CL man
Also Rice, also Ødegaard, also White, also Gabriel
Kiwior, Jorginho, ESR, Nelson, Tomi all crying for game time
Agreed. ESR especially — hasn’t played much this season at all. He looked very sharp in pre season.
It went to Leverkusen
For real, if anything we miss the intensity of Xhaka in a NLD. He absolutely would’ve stabilized the midfield. Rice is awesome, but he’s not quite there in terms of taking charge.
It absolutely does. We started with so much energy and felt positive. The 2nf half felt lethargic.
If we’re gunna play with such intensity, we need tp put the game to bed and control the rest of the game. Easier saod than done though
We switched off a bit after that deflection…but we wasted quite a bit of chances in the first half.
Yeah, which has felt the same with a lot of our games this season.
that’s a mindset issue then
@MHPengwingz @nuggsy yes Eddie and Jesus chances haunted us