I would definitely want Diarra deeper and more involved when we have the ball. A bit anonymous today, which is thr exact opposite of what he should be for us.
I don’t agree, we’ve got players to do that he looks anonymous today because we’ve played him deeper previously, but he’s playing well in that role today
Not for me mate. Opinions eh. His press isnt accurate enough, but that isnt the big issue. It is just that he should be more integral to how we build our play. For me anyway.
Quite right, it would be daft making too many judgements at the moment … … we have lots of new players all of whom need to find ways to play together. It also seems clear that RLB is deliberately holding back with some of our play and not ‘giving the game away’, same goes for our corner routines and free kicks.
I must admit I thought the same, he's used his left foot quite a bit from what I've seen and I thought that was his stronger foot
Even last season, pushing a midfielder into the front two to press hurt the midfielder who was asked to do it. Rigg probably the one who stood up to it best, but I wonder if that was as much to do with lower expectation of impact as a 17 year old. There are other ways we could maintain that shape without pushing a midfielder into unfamiliar territory. Think we’ve missed the chance to try it now, though.
I do like Sadiki when he makes those forward runs, need an overload option and he looks to read that well
Xhaka reminds me of Jan Kirchhoff, just seems to have so much more time than everybody else on the ball.
