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Day 13 and still the media and shameless RS players want to bring this **** up.


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Has he really given him a chance though?


Does he have to?

He picks his favoured team, they can't all play.

The idea that a manager fits his team around a precious player, rather than the players fitting into a managers ideas, is just weird to me.

That Talk Sport shock jock **** was at it the other week, Durham, saying Mourinho has 'failed' in his job by not picking Ali and working with him. Some guff about England thrown in for good measure, as of Jose is going to care about how it benefits England.
 
I tell yer mate, we could do with any help we can get at the moment. Desperate times.

He’s actually ok. Was brilliant on loan in L1 and looked good for us a for a while but then his confidence just completely drained away after a knock and a couple of mistakes. Has the ability for sure but seems a bit soft.
 
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On his current form I’d not have him ahead of any of our starting XI or the midfielders on the bench - barring Davies. He’s completely lost his way for me, it looked like he was going to become the new Lampard when he burst through, but he seems to have been consumed by his off field millionaire lifestyle to me. He patently needs a move, but I can’t see anyone of note taking a punt on him apart from on loan.


I stated earlier that in form he would. A move could reignite his career. Would be happy for it to be us taking a punt.

we need someone to break the lines from Midfield and that’s his special party trick.

he still has it all, just fallen away.
 
He’s actually ok. Was brilliant on loan in L1 and looked good for us a for a while but then his confidence just completely drained away after a knock and a couple of mistakes. Has the ability for sure but seems a bit soft.

We've got Sunderland at home tomorrow, he's in for a tough ride, we are down to bare bones.
 
Hold on though, he cried virtually every transfer window about getting players but Levy wouldn't back him.

Levy was providing him with funds and backing. It was Poch that was rejecting players.

One of the biggest differences I've seen between Poch and Jose so far is their handling in the window with regards to new players.

Poch only ever wanted his first choice target, if they were too expensive or didn't want to join he wouldn't take anyone else. That was evident in the 18/19 window where we signed no one. He wanted Ndombele that window but the deal was impossible to do, we could've signed Tielemans but Poch rejected him and he was rumoured to not be in favour of getting Grealish either.

Jose on the other hand seems to have a first choice target and then alternatives. He'll accept the alternatives if the first choice can't be signed and that's where Poch went wrong because the alternatives can still improve the team/ squad.
 
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Michail Antonio out, gutted, was looking forwards to seeing him bully the Liverpool defence. Southgate needs to call him up, no other English forward offers what he does, perfect player to come on when England are struggling to break down a defence, he'd just bulldoze through them. No chance with Southgate though, he'd change it up with a like for like substitute
 
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Michail Antonio out, gutted, was looking forwards to seeing him bully the Liverpool defence. Southgate needs to call him up, no other English forward offers what he does, perfect player to come on when England are struggling to break down a defence, he'd just bulldoze through them. No chance with Southgate though, he'd change it up with a like for like substitute
Might prove to be a blessing in disguise, as the RS only have one senior CB available & assuming Haller comes in, he should dominate them in the air.
 
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Michail Antonio out, gutted, was looking forwards to seeing him bully the Liverpool defence. Southgate needs to call him up, no other English forward offers what he does, perfect player to come on when England are struggling to break down a defence, he'd just bulldoze through them. No chance with Southgate though, he'd change it up with a like for like substitute
Yeah he has a history of bullying our defence tbf. <whistle>