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Still concerns but we got the job done - My thoughts on the Brentford game

Discussion in 'Newcastle United' started by Darth Plagueis, Sep 17, 2023.

  1. Darth Plagueis

    Darth Plagueis Well-Known Member

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    I'm not bullying anyone. He's a player with a lot of talent, but he's been ****e since around march this year. His mistake handed liverpool a 2nd goal, and he's getting caught on the ball a lot.

    I can't remember the last time I was impressed by his performance. He's been well off it for a while now.

    He's needs to change position.
     
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    It'll be fine a couple of wins and Newcastle will be in a strong position.

    The entire side is off , but you want to pick out one of them based on a loose pass.
     
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    Darth Plagueis Well-Known Member

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    No, despite our difficult start, certain players aren't doing badly at all.

    And like I said, Bruno's bad form extends to last season.
     
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    He was fine, kept the ball moving well.

    Longstaff was worse.
     
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    Think those ratings are really harsh!

    Bar the horrendous miss from a deflected cross Brentford caused us very little trouble and camped 11 men on the edge of their box for the last 70 mins of the game. Could and should have been 2/3 - 0 for me and we managed to rest Tonali, Isak, Almiron etc for the CL this week and didn't pick up any injuries.

    Burn - Did nothing of note wrong and won everything in the air. Can't wait for Milan to see him at the line up and **** themselves. 6'7, he only 9 fingers - your defence is terrified.
    Longstaff - Ran his socks off yesterday and didn't do much wrong, thought he made Bruno better as well.
    Bruno - Much better from him, lost the ball once or twice but apart from that was very solid and looked the most creative on the pitch.
    Anderson - Did a lot of hard yards chasing and closing down had a few decent moments but nothing to write home about but no glaring errors.
     
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    No it doesn't.
     
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    Darth Plagueis Well-Known Member

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    Yes it does he was off the pace towards the end of last season. I put it down to him playing injured. Unless he's still injured he's just playing badly.
     
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    He played well.
     
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    We created 2 shots on target vs Brentford 1 vs City... the sides not playing well and the likes of Joelinton and the shockingly underrated willock are injured, so quite why people think moving Bruno a few yards on a piece of paper will account for that I find bewildering.

    Joe willock is the solution.
     
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    How big is this piece of paper?
     
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    Moving Bruno to RCM would be a massive difference as he'd no longer be lying deep and can roam forward and also wont be under the same amount of pressure on the ball.

    The deep lying player losing the ball is absolutely critical
     
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    A4
     
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    It won't make as much difference as playing better players with him.
     
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    No. It wouldn’t. He’s not a rcm you utter bellend. He’s a DLP. Which is the role a 4-3-3 allows him to play. Now upgrade him to a 5 and be done with and stop sounding like an utter spastic demanding players play in your fantasy formation based on a tv cameraman <cheers>
     
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  16. Darth Plagueis

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    He played RCM when he first came here, and when do you ******s figure it out that players don't have to be stuck to their traditional positions?

    Just look at the likes of Joelinton and where he started and where he is now?

    He may be able to play a deep lying role in foreign leagues, but in this league it's different.

    He's played RCM before.
     
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    No he didn’t, hence why Shelvey never played, you clueless, over critical, part time **** <laugh>
     
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    Yeah you're either dumb or trolling. I'm leaving this conversation because this is just factually incorrect. They played together towards the end of Bruno's first season.
     
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    You seem to be one of these formation nerds but we're missing key players and confidence a tad low.
     
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