DANILA

pretty bad performance tbh lol.. didn't have a single chance from 30' - 87'. I'll leave it given our players are tired. Even when we had a good chance from open play / good passing, CHO literally stopped the ball and passed backwards for a cross - can't make this stuff up

Like: CHO starting, James rest, Kovacic playing Dislike: Giroud not starting, Havertz not starting, Werner starting, Silva starting, Mount starting, Chillwell starting

Each to their own, but IMO the PS exclusives have been far better than Xbox's.

As a PS fanboy since age 7, I'm sorry to hear that

As expected... will probably wait for the next version of it also hoping it will be smaller - saw it in person ytday and the thing is even bigger than I thought

Can't confirm or deny unless I go back and watch the highlights of the games, but James crosses, or crosses in general, have driven 90% of our threats stays true. Most open play goals have had lucky bounces / touches here and there as well. All of this is to say I really expect more from the talent we have on our team and think we'll get exposed against a run of good teams. Lampard has done well to fix up our defense (also really a function of just signing 3 good players at the back) but really hopes he adds some flair into our attack

Mendy James zouma christensen chilwell kova kante mount Ziyech Werner CHO

90% of our threats come from a James cross whether we score or not; more recently though it has been Ziyech cross leading to actual goals

That aspect has improved, but I can't see us being successful long term with crossball as our main attack; it's also a massive waste of talent we have. What happens if/when James can't play? We have no plan B as attack through the middle is non-existent

We haven't played any strong teams other than Liverpool (guess put in Sevilla as well although they're doing terrible in la liga) yet - unless we continue to improve our attack we'll be found out soon enough against better sides

Our whole attack is extremely predictable which doesn't help him (couple of passes then pass to James who crosses it in)

I think Abraham should be sent on loan / sold and Giroud stay remainder of the year. Don't see the hype around Abraham at all

In one of the recent games (think it was burnley but feels like a while ago), he missed a chance and started wailing his arms and stopped moving. If he had not done that he would have scored on the follow up opportunity

I want Giroud to start, has had a great intl break with France. He is better than Abraham IMO who has a dreadful attitude

don't need our best squad to beat NC comfortably. Assuming Pulisic will be out for a while again?