killer1257 3,282 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Just now, communicate said: Nope. Kovacic has potential to be one of the best cm in the world, technically very gifted, physically very good and defensively pretty good. But sometimes he made crazy pass or left his partner by himself too often. That need to be fix. Azpi is doing fine. He is being asked to play as dynamic rb, he will suffer defensively. That is as expected, he is not exactly young anymore. Zouma is also doing fine. It can be very painful to watch when he is on the ball but defensively he is fine. With proper midfield in front of him, I think he will look better. Plus our cb pairing are just too inexperience. Willian is also doing fine other than his first match which was horrific. Against Sheffield, he came on and helped us big time in term of bringing the ball up. I don´t think that Kovacic can become world class. He lacks that world class passing ability for his position and/or he lacks in goal scoring abilities. I don´t hink that he will ever manage to solve his weaknesses. He is pretty good nowadays, but I prefer fully fit RLC and Mount over him. Sometimes, we play with three defensive midfielders (Kovacic, Jorginho and Kante). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, killer1257 said: I don´t think that Kovacic can become world class. He lacks that world class passing ability for his position and/or he lacks in goal scoring abilities. I don´t hink that he will ever manage to solve his weaknesses. He is pretty good nowadays, but I prefer fully fit RLC and Mount over him. Sometimes, we play with three defensive midfielders (Kovacic, Jorginho and Kante). Kovacic passing is very2 good, it is his decision making that is lacking. But the way we are playing right now, Kova is not competing with mount and Ruben. Ruben will compete with mount and Barkley for that no 10 spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer1257 3,282 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Kovacic passing is very2 good, it is his decision making that is lacking. But the way we are playing right now, Kova is not competing with mount and Ruben. Ruben will compete with mount and Barkley for that no 10 spot. RLC is Not a no. 10 and will never be. Gesendet von meinem SM-G920F mit Tapatalk NikkiCFC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 14 minutes ago, killer1257 said: RLC is Not a no. 10 and will never be. Gesendet von meinem SM-G920F mit Tapatalk  He can play there. I see ruben play that role similar to the way pogba played that role last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer1257 3,282 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Just now, communicate said: He can play there. I see ruben play that role similar to the way pogba played that role last year. He can play there, but he is a real no. 8 and that his best position. We should start using him where he is most comfortable and that was also his position last season. Sarri needed a real no. 8 next to Kante and that was RLC. Kovacic could not do the job like RLC managed to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Just now, killer1257 said: He can play there, but he is a real no. 8 and that his best position. We should start using him where he is most comfortable and that was also his position last season. Sarri needed a real no. 8 next to Kante and that was RLC. Kovacic could not do the job like RLC managed to do that. If he is more comfortable playing as no 8 then play him as no 8. It does not really matter. He is still playing as the most advanced midfield. But not as 2 man midfield (maybe except against a very weak team). For me it come down how we want to play Mount Ruben - Kante Are just way too offensive for me. We need our winger to be Willian type but we have Puli and CHO so that is not an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,334 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 30 minutes ago, communicate said: Azpi is doing fine. He is being asked to play as dynamic rb, he will suffer defensively. That is as expected, he is not exactly young anymore. Zouma is also doing fine. It can be very painful to watch when he is on the ball but defensively he is fine. Willian is also doing fine other than his first match which was horrific. Against Sheffield, he came on and helped us big time in term of bringing the ball up. Shocking. I don't know what is Azpi being asked to play but his contribution is attack is non existent and also we conceded a lot of goals because of him. If you think scoring own goals, giving penalties away is fine then yes Zouma is fine. Him and Azpi are at fault for almost all goals we conceded this season. And about Willian don't know what to say. From his Sheffield cameo I remember giving the ball away every time he had possession with misplaced passes.  killer1257 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer1257 3,282 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Just now, communicate said: If he is more comfortable playing as no 8 then play him as no 8. It does not really matter. He is still playing as the most advanced midfield. But not as 2 man midfield (maybe except against a very weak team). For me it come down how we want to play Mount Ruben - Kante Are just way too offensive for me. We need our winger to be Willian type but we have Puli and CHO so that is not an option. RLC was always playing as a no. 8 in youth level. He does also his defensive work and when he wins a tackles, he makes his Yaya Toure bulldozer runs forward. That was always his biggest strenght. He brings a midfield dominance into the team because of his physical advantages. Also, Kante is the best defensive midfielder and if they both work together, I don´t see a problem. Kovacic, Jorginho and Kante are three defensive midfielders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: Shocking. I don't know what is Azpi being asked to play but his contribution is attack is non existent and also we conceded a lot of goals because of him. If you think scoring own goals, giving penalties away is fine then yes Zouma is fine. Him and Azpi are at fault for almost all goals we conceded this season. And about Willian don't know what to say. From his Sheffield cameo I remember giving the ball away every time he had possession with misplaced passes.  Azpi assisted Tammy first goal, he will never be great offensively. That is obvious but he is asked to be a more dynamic rb which is difficult for him. Sheffield 2nd goal was Azpi and Tomori fault. But honestly that game was more on Lamp. Willian was important in that Sheffield game he was the only one who can pick the ball up and bring the ball forward. We were sitting duck pretty much all 2nd half. I have no problem with these 3 players because I don't have much expectation. Azpi will not suddenly turn back the clock, Willian won't turn into hazard, he is what he is. Zouma is also a decent CB,not a great one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 11 minutes ago, killer1257 said: RLC was always playing as a no. 8 in youth level. He does also his defensive work and when he wins a tackles, he makes his Yaya Toure bulldozer runs forward. That was always his biggest strenght. He brings a midfield dominance into the team because of his physical advantages. Also, Kante is the best defensive midfielder and if they both work together, I don´t see a problem. Kovacic, Jorginho and Kante are three defensive midfielders. After last season I can tell that ruben is not good defensively but that is not much a problem playing in 3 man midfield and will be problematic in 2 man midfield. It will put tons of pressure on kante though as holder.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Taken off injured right now v Wales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Taken off injured right now v Wales. 4th injury?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Taken off injured right now v Wales. I hate international breaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,062 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 This is getting stupid. Seems like most of our players will be coming back as doubts or out 100% against Newcastle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Alexis Sanchez is out for 2-3 months apparently, it's like International football with hammers and axes involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Special Juan said: Alexis Sanchez is out for 2-3 months apparently, it's like International football with hammers and axes involved. I reckon football will be more and more plagued with injuries because there will be more and more games. It will eventualy lead to the same thing NBA has which is load management. I mean load management is obviously present with all the rotations already, but then it will be heavily focused on to keep players fresh and prevent injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 The players mocking Kovacic for his big head... Â nyikolajevics, OneMoSalah and 1905didierblue 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,334 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Fantastic game. If he becomes a goal threat what a player he would be? OhForAGreavsie, Supermonkey92, OneMoSalah and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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