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That’s the real frustration with the defensive injuries. Has the potential to derail us whatever the attacking output.
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I think Maatsen was signed with the hope we get Geertruida. If we had, think he plays a lot more. Suspect you’re right, we’ll have a more defensive RB and a more attacking option to switch with and that looks like it’s Garcia.
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Yeah definitely. Basically post the Arsenal win.
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We look best when games are loose and open. Wasn’t the case last season. Torres a big part of that.
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I’m a bit of a Torres fan boy so maybe I have a small blind spot. Our biggest problem at times is not keeping the ball well enough. We’ve got so many good players in possession now in attacking areas, feels like he would be the final piece. Would help reduce our need to defend so much.
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Felt like we bodied them today. Ugly game and we won because of the quality we had. So satisfying. How many times have we played a ‘big team’ and won because we had better players? Lovely
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Volvo add is MENTAL
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Everyone has injuries but they’re killing any momentum for us. No consistency in selection and we’ve had to push arguably our most important player out of position, and now he’s injured too.
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It makes games really frustrating but also suggests we aren’t too far away. We concede when we’re on top in games which is annoying but we’re also constantly changing our defence because of injuries. So it sort of makes sense.
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Yeah big problem is we conceded. Can’t put my finger on why it didn’t go our way today but it didn’t. Would love to go 45 mins without an injury to someone in our starting XI.
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Agree with that
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Thinking about that and looking at our schedule. These are problems good teams face. It seems nuts that other leagues try to help the teams competing in Europe while here it’s completely dismissed. Makes no sense in the Co-Efficient FC age. Huge test over the next month. And we’re threadbare.
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Yeah. Wanted the ball and was aggressive in the tackle. Excited to see how much he contributes when the team get used to him. Could have that extra productivity that Cash sometimes lacks
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Sad thing is that with our injuries, he could feel like a big miss by the time UCL last 16 comes around. He’s going to play a lot of minutes in the next month. Looks capable of giving Emery a real headache when Cash is fit again.
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Good energy about him too