NoblyBobly Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) One thing Martin mentioned was corners. What a difference Felix corner were! Speed , dip, no chance for keeper to pluck casually out of the air. Then Zyech steps up and we are back in the room. edit: To me Felix is a bit of a cross between Hazard and Zola. He could support a number 9 maybe in a 5 3 2 formation and chip in with important goals. He’s clearly no dead eyed dick but he took his goal beautifully in the previous game. Please can we buy him!,, Edited February 16, 2023 by NoblyBobly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago97 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, NoblyBobly said: One thing Martin mentioned was corners. What a difference Felix corner were! Speed , dip, no chance for keeper to pluck casually out of the air. Then Zyech steps up and we are back in the room. edit: To me Felix is a bit of a cross between Hazard and Zola. He could support a number 9 maybe in a 5 3 2 formation and chip in with important goals. He’s clearly no dead eyed dick but he took his goal beautifully in the previous game. Please can we buy him!,, I can't help but think Atletico have played a bit of a blinder here. They get good loan fee and wages covered for a player their manager don't want right now. Rumours are he is off at end of the season, they then give themselves the option of bringing their top player back under a new manager. Or sell him to the biggest spenders in town and recoup as much of their huge outlay on him as possible. Smart business from their perspective. Edited February 16, 2023 by Thiago97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonb Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 I also think a good move for us, he looks our best player and shows the level our attackers need to aim for. The only caveat is that like Havertz he is not a clinical finisher or at least not so far. Hie movement and vision are superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holymoly Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 hour ago, NoblyBobly said: we would have beaten a tough German team in their own intimidating ground? I'll tell you what. Could you imagine the experience if our (new) stadium had a wall like that behind one of the goals and we were able to put all our noisiest supporters in it? The German fans were incredible. The Bridge in comparison is like a library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 hour ago, NoblyBobly said: Why can some not see that Potters problem is that we spent half a billion and bought no one who can put the ball in the back of the net? What are you saying. Team GP are yes men and just do what the boss tells them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarefreeMuratcan Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 6 hours ago, Mark Kelly said: Just see the highlights , how we lost that game is beyond me. I watched the highlights in the morning and there were even chances I had FORGOTTEN about. That's how crazy it was. Totally forgotten about Reece's chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarefreeMuratcan Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 hour ago, NoblyBobly said: Why can some not see that Potters problem is that we spent half a billion and bought no one who can put the ball in the back of the net? We did. Why don't they just play Fofana. He has looked ok in his cameos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trini_Blue Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 hour ago, CarefreeMuratcan said: We did. Why don't they just play Fofana. He has looked ok in his cameos. I hope he's going to get some playing time coming up in the Southampton game. It must be something fitness related I would assume. I mean, Havertz isn't showing us anything that we don't already know. It's not like Potter thinks Havertz is suddenly going to click and become a 20 goal striker. Havertz puts his body about. Not saying he should be sold or anything. Maybe keep him around to play some games off the bench next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledblue Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Our squad is too big but I think last night showed again we are the perm signing of felix and a serious CF away from a promising future given the ages of the players we now have and would keep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1905 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, exiledblue said: Our squad is too big but I think last night showed again we are the perm signing of felix and a serious CF away from a promising future given the ages of the players we now have and would keep And a proper DM. Probably looking at £250m+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1905 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 3 hours ago, ROTG said: How was the trip and the Dortmund experience? TB was on TV take photos of the Dortmund wall. Unfortunately I didn't make it, had a funeral to go to, seriously gutted to miss it especially as I had my ticket and everything paid for. I had to watch it on my phone, on silent as it was what it was. Funnily enough just watched it again on the telly and the woman commentator amazed me, she must have a liking for Potter, kept mentioning how 'Potters football' takes time to implement. I think he's done it in double quick time. What we are seeing is 'Potters football'. It's just not very good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 25 minutes ago, martin1905 said: Unfortunately I didn't make it, had a funeral to go to, seriously gutted to miss it especially as I had my ticket and everything paid for. I had to watch it on my phone, on silent as it was what it was. Funnily enough just watched it again on the telly and the woman commentator amazed me, she must have a liking for Potter, kept mentioning how 'Potters football' takes time to implement. I think he's done it in double quick time. What we are seeing is 'Potters football'. It's just not very good. Still, the good thing was they still had the rabidly anti Chelsea commentator who is the most vociferous supporter of whoever we're playing to even the score up which was one of the contributory factors to me telling BT where to stick their football coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Singleton Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 2 hours ago, CarefreeMuratcan said: We did. Why don't they just play Fofana. He has looked ok in his cameos. He's not registered for the CL squad. A club can register a maximum of 25 players before the competition starts. Then after the January window, a club may make a maximum of three changes to that squad, allowing them to register players previously at the club but not in the original squad or players they've brought in during the transfer window. We registered Joao Felix, Mudryk and Enzo Fernandez as our "three new players" (with Aubameyang being dropped from the original squad, and Jorginho having been sold making up the spaces from our original 24 man squad) D D Fofana (along with Badiashile, amongst others) missed the cut as we simply couldn't register everyone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 57 minutes ago, martin1905 said: Unfortunately I didn't make it, had a funeral to go to, seriously gutted to miss it especially as I had my ticket and everything paid for. I had to watch it on my phone, on silent as it was what it was. Funnily enough just watched it again on the telly and the woman commentator amazed me, she must have a liking for Potter, kept mentioning how 'Potters football' takes time to implement. I think he's done it in double quick time. What we are seeing is 'Potters football'. It's just not very good. I always watch now with the sound off but actually tried to watch the half time analysis..or non analysis...with two not very funny ex players trying to make silly jokes and word "fun"...(On the worst pun day on here we are streets ahead!)The Saint and Greavsie they ain't,,and for that matter never were on the pitch! and...the bold bit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedMiddle Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 hour ago, martin1905 said: And a proper DM. Probably looking at £250m+ I know you've said before that Enzo is better higher up. But this far he has looked every bit a typical DM, winning the ball deep, controlling the tempo and making forward passes. One attribute he seems to be a bit less well endowed on is pace - so is he really that box to box player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1905 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 50 minutes ago, ShedMiddle said: I know you've said before that Enzo is better higher up. But this far he has looked every bit a typical DM, winning the ball deep, controlling the tempo and making forward passes. One attribute he seems to be a bit less well endowed on is pace - so is he really that box to box player? Not sure I've said that, pretty sure it's Celery your thinking of but either way I agree with him 100%. He may well be able to play as a DM but would be completely wasted in my opinion. He is a box to box, you've only got to see how much more often he gets forward than Jorginho did, the type of pass he looks for when he gets there and the man absolute loves a shit. Not only does he get forward more often than a typical DM should, he busts a gut to do it. Not sure how much of that can be seen on TV, not suggesting that's how you watch games I don't know, but you see it better live , he bursts forward with no care in the world for what he's leaving behind. To get the best out of him he must not be shackled and needs a proper DM alongside him that will allow him to roam all over the pitch. Also I don't think he's particularly slow, he may not be the quickest but Dortmund's goal made him look slower than he is, understandably so that boy was beyond quick, I'm not sure it's ever been mentioned before that moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevelourfog Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 hour ago, martin1905 said: He is a box to box, you've only got to see how much more often he gets forward than Jorginho did, the type of pass he looks for when he gets there and the man absolute loves a shit. Hey, who doesn't? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Just now, thevelourfog said: Hey, who doesn't? Saw it earlier and had to sit on my hands 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevelourfog Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 minute ago, Mark Kelly said: Saw it earlier and had to sit on my hands 😂 I'll even it out at about 5pm on Saturday by posting about Potter being a shot coach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1905 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, thevelourfog said: Hey, who doesn't? Didn't notice that, obviously, brilliant!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigScotland Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Felix was absolutely outstanding last night. Hopefully we can make the loan deal permanent if that's possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledblue Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Did potter do homework before the game? either he didn't know Enzo was slow or he didn't know dortmund break with pace and adeyeni was quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asvaberg Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 13 hours ago, Mark Kelly said: Just see the highlights , how we lost that game is beyond me. Me too. I feel they played amazing thinking with so many new players and already play so well (without scoring). This is very promising!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCreadie Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 23 minutes ago, exiledblue said: Did potter do homework before the game? either he didn't know Enzo was slow or he didn't know dortmund break with pace and adeyeni was quick. Or Mudryk was tasked with the job and didn’t do it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoblyBobly Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 10 hours ago, ROTG said: What are you saying. Team GP are yes men and just do what the boss tells them? No I’m saying we spent a lot of money on some nice players, none of which really know where the goal is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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