25 Apr 2024 08:01:53
been super busy at work and just caught up with various news (so really, don't know how Ed002 can keep up with his/ her day job, help in this site, and have some much info about many things)
1. Wow! I thought Chelsea may give Arsenal a game. the only match I see them potentially dropping points is now against Spurs. There is no way we can overturn the GD now. The loss to Palace at home is looking increasingly a very big missed chance for us.
2. City also doesn't look like dropping points, and hoping Spurs (again), may do some damage. The rest they have in between games is also adequate since they are out of CL. it really is theirs to lose now.
3. Arne Slot it seems will be our new manager. Know nothing about him, but am hoping he turns out good. From what I read, seems a nice guy, great man mgmt, attacking football. Let's hope he does well even though he was 3rd choice. Salah, the 4th choice turned out half decent yea?
Also, if he sticks by 4-2-3-1, will it be:
Alisson
Robbo (or new / younger LB)
VVD (or Hacko? )
Konate
Bradley
Endo
TAA (may allow his desire to be MF and utilize his passing range w/ o needing the inverted FB that is confusing and make use defensively vulnerable, but does need to do more defensively)
Gakpo / Diaz (I actually think the former may do better in this role)
Macallister (imagine the damage he can do to opposition as a 10)
Sobozslai (may bring out the best in him)
Nunez (but he does need to be a lot more clinical) .
Yes, I am thinking Salah will be off and probably should given how he has declined this season.
4. Derby day! following what Ed025 commented on another thread, I am sure he has kidnapped Gakpo so that the impending hat trick won't be happening. But here's hoping a good game and a win for us of course!
25 Apr 2024 08:30:01
A few of my mates say Arne slot is nothing without his assistant Marino Pusic (they won the league together last year ) And this year he left and Slot is losing to PSV managed by Peter Bosz who is notoriosuly famous for not winning the league. I don't know how much of this are actual truth but just putting it out there.
25 Apr 2024 08:42:09
Beekeeper only 1 football team in world football relies more on their assistant manager than their actual manager.
And that is us when we are not winning.
25 Apr 2024 10:45:28
Endo needs moving on asap. Aside from his first few games he has been awful and is a liability in possession as well as defensively.
25 Apr 2024 11:07:12
You’d have to upgrade Konate Endo Gakpo/ Diaz Szoboszlai and Nunez in that 11.
25 Apr 2024 12:09:48
Amorin, Patently false. Clearly you have it backwards (shocking, I know) . People wanted Endo out the gaff in his first few games until he caught up to speed and killed it from November to March. Now he is struggling with Fatigue cos there was a time he played 3 times a week for about 6 weeks to 2 months esp. when Macca was injured. Nice try, tho.
25 Apr 2024 13:11:25
Did Endo kill it from Nov - Mar really? .
November - in 3 league games he played 90 mins once and then 5 and 7 mins.
December he played 7 mins v Fulham and then killed it by starting the next 6 and looked really good.
January - Def didn't kill it as he was at the Asian cup
February - came back and played all 3 league games
March - again played most of the league games
April - Has struggled just as much as everyone else with poor performances.
So some might say he killed it Nov to March but i'd say he had a good December, February and March.