Kingdawson
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Re: Official - Paulinho
Sandro isn't going to replace Dembele imo.
Sandro isn't going to replace Dembele imo.
Sandro isn't going to replace Dembele imo.
THe likelihood is he started off well and faded is that he's burnt out after non stop football for a year? Not to mention he's just come back from injury, new country and surroundings etc Anyone is an idiot for not giving new signings a season to bed in, there are so many variable factors noone here can appreciate, myself included....
Er... is that a joke or an attempt at irony?
Capoue has worse passing than Paulinho
Less work rate
Gets pulled out of position when he is supposed to be defensive minded
Jogs back into position
Neither have been great recently but to criticise Paulinho for things that Capoue does too... and say Capoue is a lot better... makes no sense.
I think Paulinho is a good player and could be as effective as Lampard; he was great against Stoke until Charlie Adam did what he always does to the best player on the pitch.
Can't make my mind up about Paulie at the moment. Will he turn out to be our Lampard? Really hope so but only seen little glimpses so far.
What I do feel though is that we
MUST play a recognised DM ( either Sandro or Capoue) if he is in the team. I don't rate the Dembele/Pauli pairing without the security behind them. They go wandering too much.
Can't make my mind up about Paulie at the moment. Will he turn out to be our Lampard? Really hope so but only seen little glimpses so far.
What I do feel though is that we
MUST play a recognised DM ( either Sandro or Capoue) if he is in the team. I don't rate the Dembele/Pauli pairing without the security behind them. They go wandering too much.
i used to subscribe to that whole..."give them as much time as they need" but at 17 million and north of 70,000 a week am thinking now "fair enough your adjusting, but you better show some effort to otherwise.....no"
if the dude is jaded then why is he playing? shouldnt he be resting? Or is this going to somehow become sherwoods fault?
I agree, we need to realize that to play an outright attacking mid (with the idea of them getting 10+ goals a season), they have to play forward (with the freedom of a DM behind them), so many times I watch Dembele play and think, great strength, great shielding of the ball, nice turns, but really, wtf is he doing? not playing DM, not a passer and doesn't get into a finishing place enough.
To me, Sandro is a given when fit, Eriksen (or Bentaleb depending on your views there) as the ball player, Paulinho/Dembele (Dembele would have to up his game) as the AM, and Lennon/Townsend as the pace/width option.
In his current position, and based on the season so far, who would people rather have in their side, Gylfi Sigurðsson or Paulinho?
In his current position, and based on the season so far, who would people rather have in their side, Gylfi Sigurðsson or Paulinho?
I really like siggy, he was the heir to lampard but has never been given the chance to fulfil his potential.
Gylfi but they're both as bad as eachother in that position (and i rate Gylfi generally). Invisibilnho is more than happy to ghost a game, not track back, just jog around a bit. Gylfi at least gets himself involved more...but he's still guilty of not involving himself in general play enough. I don't even trust Eriksen in that number 10 role to perform to a consistent level. There's only 2 players imo (well two and a half) that i trust to play that role effectively...Lamela, Townsend and to a lesser extent Lennon.
Townsend in the free role behind the striker? Hmm would have to see it.
Grays_1890, good point about identity crisis based on the system. I think all our squad players are genuinely decent players. But are completely lost in understanding their function for the team. I think the blend and the balance is wrong. I've said before, players like Soldado and Lennon rely on good supply, solid midfielders like Dembele, Sandro, Paulinho rely on a clever attacking midfielder playmaker type (think Silva, Cazorla, Mata) for them to be effective.
We've got the blend all wrong, and as a result our football is poor.