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Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

ricky2tricky4city said:
If Richie wasn't committed to staying, and with Solankes injury record, combined with us not looking to sign a proper 9 beyond a fill-in 9 like Marmoush or Gakpo, I'm surprised we didn't want to hold on to him even with the skinny game calender.

Under the scenario above he would have played.

After watching today....I'd rather have him than Delap all day long.
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Id have kept Lankshear given we didn't have another in mind. Lankshear's profile would have been to have. We have too hope find a system that works with have though.
 
SissokoWasGood (BoL) said:
I don’t think we’re writing off games, it’s just a function of where we are. We could have won today.

I think it was interesting to hear his analysis about taking the wrong decision in the crucial moment in attack. This is what needs to come together. It seems like the team gets the build up piece ok. But it’s when it becomes go-time and we’ve created the space, we’re making the wrong call with the ball. Everyone needs to improve around that.
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We really need an AM or someone to replicate that play. I look at us today and I think what would one of the missing three have done today in possession. We missed that drive and push in the middle third. I saw some green shoots, the general style is being implanted but it's rough and we are still missing some of the key ingredients. Hopefully time will bond the players together better and use the ball in those decisive moments better.
 
Bishop said:
We really need an AM or someone to replicate that play. I look at us today and I think what would one of the missing three have done today in possession. We missed that drive and push in the middle third. I saw some green shoots, the general style is being implanted but it's rough and we are still missing some of the key ingredients. Hopefully time will bond the players together better and use the ball in those decisive moments better.
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Yeah and as much as we can agree we have needed to improve all over the pitch personal wise, I do think a major reason for our struggles last season and this is the lack of a 10. We've had Kulu, Maddison and Simons all out with long term injuries in that position - if you took 3 main options for a number 10 out of any team then you would struggle to a pretty big extent.

Even just getting Maddison back would make a big difference, I'm not really convinced Marmoush is the answer as the 10 (but do like him) but perhaps my judgment is wrong there....
 
Bishop said:
We really need an AM or someone to replicate that play. I look at us today and I think what would one of the missing three have done today in possession. We missed that drive and push in the middle third. I saw some green shoots, the general style is being implanted but it's rough and we are still missing some of the key ingredients. Hopefully time will bond the players together better and use the ball in those decisive moments better.
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we need a stable starting eleven to get patterns and connections going.

so the faster all the guys get fit the better. and dezerbi needs to push the medical staff because every other team looks fitter and stronger than us.

the fit starting eleven should get priority - the unfit can take as long as they need but have to fight their way back into contention off the bench
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
Yea I kind of fancy us in that one, Pool will surely rotate whilst we should really be going full strength. Big game for us, not so much for them. A win there could really give an injection of confidence to the “project”(!). All ifs and buts at the moment though.
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Seems like one where either team hits their straps and kicks on, be nice for abit of a look at the cup given the league start
 
MartyFunkhouser said:
I only just realised with have Liverpool in the EFL Cup hopefully our coming out party
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Liverpool have midweek game against Atletico Madrid before their weekend game and then our cup game, hopefully they look to our cup game to rotate/rest a few.

Never confident away to Liverpool though, but regardless another game to get players used to each other and hopefully get a nice surprise....
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
Yea I kind of fancy us in that one, Pool will surely rotate whilst we should really be going full strength. Big game for us, not so much for them. A win there could really give an injection of confidence to the “project”(!). All ifs and buts at the moment though.
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harr1984 said:
Liverpool have midweek game against Atletico Madrid before their weekend game and then our cup game, hopefully they look to our cup game to rotate/rest a few.

Never confident away to Liverpool though, but regardless another game to get players used to each other and hopefully get a nice surprise....
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We got thumped away at Brentford and didn’t register a shot on target at Forest yesterday. It’s going to have to be a hell of a rapid improvement to get anything at Anfield.
 
Mikey10 said:
We got thumped away at Brentford and didn’t register a shot on target at Forest yesterday. It’s going to have to be a hell of a rapid improvement to get anything at Anfield.
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Yea I get it’s a leap of faith!

Though just for the sake of discussion, the team that plays v Pool will be unrecognizable to the one that took the pitch v Brentford. I really don’t think that game is relevant.

Re Forest we were marginally the better side away from home at a tough ground for us, stats and eye test back that up. The shots on target thing is a bit of a red herring as if you give Marmoush his 2 chances again he’d hit the target more often than not, similarly with VDVs header from 4 yards out.

And just to say again, my bullishness is based on the assumption that Pool will be rotating their side, if they don’t then yea of course we’ll be 2nd favorites.
 
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