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Tanguy Ndombele

billyiddo said:
Burnley and West Brom are two of the lowest scorers in the league, shooting fish in a barrel comes to mind with regards to regaining defensive solidity against those 2
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Those were the games we had coming up. I'd rather see us shoot fish in a barrel than try to shoot fish in a barrel, miss the barrel and shoot our own foot off.

The upcoming games will obviously prove a much harder test. I'm glad we're going into that with 1 goal conceded in 3 league games rather than a worse record.

There's a lot left to be proved this season, because it's November.
 
billyiddo said:
Burnley and West Brom are two of the lowest scorers in the league, shooting fish in a barrel comes to mind with regards to regaining defensive solidity against those 2
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I don’t get what you want from the defence? They done what you said should have been easily done and the Keeper was hardly tested in either game. Surely if its easily done and we done it with relative ease then the job was done?

Seems like the same logic as fans moaning about strikers who score alot of goals against small teams. Like they are supposed to not score against them.
 
StephenH said:
Opinion! Maybe a little OTT. I have never seen him as anything other than OK. That doesn't mean he's bad but also doesn't elevate him to higher levels of say a João Moutinho or a Bruno Fernandes.
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I think with Lo Celso his final third play hasn’t been spectacular but I’m thinking of him as more of a cm whose best work will come from deeper areas, so more of a Modric than Eriksen imo. Pre injury he stood out in a dysfunctional team in his first season in a new league, so lots to be positive about there. Ndombele also seems better deeper albeit with a better final pass so maybe we need to look at the two of them combining to help us resist the press and make quick transitions to counter rather than hitting 20 goals a season from midfield.
 
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Yiddo said:
I don’t get what you want from the defence? They done what you said should have been easily done and the Keeper was hardly tested in either game. Surely if its easily done and we done it with relative ease then the job was done?

Seems like the same logic as fans moaning about strikers who score alot of goals against small teams. Like they are supposed to not score against them.
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That post was at the end of a discussion being had with regards to tightening the defense up at the expense of the attack - quoted out of context sure it seems harsh but the point being made was that we were playing two of the worst attacks in the league and i was questioning whether we really needed to sacrifice our attacking play to be defensively solid against such teams.
 
Bishop said:
I genuinely think a fully fit GLC offers just as much defensively as Sissoko. Who let's be honest isn't actually much good in the defensive aspect. Constantly chasing play, rarely intercepts awful awareness. GLC intercepts better, works just as hard and as a bonus can actually pass the ball.

I await his full fitness and you will see he does everything Sissoko does and more.
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You see GLC bullying Yaya Toura off the ball like it's nothing?
 
Hopefully the international break came at a good time for him and we'll set his fitness levels improve further. Would love to see him be ready for a full, or at least close to full, at some point game in the coming weeks. Would give us more options since him being subbed has been close to inevitable this season.

Also would give him more of a chance to impact games in the way only he does. Could be vital in the upcoming run of tough fixtures.

Can't wait to see more of his magic.
 
Watched some of the behind the scenes footage released by the club today, he looks so happy.. Big contrast to his languid warm-ups when he first arrived, he looks much more settled now.

Hope he smashes it up tomorrow.
 
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