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Xavi Simons

elltrev said:
The funny thing is that Frank has talked about his key principles including being brave, taking risks, and playing attacking football.
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TF needs time to continue building from defence to attack. Doesn't help that two of our regular starting defenders get injured after the internationals.

because or injuries and late transfers, i believe TF is still learning about the players in midfield and attack.

my guess is that TF will eventually build the team around palhinha, xavi and kudus. muani being fit is the catalyst he needs to shake up the attack.
 
There's definitely a player there, but he lookes a bit "jet lagged" kinda?

He knows what he should do and do it to some extend, cut left, cut right etc but he lacks a bit explosivness to really take advantage of it, often get caught up by the defender and fall over or pass it backwards.

Hopefully something that he will add on in the time ahead.
 
Svess said:
There's definitely a player there, but he lookes a bit "jet lagged" kinda?

He knows what he should do and do it to some extend, cut left, cut right etc but he lacks a bit explosivness to really take advantage of it, often get caught up by the defender and fall over or pass it backwards.

Hopefully something that he will add on in the time ahead.
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Didn't someone say that since his ankle injury he's lost a bit of that?
 
Simons and Bergvall when playing as the 10 mostly suffers from the same thing.

We're not getting them involved. We're not finding them in pockets of space. The game mostly passes them by, not as a result of anything they're doing or not doing, but as a result of how we play.
 
elltrev said:
The funny thing is that Frank has talked about his key principles including being brave, taking risks, and playing attacking football.
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Those things are only talking points until we actually see it in action

I'm not doubting that those are principles he holds. But how are they weighted up against principles of being defensively solid etc.
 
braineclipse said:
Simons and Bergvall when playing as the 10 mostly suffers from the same thing.

We're not getting them involved. We're not finding them in pockets of space. The game mostly passes them by, not as a result of anything they're doing or not doing, but as a result of how we play.
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Yep, we almost never pass to them. They are an island. Might as well play Sarr there for his pressing/tackling, or play Crouchy there for his headers at set plays.
 
Bullet said:
Yep, we almost never pass to them. They are an island. Might as well play Sarr there for his pressing/tackling, or play Crouchy there for his headers at set plays.
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Yeah. Until we're willing to actually play with some risk through the middle, play Bergvall/Gray in midfield as well as Simons for example, we may as well play Simons on the left. At least he'd get to get on the ball.
 
Hopefully he was merely playing possum and Xavi will be ruthless in final third when we face the top teams next month.

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That video is so strange. Xavi had 4 good options and chose to play it behind Spence, at 1mph, whilst crumpling. I mean, what on earth was he attempting, and what happened?

Should have slid it through the defence to Spence OR to Kudus OR gone himself but what he actually did was Sissoko levels of 'decision'.
 
It's not rocket science what is going on with the kid (imo) - he was a bit shocked by the pace and physicality of the league, and the fact he has less time on the ball than in the Bundesliga. When combined with the fact that the majority of games so far have not been situations he thrives in (i.e, they have been gritty, physical affairs), he's lost a bit of confidence and now either struggles to make a decision or rushes it and makes the wrong one.

It's natural - lots of players start out like this. Wirtz is doing the exact same thing at Pool, and cost like 2.5 times as much. It's a rare player that comes in and bosses it right from the off - even Modric struggled initially and needed a season as a winger off the left, to adjust.

It will concern me if he's still like this come the end of the season. For now, I hope he just takes his time to adjust.
 
DubaiSpur said:
It's not rocket science what is going on with the kid (imo) - he was a bit shocked by the pace and physicality of the league, and the fact he has less time on the ball than in the Bundesliga. When combined with the fact that the majority of games so far have not been situations he thrives in (i.e, they have been gritty, physical affairs), he's lost a bit of confidence and now either struggles to make a decision or rushes it and makes the wrong one.

It's natural - lots of players start out like this. Wirtz is doing the exact same thing at Pool, and cost like 2.5 times as much. It's a rare player that comes in and bosses it right from the off - even Modric struggled initially and needed a season as a winger off the left, to adjust.

It will concern me if he's still like this come the end of the season. For now, I hope he just takes his time to adjust.
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I agree.

I also think he needs to concentrate on doing the basics to help him get up to speed quicker , those rabona passes are nonsense.
 
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