End of year thoughts

[ozleeds]

Don't know how the team is stronger talk is coming from. defense is worse than last season if a defense can get any worse! Mids are no better Roca is crap Addams is good but no superstar. Our strength is forwards and he surely has fd them up. You could see clear as day Gnonto only use his right side yet he plays him left wing. Aaronson is more of a mid than a winger. Jg doesn't get enough time to gel or improve hence this season he looks non interested but last game when he came on looked like his old self unlucky not to score a couple. Rasm is way worse than Ayling I would play him any day over him. Cooper Larente total garbage. Hopefully we might get to see an attack of Sinnestera Gnonto Summerville
I would try this formation see how it goes but what do I know lol
Meslier
Ayling Koch Pat Harrison He no good up forward can run tackle and might provide forward pressure.
Addams Aarronson Greenwood
Sinnestera Gnonto Summerville
Forget the rodrigos and the other crap Youngsters to feel the bench why t f they brought it a 38 year old as backup keep when we have Klaason Ill never know just like the resigning of the superstar Cb for another 3 years.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Think if players are good enough they are tall enough - so many examples of quality forwards who are small.

Joffy likes scoring, has lots of talent and seems to hate losing - he is at an age where he needs to play. He can also play others in pretty well so would give me a go.

Lots of academic research (see the references in the chapters in soccernomics dealing with this) taken from big data sets that the weakest player drags the performance of the team down - we all know where are weak spots are.

Out inability to keep the ball against pressing teams is also a a concern.

Against certain teams we look good because it doesn’t exploit those weaknesses but there aren’t many of those teams in the league and there is a clear way to trouble us and make us concede which I am sure all teams have analysed to death.

Be interesting to see how Adams gets on against Guimaries tonight.

If we plan as much as Orta professes then not sure why we didn’t buy a quality promising left back to develop either!

Newcastle have a lot of quick skilful players who are both good in possession but also on the break during ‘transition’ when they win the ball back. Sure they will look to exploit our left side by playing left and switching play.