hogesar
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I watched the whole thing on BT Sport. Sutton is always miserable about Norwich. I quite like Jake just because he does an awful job at trying to act like a neutral.
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morty
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"Hulllloooo Nayul, yeah I wasn't at the match today, but I watched it on my telly box...."
I have blocked Jake on twitter as his opinions about the team he supposedly supports are embarrassingly poorly informed, considering he is meant to be an actual pundit.
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GJP
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Corrected that for ya.
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GJP
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Jake is a bit of a phoney, in my opinion.
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gerryinromania
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Quite enjoyed watching game here in Romania, with a wee glass of magic sipping lotion.I didn't think that it was a terrible or boring game.Commentators made several mentions of just how much one player cost more than our entire team.Quite impressed with our efforts. Seen many supposedly Norwich fans criticising. Some strange people out there. Back to Kings Lynn in 2 weeks. Looking forward to my annual winter Canary tonic
morty
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There are a bizarre group of people who loved Farke to begin with, really loved him over the course of the unbeaten run, then slowly, but surely started to question everything. Now things are turning round they don't quite know what to do with themselves, they feel they can't give praise as it will almost be admitting they were wrong.
Its actually quite hilarious to watch.
Din
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To be fair I saw him just outside the ground with his kid before the game, so yeah not having talks anywhere or anything like that aha.
Din
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Think as a neutral that was probably a terrible game to watch, but I thought it was decent enough and it was good to see us hold our own against the champions, albeit they were nowhere near their best. All the 3 centre backs were terrific. Lewis impressive again as well. Trybull and Tettey also superb.
I liked the 5-2-3 formation to be fair, and I'd be interested to see how we'd get in if we used it away from home in a league game. Defensively we were excellent, though as others have said offensively we didn't really have anything. In a league game though, against a team who don't have a back 3 of David Luiz, Cahill and Rudiger, perhaps we'd look sharper going forwards.
All the lads put in a real shift and we definitely merited the draw. Only gripe I do have is I probably would've made some subs a bit earlier. Would've been good to get Wildschut on for Josh with 20 left and just let him leg it with the ball at Chelsea's defence. Looking forward to the replay though. You never know in the cup!
I liked the 5-2-3 formation to be fair, and I'd be interested to see how we'd get in if we used it away from home in a league game. Defensively we were excellent, though as others have said offensively we didn't really have anything. In a league game though, against a team who don't have a back 3 of David Luiz, Cahill and Rudiger, perhaps we'd look sharper going forwards.
All the lads put in a real shift and we definitely merited the draw. Only gripe I do have is I probably would've made some subs a bit earlier. Would've been good to get Wildschut on for Josh with 20 left and just let him leg it with the ball at Chelsea's defence. Looking forward to the replay though. You never know in the cup!
hogesar
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To be fair Id agree on the sub front but I actually thought we looked worse for the subs - Chelsea defence pushed up as soon as Murphy came off, not sure Oliviera ever really touched the ball? Neither Wildshut for that matter.
morty
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When I looked at Wildschutt he had a kind of glazed look on his face like he wasn't really sure what he was meant to be doing.
hogesar
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i think thats pretty common for him. I dont think hes an intelligent footballer in any sense.
but he is strong and quick and will carry us up the pitch. Him playing kind of puts my theory of a large appearance fee to Wigan to bed. Hopefully he gets a bit more game time now.
dj161
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could be based on league appearances? still think he should be in the side more, he offers something that none of our other attacking midfielders do, and thats get the ball, head down and charge, sometimes you need that
hogesar
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True, im sure we will know soon enough as you'd think he would get some game time over the next couple of games.
morty
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I don't know, he is just a bit "Forrest Gump" for me. I don't think he will ever really fit into what Farke is trying to do. I think maybe when he was at Wigan they played very differently to how we do, possibly with two central strikers in a more traditional 4-4-2? The fact that we get our width from our full backs means that I would question the need for a conventional winger any more. To compare him to Murphy, I would see him more as a wide midfielder than a winger, who has a lot more strings to his bow than bombing to the byline.
Its a shame, as Yanic could do really well in the right system.
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I see in Widschut a similar issue which Oxlade Chamberlain gets linked with.
Yanic can travel with the ball like a battering ram but she he reaches the fun zone of the penalty area he struggles to do something useful with it.
We're I a coach, I'd be focusing on end product with him in training..
Yanic can travel with the ball like a battering ram but she he reaches the fun zone of the penalty area he struggles to do something useful with it.
We're I a coach, I'd be focusing on end product with him in training..
morty
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I kinda feel he isn't the sharpest cookie in the jar, and maybe doesn't retain information too well
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GJP
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I would just be telling him to beat a defender and then cut the ball back/cross. Create uncertainty.
But that's not how DF likes to play.
But that's not how DF likes to play.
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ouchI kinda feel he isn't the sharpest cookie in the jar, and maybe doesn't retain information too well
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