21 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Don't like that from Mudryk. That's your teammate, any problems you have with his performance should be kept in house. Take it up with him, not go to social media and join in on mocking him, that's awful for team morale.

Is rather odd isn't it.

8 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Don't like that from Mudryk. That's your teammate, any problems you have with his performance should be kept in house. Take it up with him, not go to social media and join in on mocking him, that's awful for team morale.

I'm not even sure what that collage is supposed to mean.

Edited February 14, 20233 yr by RMH

42 minutes ago, RMH said:

I'm not even sure what that collage is supposed to mean.

Its in reference to Cucurella passing to everyone except Mudryk at the weekend, even when he was free

So painfully risk averse, the last one bothers me with how free Mudryk is

Edited February 14, 20233 yr by RIP Mourinho

11 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

So painfully risk averse, the last one bothers me with how free Mudryk is

Sums up in a small way my view of him. After we've pissed about passing around in our own box, we finally get a chance to break out and attack, especially with our new guys, and the first thing on cuckoo's mind is to play the ball backwards. As you point out sooo painful to watch.

13 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

So painfully risk averse, the last one bothers me with how free Mudryk is

So many opportunities to have Mudryk running onto the ball behind the fence, or for the give and go ... nice to see Mudryk trying to make the right runs. Him and Chilwell will gel very well I reckon.

Not a unique trait of Cucurella, though, is it? How many years have we been complaining about players passing sideways/backwards when he was not here? Jorgi, Azpi, Kova, Mount, Christensen, Rudiger, on top of my head are players that have been accused of doing this regularly in the last couple of seasons. I get that players pass to Enzo as they used to do with Jorginho, we've been doing that for many games now and it will take a while for the 'old' guard to learn new patterns, with the difference that Enzo now has the vision and capacity to unlock defences with his quality of pass. I rather Enzo tried to pass through the lines than Cucurella, to be honest.

15 hours ago, RMH said:

 I rather Enzo tried to pass through the lines than Cucurella, to be honest.

Not a bad idea but it is too predictable and makes it easier for defences to properly get into place 

By passing it to Mudryk, you force the defence to move and lets Mudryk be able to use his skill. 

Didn't mind him at first, not sure what to think now. Can't help but think he's slipped into some poor form and he can bounce back. That's being hopeful anyway... 

We definitely need Chilly to stay fit for a while now though. 

5 hours ago, Victor90 said:

Didn't mind him at first, not sure what to think now. Can't help but think he's slipped into some poor form and he can bounce back. That's being hopeful anyway... 

We definitely need Chilly to stay fit for a while now though. 

Chilly is a better athlete. More physicality. More strength. Better in the air. Better positionally. More creative. A better passer. A better crosser. More attacking. 

Cucurella has more gloves.

 

 

He's being spoken about like a Bakayoko level clown but I'm really not seeing it, unless someone can tell me what I'm missing.

I mean should we have signed him? Not really, even more so given Hall's emergence and Maatsen going from strength to strength, was he overpriced? By god yes but I certainly don't have him in clown tier personally.

4 hours ago, just said:

Chilly is a better athlete. More physicality. More strength. Better in the air. Better positionally. More creative. A better passer. A better crosser. More attacking. 

Cucurella has more gloves.

 

 

and a bigger......hairdo

 

 

^ Chilwell is such a vital cog to the team.

The downturn in team performance after his knee injury last year cannot be understated.

That's shocking. 

How are Hall and Maatsen's creative metrics?

25 minutes ago, Jezz said:

^ Chilwell is such a vital cog to the team.

The downturn in team performance after his knee injury last year cannot be understated.

One of the most reliable players of this team and one of the world's best at his position. Never puts a foot wrong both offensively and defensively. Yet I see people massively underrating him...

Apparently victim of a burglary. It though does beg the question if this has affected him negatively, why is he being picked? 

Wasn't that ages ago?

1 hour ago, charierre said:

Apparently victim of a burglary. It though does beg the question if this has affected him negatively, why is he being picked? 

Did the burglars steal his talent and ability?

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

That's shocking. 

How are Hall and Maatsen's creative metrics?

Maatsen was named Championship player of the season, and has 4 MOTM performances. Biggest fear is City is after a LB, he is currently playing under a City legend, and has 1 more year left on his contract. Pep is also very patient with young talents (see Gomez). It’s a deal I could see happening.

It's fine to be critical of his performances, but the fans booing him at games are an absolute disgrace.

 

21 hours ago, wizardous said:

One of the most reliable players of this team and one of the world's best at his position. Never puts a foot wrong both offensively and defensively. Yet I see people massively underrating him...

Agree. But who is underrating Chilwell? The only problem I have with him is injury history, which is a valid concern considering the amount of games he missed for Leicester and Chelsea.

36 minutes ago, reparto corse said:

 

Agree. But who is underrating Chilwell? The only problem I have with him is injury history, which is a valid concern considering the amount of games he missed for Leicester and Chelsea.

Several posters were happy for us to sell him.

Think people were worried he wouldn't reach his 2021 levels again. 

3 hours ago, reparto corse said:

 

Agree. But who is underrating Chilwell? The only problem I have with him is injury history, which is a valid concern considering the amount of games he missed for Leicester and Chelsea.

More people than you think. I saw somebody in the Dortmund thread had posted something like "I'm so happy he's back, can't believe I'm saying this".