27 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

if a cm loses possession of the ball in the middle, and in losing the ball, the other team goes to score - then it is only right that they are called out and blamed. 

If he was doing his job, he wouldn't have lost possession and cost us a goal. Same is also true of colwill and sanchez for the goal

Yeah for sure he had a role to play but in terms of blame assignment Lavia is pretty low down on the list. Even the best midfielders in the world have had moments like that, it happens. 

My main problems with the goal was Gusto already being extremely high up the pitch when we still had the ball in our own half, Noni supposedly in for his defensively workrate not sprinting to get back to assist Gusto when he had the whole arsenal team on his side, us trying to play an offside trap on the edge of our own box in the first place was not something I was fond of in that situation and of course Sanchez getting beat when he's pretty much hugging the near post already. 

I think the worse offender outside of Sanchez being Sanchez is Noni as he's the only one that can actually see everything developing but he doesn't make the effort to help out Gusto. 

Apparently picked up a knock and that was why he was subbed, no update on if its bad or just a tweak but got two weeks with the break to recover now. 

15 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Apparently picked up a knock and that was why he was subbed, no update on if its bad or just a tweak but got two weeks with the break to recover now. 

He was called up to the Belgium NT, I saw some pics from their training camp earlier this morning and he looks ok.

On 11/11/2024 at 02:53, nonotnowjim said:

Poor today. He was the player who lost the ball when we had possession in the middle, which directly led to the goal. Yes, Sanchez should have done better at his near post, and Colwill was too deep playing the arse onside....but if Lavia hadnt have lost the ball, the goal doesnt happen. Not good enough today.

And he went off seemingly injured again.

It was probably 70% on cucu, 30% on lavia, the ball from Cucu was underhit which force Lavia to screen the ball 

4 hours ago, Bob stark said:

It was probably 70% on cucu, 30% on lavia, the ball from Cucu was underhit which force Lavia to screen the ball 

If in doubt - hoof it out. Prefer a throw in than a goal against….

1 hour ago, nonotnowjim said:

If in doubt - hoof it out. Prefer a throw in than a goal against….

It was a bad pass and you certainly don't want to do this often but It wasn't the end of the world 

Edited November 13, 20241 yr by Bob stark

Lads. 

He's 20. 

Picked up an injury in Belgium training today, been sent back to us for assessment.

9 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Picked up an injury in Belgium training today, been sent back to us for assessment.

Who could have seen this coming  One of the many reasons why I loathe the international breaks and country competitions.

11 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Picked up an injury in Belgium training today, been sent back to us for assessment.

Just very stupid from the Belgian coach.  

I really hope it's just something he can run off or needs a day rest. If he's actually injured as in a proper injury then wtf!

I don't fkn get it!

Get rid of the international breaks and just do it all after the season ends over a 6 week period! Obviously season ends sooner or can start later or whatever way they do it.

It's literally one summer of friendlies/nations league and the next summer a tournament. 

Until then, players only capable of 1 game per week shouldn't be called up to play both games during the international break.

 

We can't afford to lose lavia and/or caicedo for any lengthy periods. Not until at least Santos makes it back. Recall in January!? (Jumping the gun a bit, I know, but both players are soo important and they have only just started to settle together).

Ggggrrrrr 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Edited November 17, 20241 yr by Simplymo

On 13/11/2024 at 12:21, Bob stark said:

It was a bad pass and you certainly don't want to do this often but It wasn't the end of the world 

No. - not the end of the world....but it did cost us a goal.

1 hour ago, Simplymo said:

I really hope it's just something he can run off or needs a day rest. If he's actually injured as in a proper injury then wtf!

I don't fkn get it!

Get rid of the international breaks and just do it all after the season ends over a 6 week period! Obviously season ends sooner or can start later or whatever way they do it.

It's literally one summer of friendlies/nations league and the next summer a tournament. 

Until then, players only capable of 1 game per week shouldn't be called up to play both games during the international break.

 

We can't afford to lose lavia and/or caicedo for any lengthy periods. Not until at least Santos makes it back. Recall in January!? (Jumping the gun a bit, I know, but both players are soo important and they have only just started to settle together).

Ggggrrrrr 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

fully agree.... the amount of international breaks is ridiculous. Get rid of them.

1 hour ago, nonotnowjim said:

fully agree.... the amount of international breaks is ridiculous. Get rid of them.

Ugly truth is everyone wants their cut of money. Would much prefer to see the international break consolidated to an end of season period, but they want their in season exposure. 

Hopefully this is minor and caught early. But Lavia has a rotten injury history and dare I say is following James footsteps with his hamstring. 

Lavia said he felt something and didn’t train + pulled out of international duty. Probably just precautionary. 

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Lavia said he felt something and didn’t train + pulled out of international duty. Probably just precautionary. 

I hope so mate.

5 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

Ugly truth is everyone wants their cut of money. Would much prefer to see the international break consolidated to an end of season period, but they want their in season exposure. 

Hopefully this is minor and caught early. But Lavia has a rotten injury history and dare I say is following James footsteps with his hamstring. 

Why the "in season" exposure? 

Can't they control their finances and they end up running out of money or something!  I just don't understand the reason for it.

6 weeks ish at the end of the season would help everyone. Also help the players as they can get more time off if not in the squad before preseason starts too. 

If they really want to be smart about it and make even more money.. then can treat each grp as a mini tournament.

Less travelling and faffing about if the 4 teams in each grp dedicate a neutral country/continent to play in for example. Economic boost for locals, more money for fifa, maybe even more tv deals, etc... The same way world Cup, euros, etc are hosted but on a much smaller scale involving just those 4 or 5 countries in each grp. 

For example: our grp. Finland, England, ROI, Greece can play across 4 stadiums in Germany for example. Maybe 2 grps per country (as long as it isn't Germany for home advantage.)

A different grp or 2 grps can play across the UK. Same for Spain, Italy, Scandinavian countries, France, USA can probably host more than 4 grps, lol (especially if their stadiums need to be ready for the world cup). 

It's just a more logical approach than what they have now.

Now it just all feels like a botched job with international breaks, lots of travelling and every year trying to figure out footballing schedules and how they can jam them in inbetween the club games.

 

9 hours ago, Simplymo said:

Get rid of the international breaks and just do it all after the season ends over a 6 week period! Obviously season ends sooner or can start later or whatever way they do it.

It's literally one summer of friendlies/nations league and the next summer a tournament. 

A few years back, I was able to fit the entire club football campaign between September and May. June and half of July would be dedicated to international football. Players would return to their clubs midway through August for pre season and the season would start again in September. It was a really tight fit, but it worked.

This isn't really possible now. The club world cup screws it all up. Basically, I would have the World Cup qualifiers take place between June and July, but with the Club World Cup being there, it's now impossible, unless they are played after the Club World Cup, but we would go into next season with no rest at all, and this would happen every 4 years.

It looks like this

2025-2026

June 15th - Club World Cup

July 14th - Club World Cup ends, off Season

August 11th - Players return for Pre-season

September 6th - New Season Starts.

May 30th - Champions League final, season ends.

June 11th - July 19th - FIFA World Cup

If the Club World Cup wasn't a thing and you replaced it with World Cup Qualifiers, then this schedule would be pretty much as good as it can get.

 

11 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

A few years back, I was able to fit the entire club football campaign between September and May. June and half of July would be dedicated to international football. Players would return to their clubs midway through August for pre season and the season would start again in September. It was a really tight fit, but it worked.

That's exactly what FIFPro wanted. It makes a lot of sense, would help with player management and has the added effect of actually making international football decent quality as players would be 'locked in' with their coaches.

FIFA and the television industry have had other ideas though. 

2 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

A few years back, I was able to fit the entire club football campaign between September and May. June and half of July would be dedicated to international football. Players would return to their clubs midway through August for pre season and the season would start again in September. It was a really tight fit, but it worked.

This isn't really possible now. The club world cup screws it all up. Basically, I would have the World Cup qualifiers take place between June and July, but with the Club World Cup being there, it's now impossible, unless they are played after the Club World Cup, but we would go into next season with no rest at all, and this would happen every 4 years.

It looks like this

2025-2026

June 15th - Club World Cup

July 14th - Club World Cup ends, off Season

August 11th - Players return for Pre-season

September 6th - New Season Starts.

May 30th - Champions League final, season ends.

June 11th - July 19th - FIFA World Cup

If the Club World Cup wasn't a thing and you replaced it with World Cup Qualifiers, then this schedule would be pretty much as good as it can get.

 

I can't believe I forgot about the club World Cup...I was moaning about it recently until I read there was 80-100mil prize money involved.

Suspected hamstring injury, according to the Belgium manager. 

Was his hamstrings that had him miss basically all of last season.

I'll be honest why have we even let him travel for international duty? 

Thought he was very good yesterday. Easy to forget he's only 20 at times the way he's playing.

23 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

Thought he was very good yesterday. Easy to forget he's only 20 at times the way he's playing.

He is a mainstay if he remains healthy in the first team.

Such an unbelievably composed player, love him