21 hours ago, Ajbod said:

I noticed we became a lot more dangerous attacking yesterday after Conor went off.

But I thought Enzo was the problem and we are more balanced with Gallagher?

That was good management from Poch's end. Realized the overloads in midfield was counterproductive and created more width from the full backs and wingers. 

Probably the best passer of the ball we have in the squad and that’s including Enzo, weights his passes superbly. Can be quite rash and positionally poor at times but there’s a class player there.

21 minutes ago, dan_cfc said:

Probably the best passer of the ball we have in the squad and that’s including Enzo, weights his passes superbly. Can be quite rash and positionally poor at times but there’s a class player there.

No, that would be Palmer.

 

 

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

But I thought Enzo was the problem and we are more balanced with Gallagher?

That was good management from Poch's end. Realized the overloads in midfield was counterproductive and created more width from the full backs and wingers. 

We are currently far more balanced with Gallagher on the pitch rather than Enzo. 

1 hour ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

We are currently far more balanced with Gallagher on the pitch rather than Enzo. 

Not really. Normal service was resuming that 1st half against Villa before Poch decided to invert Cucurella. 

 

23 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Not really. Normal service was resuming that 1st half against Villa before Poch decided to invert Cucurella. 

 

Regardless of that it's evident that Caicedo had more noticable performances with Gallagher, he has been taking a bigger role and has influenced the team in a positive way.

Now if it's because we played with Enzo being injured and changed the system when he isn't there that also makes a few factors to consider but Caicedo did in fact play better regardless of all the reasons behind it.

19 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Regardless of that it's evident that Caicedo had more noticable performances with Gallagher, he has been taking a bigger role and has influenced the team in a positive way.

Now if it's because we played with Enzo being injured and changed the system when he isn't there that also makes a few factors to consider but Caicedo did in fact play better regardless of all the reasons behind it.

Again, not really. Contrary to popular belief, Caicedo has actually been putting in consistent performances since the start of the year. 

https://www.sofascore.com/player/moises-caicedo/987650

47 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Again, not really. Contrary to popular belief, Caicedo has actually been putting in consistent performances since the start of the year. 

https://www.sofascore.com/player/moises-caicedo/987650

To me he looks much better now than earlier in the season. 

I don't go to sofascore but there is a reddit topic that shows that Caicedo had a better rating without Enzo: 

 

I don't take the ratings as the ultimate proof of anything but in the recent times Caicedo has been having a much more noticable role, at the start of the season he was less impactful and Poch had a talk with him.

Think personally it isn’t about if is he a better player with or without Enzo or is he better with Gallagher instead of Enzo. It’s more when all three are fit and played together is the problem. It reminds me of when we had a midfield 3 of Jorginho, Kante and Kovacic. Kept the ball nicely and were solid but getting it to the forward players wasn’t quick enough or incisive enough.

 

I’ve thought this for a while and Enzo being injured has pushed Gallagher back and Palmer into the 10 role and 2 wingers so has looked a lot more balanced as a result. It also definitely hasn’t helped that Enzo has been playing within himself as a result of the injury for a long time.

 

Next season if we keep Gallagher and Lavia remains fit then I think Lavia and Caicedo should be rotated and Enzo and Gallagher should be rotated. Then play Palmer, Madueke, Nkunku, Carney, Mudryk and Sterling behind the striker.

26 minutes ago, carefree franco said:

Then play Palmer, Madueke, Nkunku, Carney, Mudryk and Sterling behind the striker.

Fair play to you mate - that is a very f**king attacking line up!

2 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Fair play to you mate - that is a very f**king attacking line up!

Still wouldn’t score many goals, at risk of joke going over my head I meant three of the above 

20 minutes ago, carefree franco said:

Still wouldn’t score many goals, at risk of joke going over my head I meant three of the above 

Lol, I know mate, was just making a joke 

excellent AGAIN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAnqarf0Tm8

He's on it.

 

 

Yep he’s definitely correct turned a corner!!

I've changed my opinion of him. Thought he was a complete dud but he's been fantastic recently. I can't say the same for Enzo. I still think we over paid for both but it is what it is.

Been our best player the last 4 or 5 weeks, absolutely outstanding. Just a shame it took this long for Poch to stumble on how best to use him.

 

 

A long way to go to justify the fee but he's been good/consistent this half of the season no doubt. 

12 hours ago, Remodez said:

A long way to go to justify the fee but he's been good/consistent this half of the season no doubt. 

He doesn’t need to justify the fee he didn’t pay it or ask to be valued than high.

The two 🤡s sporting directors are the ones who need to justify the price.

On 28/04/2024 at 11:10, Ukraine Bolt said:

English player chooses to play for England...

 

Simply a sensational goal from Moises Caicedo - his first for the club!

20 minutes ago, erskblue said:

 

Simply a sensational goal from Moises Caicedo - his first for the club!

Haven't seen it yet, cracker apparently?

48 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Haven't seen it yet, cracker apparently?