We had it first half Andy. Then binned it for some reason.
I know Johnny, YW and yourself do or did work in the game so respect your opinions, but how do you explain the finishing with your overall judgement? That's the bit i struggle to reconcile as I don't believe that's down to age
Yeah similar to that i think although again it would be for cup games and 20-30 minutes here and there. It's actually pissing me off more and more each week seeing him and us play and all the criticism he's getting when he's not at fault. The manager is failing him and most of the players right now by asking them to play in roles that don't suit them and by not having a way of attacking that doesn't rely on Neto and Adama beating 5 men.
A lot of that is decision making though isn't it. Like his choice when faced against Schmeichel, next time he possibly dinks it doesn't he? He's got to get it wrong in those situations at some point.
Are you blaming other players for Adama standing stock still and trying to beat 3 players?
He tries to find somebody to pass the ball to, but they dont exist..same with Neto also
It was not a clear cut chance because the defender reacted quickly. Arguably the Leicester one was & he should have scored but it was a world class save. MGW did have a much better chance from Silva’s pass but he blew it. I don’t think I am guilty of conflation - Silva &, more recently, Jose just do not get decent service. Lets face it Mane & Firminho have scored little recently & they get great service!
He often has a pass on and chooses to run into traffic.
He is a fantastic prospect getting some blame for the failure of experienced others.
he passed to Hoever a few times, one over the top of the defender then Hoever put in bad crosses
I think that's exactly what it is. Different level but look at his 2 goals in the EFL trophy and the Albion goal, the lad can finish. Commentator didn't get much right earlier but he did mention that Fabio looks a bit too eager at times and i think this is true and 1 thing that does look to be weaker than it should be is his heading. There's a pressure now on being able to finish more so than he has ever had and i think this all makes a difference as YW says it's about making that right decision.
Tonight yes but not always. He needs at least 45 minutes anyway.
So he did have people to pass to?
Tonight i agree. But surely when you are discussing game plans, and on the training pitch you would be working on situations to make use of the fastest player you have? I would be.
I think it's the dearth of chances he gets, it's usually one decent chance per game and, to be fair, he's been inches away (villa & Leicester) from at least doubling his tally with us. Maybe if he had more to work with he'd settle into a bit of a routine. This is also the highest level he's played at so will still be learning.
