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Post by manulike on Sept 7, 2019 18:34:48 GMT
Even better than expected recovery ... on the night when we so desperately needed some wizardry ...
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Post by CrackityJones on Sept 28, 2019 12:52:27 GMT
Starts today against Ampadu’s Leipzig
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Post by manulike on Sept 28, 2019 14:52:29 GMT
SCORES and is ON FIRRRRRRE
Only seeing him in the second half, but appearantly he was even better in the first!!
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Post by impeachabull on Sept 28, 2019 15:04:05 GMT
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Post by manulike on Sept 28, 2019 15:23:39 GMT
MOTM performance. Really impressive - and I only saw his second half. Played 85' - scored one, had another three decent shots saved and his all-around game was also really good. American commentator was saying that David Wagner couldn't wait to start him and is a big fan. This is NOTHING like the Schalke from last year. This side was dominant, constantly pressing and had 65% possesion AWAY to Leipzig. The 1-3 win was well-deserved. In fact, the Leipzig goal to make is 1-3, was a massive howler from the goalie.
Schalke played in a 442, with Rabbi the slightly more forward of the two front men.
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Post by CrackityJones on Sept 28, 2019 15:31:42 GMT
Impressive result that. Get him in the squad.
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Post by gimli on Sept 28, 2019 18:10:25 GMT
Schalke played in a 442, with Rabbi the slightly more forward of the two front men.
Could he be our answer up front? I always assumed he would be an out and out winger due to his pace, but if he can develop into a striker that would be great for us! |
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Post by impeachabull on Sept 28, 2019 18:23:53 GMT
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Post by manulike on Sept 28, 2019 19:57:28 GMT
From the head-on angle, the goal looked even more impressive, as he dragged the ball to the side, away from the advancing defender and toe poked it into the corner in one clean swoop. Leaving the goalie with no chance. Great goal
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Post by larslagerback on Sept 28, 2019 21:40:41 GMT
Playing up front you say? With pace, skill and a superb finish?
I'm moist.
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Post by CrackityJones on Sept 29, 2019 5:30:24 GMT
YES RABBI
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 29, 2019 7:14:48 GMT
He's been taught well in our setup. It's great to have passionate younger players coming through.
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Post by welshiron on Sept 29, 2019 8:44:02 GMT
Welsh when kicked off a plane
British when scoring in Bundesliga
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2019 10:12:39 GMT
In the u21s squad for the next qualifiers.
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Post by TheWelshWay on Sept 30, 2019 10:55:30 GMT
In the u21s squad for the next qualifiers. Really? Surely starting and scoring in the bundesliga he's with the seniors .
That goal looks like a strikers' goal and he's just the type of counter attacking player we need up front - especially in the last 20 mins against tired legs. |
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Post by johnoster on Sept 30, 2019 12:35:46 GMT
Whenever I've seen him he looks like he's got all the physical attributes but struggles with controlling the ball, kicking it etc.
Glad he proved me wrong on the weekend!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2019 17:20:53 GMT
In the u21s squad for the next qualifiers. Really? Surely starting and scoring in the bundesliga he's with the seniors .
That goal looks like a strikers' goal and he's just the type of counter attacking player we need up front - especially in the last 20 mins against tired legs. There was a tweet, now deleted, with the full squad plus a few standby players. Personally I hope we keep more of the qualified players who would be unlikely to play much for the seniors back in the u21s. Senior starter > U21s starter > Senior backup > Senior not even in the matchday squad (DJ this time last year). |
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Post by robin1864 on Sept 30, 2019 17:34:45 GMT
Really? Surely starting and scoring in the bundesliga he's with the seniors .
That goal looks like a strikers' goal and he's just the type of counter attacking player we need up front - especially in the last 20 mins against tired legs. There was a tweet, now deleted, with the full squad plus a few standby players. Personally I hope we keep more of the qualified players who would be unlikely to play much for the seniors back in the u21s. Senior starter > U21s starter > Senior backup > Senior not even in the matchday squad (DJ this time last year). Agree with this. The talent pool is more of a puddle, so it does no good for the lads left behind if the best players are vanishing because Giggs wants to try them out in a friendly vs Latvia, whilst those who remain have to take a competitive battering off France U21's with the dregs as replacements. The fact we're promoting some players in positions which we've got no immediate worries is laughable. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2019 22:45:01 GMT
There was a tweet, now deleted, with the full squad plus a few standby players. Personally I hope we keep more of the qualified players who would be unlikely to play much for the seniors back in the u21s. Senior starter > U21s starter > Senior backup > Senior not even in the matchday squad (DJ this time last year). Agree with this. The talent pool is more of a puddle, so it does no good for the lads left behind if the best players are vanishing because Giggs wants to try them out in a friendly vs Latvia, whilst those who remain have to take a competitive battering off France U21's with the dregs as replacements. The fact we're promoting some players in positions which we've got no immediate worries is laughable. Levitt wasn't pleased about being left on the bench against Belarus. Another quickly deleted tweet there. |
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Post by erasedcitizen on Sept 30, 2019 22:47:18 GMT
Agree with this. The talent pool is more of a puddle, so it does no good for the lads left behind if the best players are vanishing because Giggs wants to try them out in a friendly vs Latvia, whilst those who remain have to take a competitive battering off France U21's with the dregs as replacements. The fact we're promoting some players in positions which we've got no immediate worries is laughable. Levitt wasn't pleased about being left on the bench against Belarus. Another quickly deleted tweet there. Baffled that we call Levitt up to the seniors. Surely he'd be better off with the U21s or U19s and actually getting game time. We could call the likes of Andy King or Lee Evans up to warm the bench instead. |
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Post by manulike on Oct 2, 2019 20:24:08 GMT
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Post by welshiron on Oct 3, 2019 16:26:39 GMT
The only Brit in that team 🤣🤣🤣
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Post by richierich333 on Oct 4, 2019 6:34:48 GMT
He has done more than most to push for a starting berth. Was it a one off or will he start the next one?
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Post by iot on Oct 4, 2019 9:28:42 GMT
It was his first game this season having just come back from injury, so I don't think he's had enough time to prove he should start for us - one game is not enough - especially considering he didn't perform in a few appearances for them last season. However, what he did show is that he can be devastating when utilised in a well set-up counterattacking gameplan. I didn't watch the game, but they were up against a better team and left matondo and another pacey striker up top to hit them on the counter. His goal was a classic example of how effective that can be.
There may be lessons there for us in these next two games, but, as with everything when it comes to the current Welsh setup, I don't have any confidence in giggs to set up an effective counterattacking system and suspect it would just end up in muddled thinking yet again.
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Post by richierich333 on Oct 4, 2019 9:33:26 GMT
It was his first game this season having just come back from injury, so I don't think he's had enough time to prove he should start for us - one game is not enough - especially considering he didn't perform in a few appearances for them last season. However, what he did show is that he can be devastating when utilised in a well set-up counterattacking gameplan. I didn't watch the game, but they were up against a better team and left matondo and another pacey striker up top to hit them on the counter. His goal was a classic example of how effective that can be. There may be lessons there for us in these next two games, but, as with everything when it comes to the current Welsh setup, I don't have any confidence in giggs to set up an effective counterattacking system and suspect it would just end up in muddled thinking yet again. With Harry Wilson being a doubt, the Tom Lawrence saga and Brooks still injured surely he's up for contention Iot? |
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Post by johnoster on Oct 4, 2019 9:57:27 GMT
It was his first game this season having just come back from injury, so I don't think he's had enough time to prove he should start for us - one game is not enough - especially considering he didn't perform in a few appearances for them last season. However, what he did show is that he can be devastating when utilised in a well set-up counterattacking gameplan. I didn't watch the game, but they were up against a better team and left matondo and another pacey striker up top to hit them on the counter. His goal was a classic example of how effective that can be. There may be lessons there for us in these next two games, but, as with everything when it comes to the current Welsh setup, I don't have any confidence in giggs to set up an effective counterattacking system and suspect it would just end up in muddled thinking yet again.
They were talking about it on the Ellis James podcast this week, where Schalke used him because the Leipzig centre halves were deemed to be slow on the turn.
Haven't seen a lot of pace from the Slovakia or Croatia defences really, so should be a good option.
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Post by iot on Oct 4, 2019 9:57:55 GMT
It was his first game this season having just come back from injury, so I don't think he's had enough time to prove he should start for us - one game is not enough - especially considering he didn't perform in a few appearances for them last season. However, what he did show is that he can be devastating when utilised in a well set-up counterattacking gameplan. I didn't watch the game, but they were up against a better team and left matondo and another pacey striker up top to hit them on the counter. His goal was a classic example of how effective that can be. There may be lessons there for us in these next two games, but, as with everything when it comes to the current Welsh setup, I don't have any confidence in giggs to set up an effective counterattacking system and suspect it would just end up in muddled thinking yet again. With Harry Wilson being a doubt, the Tom Lawrence saga and Brooks still injured surely he's up for contention Iot? Didn't know that Wilson's a doubt. Much of it will depend on how giggs wants to play and possibly on whether matondo plays and has an impact again this weekend. It's slightly embarrassing that one good performance may be enough to start in our most important game in years, but that may be the reality of the resources we have available to us. For me, if bale starts in the middle (which may make more sense now Rambo is back), I would probably start with joniesta ahead of matondo. If giggs wants to start with an out and out cf in moore, then obviously bale and james play on the wings. But yes, given everything else going on and our limited resources, matondo would certainly be in contention. |
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Post by richierich333 on Oct 4, 2019 10:08:35 GMT
With Harry Wilson being a doubt, the Tom Lawrence saga and Brooks still injured surely he's up for contention Iot? Didn't know that Wilson's a doubt. Much of it will depend on how giggs wants to play and possibly on whether matondo plays and has an impact again this weekend. It's slightly embarrassing that one good performance may be enough to start in our most important game in years, but that may be the reality of the resources we have available to us. For me, if bale starts in the middle (which may make more sense now Rambo is back), I would probably start with joniesta ahead of matondo. If giggs wants to start with an out and out cf in moore, then obviously bale and james play on the wings. But yes, given everything else going on and our limited resources, matondo would certainly be in contention. Well unfortunately we do not have the luxury of not selecting a Bundesliga 'team of the weeker'. Maybe brought on at around 60 mins? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2019 10:10:25 GMT
Our first choice wingers even with all the injuries are Bale and James so we do have that luxury, actually.
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Post by iot on Oct 4, 2019 10:15:28 GMT
Didn't know that Wilson's a doubt. Much of it will depend on how giggs wants to play and possibly on whether matondo plays and has an impact again this weekend. It's slightly embarrassing that one good performance may be enough to start in our most important game in years, but that may be the reality of the resources we have available to us. For me, if bale starts in the middle (which may make more sense now Rambo is back), I would probably start with joniesta ahead of matondo. If giggs wants to start with an out and out cf in moore, then obviously bale and james play on the wings. But yes, given everything else going on and our limited resources, matondo would certainly be in contention. Well unfortunately we do not have the luxury of not selecting a Bundesliga 'team of the weeker'. Maybe brought on at around 60 mins? But again, that's one performance. Tom Lawrence can put in a world class performance that would get him into a Bundesliga 'team of the weeker', unfortunately that only tends to happen about 3-4 times a season (like it did on the first game this season). It remains to be seen whether matondo can do it on a regular basis up against different types of defenders. One game is simply not enough to go off |
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