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He was limping off the back of a tackle. It looked like his ankle.Can't remember what caused the injury but he was gobbling in the 2nd half. Mad that he wasn't subbed
He was limping off the back of a tackle. It looked like his ankle.Can't remember what caused the injury but he was gobbling in the 2nd half. Mad that he wasn't subbed
Yep was only a matter of time before he was going to pick up an overuse type injury.Any wonder he is injured and his fantastic performances from earlier in the season have somewhat declined.
He has played the most minutes of any player (GK aside). PP puts in shift after shift and if we want to have him as a valuable player in the seasons to come, we need a quality option to rotate him with. We risk him suffering a serious muscular injury if we keep demanding him to play week in week out, covering the distance that he does.
Ange clearly does not trust Emerson and as much as I like him, he needs sold in the summer with a quality rotation option for both Porro and Udogie prioritised.
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Not sure why people disagreeing with this, you're absolutely spot on. Emerson by far the weaker stand-in mostly due to his lack of on the ball mobility to play in the tight pockets, Davies is no expert at that but he is more comfortable at it than Royal is.Ally Gold reporting Udogie ok for Palace but Porro more likely to miss out.. would be better the other way round as Davies can cope better than Emerson.
I still think skippy is worth a go at right back. In Anges system the full backs play in midfield, so put one in there. Skippy is a hard working tenacious player, I don’t think we lose anything with him at right back.Not sure why people disagreeing with this, you're absolutely spot on. Emerson by far the weaker stand-in mostly due to his lack of on the ball mobility to play in the tight pockets, Davies is no expert at that but he is more comfortable at it than Royal is.
As long as one of Porro or Udogie is back it will be a huge boost. The issue is when both Davies and Emerson start together and we lose 2 real quality attacking threats. In the summer I would look for a player comfortable on either side with attacking quality for the inverted role to compete with Porro and Udogie. Similar to the 3 centre backs we have it can allow us to rotate between 3 of them a bit when 1 needs a rest. Then just use Emerson and Davies as backup players for depth. Maybe Cancelo assuming Barca wont have the money to make the move permanent from City.
Good on the ball in tight areas too so fits the bill of picking up spaces in midfield areas.This is why KWP makes sense. Strong technically, experience playing regularly at both left and right back, and obviously helps with the HG/association trained quota.
Not very strong physically. Porro is small, but has upper body strength, and Udogie is a unit. I am not sure he would fit in well in a CM role - which is where the FBs find themselves sometimes.This is why KWP makes sense. Strong technically, experience playing regularly at both left and right back, and obviously helps with the HG/association trained quota.
Question is if the prem is a level too high especially for where we are aiming. He might just be at his level now.This is why KWP makes sense. Strong technically, experience playing regularly at both left and right back, and obviously helps with the HG/association trained quota.
Not very strong physically. Porro is small, but has upper body strength, and Udogie is a unit. I am not sure he would fit in well in a CM role - which is where the FBs find themselves sometimes.
Question is if the prem is a level too high especially for where we are aiming. He might just be at his level now.
Just the fact he can’t pass under pressure, isn’t agile and doesn’t know how to play that position oh and he gets beat very easily 1 v 1 but other than that yea we’d lose nothing playing by Skipp RBI still think skippy is worth a go at right back. In Anges system the full backs play in midfield, so put one in there. Skippy is a hard working tenacious player, I don’t think we lose anything with him at right back.