Man of the Match v Watford (Caraboa Cup)

[MikeO]

Current Player of the Season standings....
Yerry Mina...52
Lucas Digne...46
Jordan Pickford...28
Fabian Delph...23
Seamus Coleman...20
Alex Iwobi...20
André Gomes...19
Richarlison...19
Bernard...12
Dominic Calvert-Lewin...9
Tom Davies...8
Mason Holgate...5
Morgan Schneiderlin...4
Gylfi Sigurðsson...3
Djibril Sidibé...3
Michael Keane...2
Cenk Tosun...2
Theo Walcott...2
Jean-Philippe Gbamin...1

Previous MOTM winners...
Brighton (A)...Mason Holgate & Tom Davies tie
West Ham (H)...André Gomes
Burnley (A)...Yerri Mina
Manchester City (H)...Seamus Coleman
Sheffield Wednesday (A)...Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Sheffield United (H)...Lucas Digne
Bournemouth (A)...Lucas Digne
Wolves (H)...Fabian Delph
Lincoln City (A)...Lucas Digne
Aston Villa (A)...Yerry Mina
Watford (H)...Yerry Mina
Crystal Palace (A)...Jordan Pickford

[Palfy]

Walcott came on and changed the game. 

[MikeO]

I thought Delph had his best game for us personally.

[markjazzbassist]

Holgate was strong at the back and scored the opener, he should start over keane

[MikeO]

1 minute ago, markjazzbassist said:

Holgate was strong at the back and scored the opener, he should start over keane

So lacking in pace though.

[markjazzbassist]

10 minutes ago, MikeO said:

So lacking in pace though.

So does keane.  I think Holgate is faster than keane.  I like the Holgate Mina pairing.

[MikeO]

4 minutes ago, markjazzbassist said:

I think Holgate is faster than keane.

You need to check what you're smoking Mark. Not a chance.

[Shukes]

Holgate. Solid enough at the back, but suprised me with simple, one touch control and then pass the ball. When he had space he moved the ball forward, and got the decisive goal.

[Aidan]

29 minutes ago, MikeO said:

You need to check what you're smoking Mark. Not a chance.

100% Holgate is faster! 

[duncanmckenzieismagic]

Yerry Mina for me even though he didn’t make it to half time

Walcott did well when he came on also

[Bailey]

Mina would have been a shoe in but Holgate put in a simple and assured display for the full 90.

[MikeO]

23 minutes ago, Aidan said:

100% Holgate is faster! 

Going back a couple of years admittedly but Keane was 3rd fastest player at Burnley..

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/who-fastest-five-players-each-9746955

...we shall have to line them up against each other some time, meanwhile you're just going to have to accept you're wrong

[Romey 1878]

Holgate

[pete0]

1 hour ago, MikeO said:

Going back a couple of years admittedly but Keane was 3rd fastest player at Burnley..

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/who-fastest-five-players-each-9746955

...we shall have to line them up against each other some time, meanwhile you're just going to have to accept you're wrong

Doesn't say over what distance, for us Sigurdssen tend to be quite high max speed but he's one of the slowest off the mark. 

[markjazzbassist]

guess thats the difference between acceleration and speed.  for defense i think you need acceleration more to recover and get back.  they aren't usually trying to outrun someone the length of the pitch like a winger would.

[barryj]

Dunno what Theo’s been on recently but I want some! He’s a changed player (& I cant believe I’m saying it). He looked the most threatening when he came on, pressed hard and gave Hague his first goal on a plate. Keep it up Theo! 

[Romey 1878]

7 hours ago, barryj said:

Dunno what Theo’s been on recently but I want some! He’s a changed player (& I cant believe I’m saying it). He looked the most threatening when he came on, pressed hard and gave Hague his first goal on a plate. Keep it up Theo! 

Consistency is, and has always been, Theo's problem.

[markjazzbassist]

3 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:

Consistency is, and has always been, Theo's problem.

spot on.  he had one good game, let's see how he does from here.  

[Matt]

1 minute ago, markjazzbassist said:

spot on.  he had one good game, let's see how he does from here.  

He was good against Wham too, maybe turned a corner?

[markjazzbassist]

2 minutes ago, Matt said:

He was good against Wham too, maybe turned a corner?

great 2 good games, let's see if its back to normal with spurs or if he can keep it up.  i hope he can, he was a goal scorer for arsenal, he seems to have regressed with us.

[Matt]

1 hour ago, markjazzbassist said:

great 2 good games, let's see if its back to normal with spurs or if he can keep it up.  i hope he can, he was a goal scorer for arsenal, he seems to have regressed with us.

Oh I know I’m playing devil’s advocate there  

[pete0]

12 hours ago, barryj said:

Dunno what Theo’s been on recently but I want some! He’s a changed player (& I cant believe I’m saying it). He looked the most threatening when he came on, pressed hard and gave Hague his first goal on a plate. Keep it up Theo! 

He's playing no differently, he's making the same runs just Iwobi is better at finding him than Sigurdssen is plus without Sig the play on general is faster which suits Walcott.