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View Royston-Herts-Eagle's Profile Royston-Herts-Eagle Flag Royston 27 Jan 17 6.13pm Send a Private Message to Royston-Herts-Eagle Add Royston-Herts-Eagle as a friend

With the addition of Jeffery Schlupp and potentially PVA + Zaha back from ACN.....it will give us much needed pace to penetrate teams !!!?

Lets now see if we get in a RBK, CDM and a FWD before Tuesday!!!?

 

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View bexleydave's Profile bexleydave Flag Barnehurst 27 Jan 17 6.40pm Send a Private Message to bexleydave Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add bexleydave as a friend

Originally posted by Royston-Herts-Eagle

With the addition of Jeffery Schlupp and potentially PVA + Zaha back from ACN.....it will give us much needed pace to penetrate teams !!!?

Lets now see if we get in a RBK, CDM and a FWD before Tuesday!!!?

I'm not convinced PVA's medical will be finished by then.

 


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View Crystal_Clear's Profile Crystal_Clear Flag Belfast 27 Jan 17 6.43pm Send a Private Message to Crystal_Clear Add Crystal_Clear as a friend

I never thought that Zaha was particularly quick.

 

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View slubglurge's Profile slubglurge Flag welling 27 Jan 17 6.52pm Send a Private Message to slubglurge Add slubglurge as a friend

We need pace at CB too

 

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View Royston-Herts-Eagle's Profile Royston-Herts-Eagle Flag Royston 27 Jan 17 7.05pm Send a Private Message to Royston-Herts-Eagle Add Royston-Herts-Eagle as a friend

As a season ticket holder....I just think we are a bit slow on either flanks. I really like the system Chelsea play with 3 at the back....and Alonso/Moses as wing backs

I know we would not have their quality....however I would have thought it would be effective with 10+ teams around us !!!?

Zaha is quick....not rapid, but quick !!!

 

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chateauferret Flag 27 Jan 17 7.20pm

I think we need more mobility in the midfield. Too much standing like statues. Better when McArthur is there but Puncheon drives me mad with constantly turning backwards and Ledley is looking a bit static these days. Teams are bypassing our midfield too easily and we're not getting the ball out from the back four except by means of the old fashioned blooter up vaguely towards Benteke. Oh, and they're usually sitting too deep, too. Maybe this is just a mindset thing.

 


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View Mad4palace's Profile Mad4palace Flag 27 Jan 17 7.29pm Send a Private Message to Mad4palace Add Mad4palace as a friend

We need to get more energy in the midfield now. Look at the ages of our current options:

Cabaye - 31
Puncheon - 30
McArthur - 29
Ledley - 30
Flamini - 32

Whilst I wouldn't call them 'old', I think all apart from Puncheon seem to pick up injuries, knocks that force them to play a bit beneath themselves at times, they obviously don't heal as quick as they did when they were 25. We've seen Cabaye and McArthur brought off repeatedly at inopportune times late in the game. I thought against Everton that youngster Davies really got the better of McArthur in the types of battles he used to win. I don't think McArthur's ever fully recovered from that injury he suffered this time last year, he's no longer an 8/10 in every game, nowadays he might have a few 6's sandwiched in between 2 8/10's and then be injured for the next game.

Cabaye, Flamini and Ledley are now becoming laughably slow and Cabaye and Ledley don't have the position awareness to make up for their lack of pace like Flamini or Jedinak used to.

 

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View Royston-Herts-Eagle's Profile Royston-Herts-Eagle Flag Royston 27 Jan 17 7.31pm Send a Private Message to Royston-Herts-Eagle Add Royston-Herts-Eagle as a friend

Agree....I saw small shoots at Everton game where we're starting to show some solidity, fight, desire and energy....just need some pace and even better - end product in the opposing goal !!!?

 

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View Noz's Profile Noz Flag North Hampshire 27 Jan 17 7.33pm Send a Private Message to Noz Add Noz as a friend

Originally posted by bexleydave

I'm not convinced PVA's medical will be finished by then.

I am interested to know what you know about this medical, that the rest of the footballing world does not?

 

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View cpfc1976's Profile cpfc1976 Flag Reading 27 Jan 17 9.10pm Send a Private Message to cpfc1976 Add cpfc1976 as a friend

Originally posted by bexleydave

I'm not convinced PVA's medical will be finished by then.

Ha ha :-)

 

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View Rachid Rachid Rachid's Profile Rachid Rachid Rachid Flag 27 Jan 17 9.41pm Send a Private Message to Rachid Rachid Rachid Add Rachid Rachid Rachid as a friend

Originally posted by Mad4palace

We need to get more energy in the midfield now. Look at the ages of our current options:

Cabaye - 31
Puncheon - 30
McArthur - 29
Ledley - 30
Flamini - 32

Whilst I wouldn't call them 'old', I think all apart from Puncheon seem to pick up injuries, knocks that force them to play a bit beneath themselves at times, they obviously don't heal as quick as they did when they were 25. We've seen Cabaye and McArthur brought off repeatedly at inopportune times late in the game. I thought against Everton that youngster Davies really got the better of McArthur in the types of battles he used to win. I don't think McArthur's ever fully recovered from that injury he suffered this time last year, he's no longer an 8/10 in every game, nowadays he might have a few 6's sandwiched in between 2 8/10's and then be injured for the next game.

Cabaye, Flamini and Ledley are now becoming laughably slow and Cabaye and Ledley don't have the position awareness to make up for their lack of pace like Flamini or Jedinak used to.

Great point and has been glaring for months IMO.

Puncheon's strengths have been finding himself half a yard, carrying the ball and getting a quality pass or shot off. Now he's hit 30 and lost a bit of zip he can't affect the game in the same way.

MacArthur needs to play deeper than last week and should be the first choice midfield player.

 

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View Royston-Herts-Eagle's Profile Royston-Herts-Eagle Flag Royston 27 Jan 17 10.13pm Send a Private Message to Royston-Herts-Eagle Add Royston-Herts-Eagle as a friend

let's see what (if anything) the run up to Tuesday brings!!?

 

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