The revelation yesterday morning that Sergio Reguilon would play after all probably made everyone smile a little. We’ve sorely missed the boy, and it felt like a welcome boost ahead of a game against a side that had been in decent form.
Regrettably what we got was a player rushed back too soon, who hadn’t had a chance to get closer to being match fit. No excusing José for the decision, but it does show the pressure he’s feeling.
With a squad capable of seemingly unlimited individual errors, throwing one more into the mix wasn’t helpful. What we got wasn’t a reason to be cheerful, rather an extra dash of mediocrity.
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Best of the bunch. One wildly overhit cross, and another that was at least going in the right direction.
Otherwise, Sergio really struggled. Passing accuracy down from his average of 81.2% to 76%. Duels won – 3 out of 10. The Spaniard also lost possession 13 times, on 6 occasions that occurred in his own half.
José needs to run the boy out again against Wolfsberger.
It’s called trust. Jose expects the brain facts to kick in with his players. The players struggle with pressure even if not good enough. It’s a bit like NZ rugby in the 2008 world Cup but we can’t seem to shake it.
Jose needs to start playing the same back 4 every week regardless of the competition or the schedule, or the performance.
Tinkering with the personel every match is not working.
‘Individuals’ this ‘individuals’ that. You win and lose as a team because it’s a team sport, a collective endeavour.
I had never heard so much about individuals before Jose’s recent struggles when taking about a football team. Players are trained as a team and also work on individual aspects of their game where required.
If there’s mistakes being made collectively or individually they have to be ironed out by the people employed to do that. If it’s only about the players what’s the point in have a flipping manager and coaches in the first place, ffs!?
Yes it reeked of rushing him back. There’s no quality back up, nothing new. Kane has the same deal which will only damage him in the long run.
What I observed from the video is that Tanguy is playing to deep.
Spot on. But would our only other option in that position have done any better? I fear not.