sean cobain

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@CamRSAFC @Claytonlumsdon_ Not sure hes even a good finisher Cam, he scores the odd screamer but that's about it. His movement is very predictable and PL CBs can deal with it easily. He is capable of a moment of magic but these happen very rarely

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@Kevsafc22 442 leaves us way too open imo and isolates the CMs. We also dont have another CF to play alongside him. I still like a 3421 formation, it gets 2 players closer to him but also doesn't isolate our CMs. Means we crowd out the centre of the pitch but keep a threat in the final 3rd

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@Fkersh1994K @SAFCFANSVIEW @CharlieSafc_ Exactly. Xhaka was a huge signing for us and we don't do what we did last season without him. I'd say the same about Nordi, Enzo and Roefs tho. Obviously don't know when folk started watching us. In my time it's hard to argue against Phillips, especially his 30 goal season

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@Wes_safc86 Hes not our best player on current form tho. It doesn't matter what players have done in previous seasons, if they aren't playing well enough now then they need taken out the team. Currently xhaka doesn't make us a better team, if he can get back to his best then he does

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@SAFCFANSVIEW @Fkersh1994K @CharlieSafc_ I said imo!! Xhaka was the most influential, but imo he wasn't the best player last season. He was good last season but to say he's the best player to ever play for us based on his performances last season is mental

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@SAFCFANSVIEW @Fkersh1994K @CharlieSafc_ No he wasn't, Mukiele was our best followed by Enzo imo. Xhaka was our most influential player tho. He was poor for a lot of the 2nd half of the season, obviously playing through an injury didn't help him

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@joeljacksonn6 @williamsSAFC Out of possession hes been embarrassing, he can't move and it's having a massive impact on our squad. Have to judge his performances on this season rather than last, and he's not playing well enough to justify playing 90 mins every week

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@joeljacksonn6 @williamsSAFC Def an overreaction from our fans. But I do think yesterday proved he doesn't need to start and play every single minute in the league. His performances have been embarrassing this season and is a man down out of possession. He needs rotated and can't start every game

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@KyleHall_99 I dont think he'd make a good captain, too emotional and seems a moany bastard. He's our best player, our most important player but I don't see someone who is a leader. Just let him focus on being class rather than giving him the armband

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@Fkersh1994K @SAFCFANSVIEW @CharlieSafc_ Going by your logic then john shea and wes brown are better than xhaka as won more in their careers than he has. Xhaka wasn't our best player last season imo, huge signing for sure but I've seen better seasons from quite a few players for us

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@thezkman Reinildo is very good defensively but he's also very poor going forward. He should be in the 2nd tier for me. When we need more going forward then he's a man down. When we have the lead and need to defend then he's very good.

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@GaryClark21 It's a bit of both, but xhakas lack of mobility is a huge issue and he's often a man down out of possession. He obviously still has moments of real quality in possession tho. I'd like to give ahoka sadiki and le fee a run together to see how it goes

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@joe90skelton Brilliant effort from everyone today, that doesn't mean he's still the right man tho. Let's see if he can get us going on a run now. I'm RLB out still but would love to be wrong as he comes across as such a genuinely nice bloke. Shame we have an international break now

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@JoeDB__ @tomderivan73 In that 6 role, you press occasionally but you are there to cover the spaces and cover behind the other 2 CMs - he did that so well. It's where xhaka has really struggled all season, and if you can't see that then I'm not sure what more I can say

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@JoeDB__ @tomderivan73 Yes the press was done properly because he wasn't playing. He can't press and he can't track his man, so like I said, he's a man down out of possession

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@JoeDB__ @tomderivan73 So you've not watched him this season is what you are saying? He's been brutal out of possession and leaves the defence exposed time and time again. That didn't happen today as we have mobility in CM

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@JoeDB__ @tomderivan73 Honestly we don't win that if xhaka stays on. Out of possession we were brilliant today and that was down to our 3 CMs, they covered ground at pace and didn't allow chelsea to play through us. Xhaka is a man down out of possession

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@RichardBell64 @Lewis34509496 @SAFC_Luke_2703 Peter reid was better than him, won 2 promotions (playing class football and setting the then championship points total), then finished 7th in back to back seasons playing cracking football

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@stustuy @eb92safc The whole he doesn't have experience of English football is one i hate, neither did RLB. Motta has played at the highest level and knows what its like working with big players and egos

[sean cobain @SeanCobain]

@stustuy @eb92safc Of course he will know most of our squad, most are from European leagues. Fair about the English part, speaks the same languages as most of our players tho. Not sure what you are seeing in RLB that makes you think he will turn this around but each to their own