Tom Ball

Sports fan, gig goer. Sports journalism graduate working as an Operational Analyst.

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@BenjaminLipman @premierleague How do you compare Dasilva suiting the way PL football is played to a striker who couldn’t look arsed to play most games in a winning team

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@M_OToole1 @SportsPeteO Huh? Kitching played 38 games, Lats played mostly when Thomas was injured or stupidly suspended? We shouldn’t be considering him wasting Yirenkyi’s talent, especially when it’s RB he’s played

My issue here remains when (inevitably) we go back 5, our next best cb is out the door.

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@M_OToole1 @SportsPeteO Lati was fantastic for us last season when he stood in but is further from PL quality. My issue here remains when we go to 3 CB’s our depth drops quickly

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@Danmcgran13 Or, we could alter our formation

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@JimCan21 Grimes may well have won us the championship but we shouldn’t be scared to say he’s not quick enough for the PL. He had 0 lateral pace and will leave us vulnerable on the counter

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@RenVitro @SportsPeteO No, unfortunately had no summer holiday having had a baby. But when we play a back 5 you think Lats and Wooofenden trump a cb who played 38 games for us going up?

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@smileycov @SportsPeteO When we inevitability play with a back 5 then what? Woolfenden is the worst of our current crop

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@M_OToole1 @SportsPeteO Our worst CB who played 38 games last season? Inevitability we play with a back 5 this season. Woolfenden and Lati will never touch our 11

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@AS54281756 @SkySportsPL @Carra23 Risk v reward is football in today’s game. We play a high risk level.

The lack of acknowledgment from @Carra23 is poor.

Hull came up with us and there’s no reason we should lower our approach. We needed a goal = more bodies up the pitch

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When do we see some footage of Cherif? Does he train? #pusb #cov

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@Ojbb_ Different context really. EMC isn’t match fit, but I don’t want BTA out left, creates more threat in the middle.

Yirenkyi isn’t match fit and we need him to be quickly

Pinnock coming on shows his levels if Lampard doesn’t want to play Kitching who’s been a key player for us .

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@Llewcalon Yirenkyi covered a lot of ground, won aerial battles that we’ve not had about our midfield for years. Agree space opened up for shots but not sure it’s his game. Same happened for Grimes.

Just want more of him! A lot of talent there

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We need Yirenkyi for 90 minutes. We need to be closer to winning second balls, how many did we win today?

We need more dynamism to get the ball out wide.

We need less of Thomas-Asante out left.

We need more encouragement of DaSilva.

We need to take more shots
#pusb #cov #ccfc

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@Ojbb_ Thomas pulled up on the time Millar broke through on goal, holding his calf and signaled the bench

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@LeeDeeTicks Torp was at fault for the goal, find the source not the preventive actions

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@Razwarwick Horrendous take. Dasilva was solid and offered more for us than Van Ewijk on the opposite side

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@andy_cov93 Defensively he looks awful and I’m worried for stronger opposition.

Attacking wise clear direction is for him to come inside to let Van Ewijk go around him. But he has to pose more of a threat for that to be successful

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@Anthony_Hornsby Torp doesn’t force a cross that isn’t on and that’s not a discussion