Ruben Rochina
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beaumontfox
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I think they all looked better than Moreno yesterday....
Matt_B
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Moreno is a big of an enigma for me. He was terrible for their first goal but then he made a few great tackles and at times looked quick and solid.
Same as Wellens, had a good first half and then stopped tackling and started getting caught on the ball.
indierich06
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I thought Moreno was very good for the majority of the match, but his couple of cock ups were very visible.
As for Lamey; Are you actually joking? I thought he was the worst player on the pitch by an absolute country mile. Completely inept as a right-back - on the numerous times he was caught completely out of position, he was happy to let midfielders sprint back and cover him whilst he casually jogged back into his natural position. Plus he showed absolutely sweet FA going forward.
In my opinion he does not posses the qualities to be an effective right back or an effective right winger. You know it's bad when you can say Robbie Neilson could have done a much, much better job, both defensively and when attacking.
DesertFox
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Times change. That's not being completely inept as a right back, that's just being an attacking right back in a system that demands the defensive midfielder/s cover whenever the full backs bomb forward. Loads of teams do it, many of them very effectively. Not all, though...
Whilst criticizing attacking full backs for being "out of position", at the same time you could criticize the defensive midfielders for not getting forward enough and scoring goals, seeing as they're "midfielders", but it's simply not their job to do that in a system like the one Sousa is apparently trying to implement.
The whole thing worries the pants off me. From watching the Reading game I can see what Sousa's trying to do - sort of - but something is clearly wrong.
DesertFox
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Moreno played far more often as a centre back than a midfielder at his previous club, apparently. Ergo, he is a centre back I'm afraid. Although on that showing... :icon_conf
I suppose you obejected to us having the likes of Izzet (Turkey), Zagorakis (Greece), Keller (USA), Kaamark (Denmark), Lennon (Northern Ireland), O'Neill (Northern Ireland), Elliott (Scotland), Ramsey (Northern Ireland), O'Neill (Northern Ireland), Daly (Eire), Andy King (Wales), Weir (Scotland), McDonald (Scotland), Alan Young (Scotland), Paul Henderson (Australia), Martin Henderson (Scotland), Wilson (Scotland), McLintock (Scotland), Sjoberg (Denmark)....
Cate Fox
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drummindefender
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Are people assuming he is good purely because he is at Barcelona?
tedfoxxx
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Looks like it. He's better than Fryatt y'know.
Harbro-Fox
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Other than someone who said this on FT have we actually been linked with this guy?
Babylon
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No... the person who posted it says they knew someone involved in the takeover, and they have been getting info from them.
Some of the detail they have put over the last 3 or 4 weeks seems pretty credible to be honest.
Harbro-Fox
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Oh right, thats fair enough then.
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