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No because usually the ball is being kicked off the ground, not out of the hands. Anyway, you’re being deliberately obtuse. What does allowing players to stand a yard in front of the keeper to block add to the game? Nothing.

No I think the point is expected stats generally correlate with actual performances in the long term, and our expected stats were better in a 433, so let’s use that. I don’t think we look better in a 532 than 433.

Because in order to block it you’ve got to be very close and risk getting kicked or a ball in the face

Some of the threads on here were embarrassing Might dig out the ones where people genuinely wanted to sell the whole team for pennies

Agreed I’ve only recently discovered his twitter though, and he’s quite funny. So wouldn’t mind keeping him for that.

Which is why I want us to ditch 532 when wright and EMC are back. Our underlying stats in a 433 under Lamps were godly.

You think the keeper should be allowed to be challenged when he drop kicks it? All it would do is cause scrappy, dangerous situations and would have no benefit to either the skill or spectacle of the game.

I'm not trying to pile on and I generally agree, but not taking the ball to the corner is one of my massive pet peeves because it basically shows you either have no understanding/appreciation of the state of the game OR you're just very selfish and care about personal glory/stats more than the...

Having a shot was the quickest way he could’ve given the ball back to Watford other than literally passing it to them. It was an awful decision.

Didn’t really think about it that much but as a player who’s not currently starting games what a stupid thing to do. Might make Lampard think twice about bringing him on if we’re seeing out a close game.

Why so polarised He's very raw with some good physical and technical attributes but he's not putting it all together yet. Only 20 though so there's plenty of reason to think that will come with time.

Unfortunately the rules aren't really 100% clear on that. Should be a foul imo though.

Ffs ahahahahaha

Lampard believers rn

You want Lampard sacked you buffoon

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If it’s up to me I would 🤷‍♂️ I can see the logic in not changing a winning team though and they will take time to get back up to speed, so wouldn’t be surprised to see us start games in 5 back and change to 4 if losing.

I still think 433/4231 will be our formation long term.

Torp unreal We are doing the simple things right, playing well and are certainly hard to beat. Add Wright and EMC to this team and it gets exciting.

No. Depends what you mean by big clubs though. Tbh I think our training facilities and general infrastructure might hold us back in that regard, there are clubs of a similar stature that would look a lot more impressive to prospective players and their agents looking to develop their careers.