Don’t need data, use your eyes, they know each others game, they attack as a pair and defend as a pair, watch esse drifts inside all the time a leaves MVE open, which is why I reckon esse goes in the 10 and why we’ve brought this lad, good signing gives us more attacking optionsDisagree on MVE, that point gets parroted without any supporting data. Most of MVE’s assists this season have been without Sakamoto playing…
Esse is first choice and not buying the idea we’ve spent €5m on a winger to not be in around the starting 11 so Sakamoto either drops down the pecking order or changes position.
Sakamoto is never a player that would be ‘bombed out’, he’s got a lot of good traits that makes me think we could utilise him in different positions.
Should have started lati aswell, based on his last 2 startsPeople were crying for it when he was out injured. Yet, football fans have amnesia because the narrative was that without Rudoni, we were too open with BTA with Haji…
Frankly, BTA needs to work his way back into the 11 and it was a mistake not starting Eccles imo who should’ve scored again.
It’s also pretty baffling to not start Simms when we’re away. He’s the only striker to score away from home since Boro…
The obsession is more with Sakamoto being untouchable for many people. He is overestimated by most of our fanbase.What have people see to suggest Esse would be good in the middle? Not sure why people are obsessed with trying to place players out of position.
Esse struggles to get back as it is and our main problem at the moment is being overrun in midfield.
Put Esse in and it’s the same outcome if not worse. Grimes and Torp being horribly exposed.
I take it you do watch games, tell me honestly that MVE and saka don’t link up well together, esse gives us a bit more that’s the only reason he’s not starting, injury to esse and there’s no problem with saka starting ?The obsession is more with Sakamoto being untouchable for many people. He is overestimated by most of our fanbase.
To be clear, that doesn’t mean he’s bad, it just means he’s not as good as some people think he is. Apparently MVE is prime Cafu when he plays with Sakamoto and Stephen Wright without him…
We literally scored more headers than nearly every team in Europe last season
I was thinking that. He was so good in the air last season.Rudi not being available and maybe not confident with his shoulder, has been a real miss in that department this season
I'll be a little bit sad if Tats is moving on.
Someone has to be moving out. It makes no sense otherwise.
He scored from the riiihhght. Oh Romain Esse, he'll be scoring all night!He scored from the left
Not with our forwards I don't think.Rudoni scored a few last year as he was always following in.But can't recall many from Simms,Wright or BTA.We literally scored more headers than nearly every team in Europe last season
Don’t need data, use your eyes, they know each others game, they attack as a pair and defend as a pair, watch esse drifts inside all the time a leaves MVE open, which is why I reckon esse goes in the 10 and why we’ve brought this lad, good signing gives us more attacking options
If the eye test was that conclusive, why does the data not support that and on the contrary, why has MVE got more assists without Sakamoto?I take it you do watch games, tell me honestly that MVE and saka don’t link up well together,
Ipswich or Birmingham?Hearing we have a bid for saka
People were crying for it when he was out injured. Yet, football fans have amnesia because the narrative was that without Rudoni, we were too open with BTA with Haji…
Frankly, BTA needs to work his way back into the 11 and it was a mistake not starting Eccles imo who should’ve scored again.
It’s also pretty baffling to not start Simms when we’re away. He’s the only striker to score away from home since Boro…
Just so we don't have him!Why would Ipswich sign Sakamoto?!
I dint think emc should be undroppable.Yep but that's EMC's best position so with that and Yang there's less minutes to be had there.
No.10 with Rudi struggling with injuries and the lack of and actual replacement could open up more minutes?
Sakamoto is 29 so WrexhamIpswich or Birmingham?
While MVE is forward getting the assists, sakamoto covers him, works back, not saying he’s brilliant but always puts a shift in, unlike some, did really well when he came on last night, prob won’t start in front of esse but there’s not many better than saka in this leagueIf the eye test was that conclusive, why does the data not support that and on the contrary, why has MVE got more assists without Sakamoto?
MVE and Sakamoto have played together close to 100 games together (probably more), there’s been a lot of good moments between the two.
Statistically, MVE is a top end Championship RB both defensively and in attack. In fact, he’s actually a bigger threat than Sakamoto altogether. By contrast, Sakamoto is slightly above average in all categories, he doesn’t standout as ‘elite’ in any statistical category bar ‘fouls won’ and xA.
EMC, by contrast, has established himself as a top end winger and he’s playing with JDS who is not a top end WB, despite his complementary characteristics.
Statistically and ‘the eye test’, Sakamoto is less threatening compared to Esse, Rudoni and EMC.
Rudoni and his shoulder is a fans myth. No sign what so ever he is worried about his shoulder.Rudi not being available and maybe not confident with his shoulder, has been a real miss in that department this season
Where you read thatWill be more signings apparently, Going to be a busy week. Will be a few leaving I suspect as well.
We have conceded plenty down our right too.While MVE is forward getting the assists, sakamoto covers him, works back, not saying he’s brilliant but always puts a shift in, unlike some, did really well when he came on last night, prob won’t start in front of esse but there’s not many better than saka in this league
Makes perfect sense, Rudoni has a shoulder injury and is out. BTA facing a three/four match ban. Esse will play 10 so Saka and the new guy for the RW positionI'll be a little bit sad if Tats is moving on.
Someone has to be moving out. It makes no sense otherwise.
Rudoni and his shoulder is a fans myth. No sign what so ever he is worried about his shoulder.
Doubt he’d have played last night if that was the case.Hearing we have a bid for saka
Turner I’m guessingWhere you read that
I don’t think Lampard want his winger’s first priority is covering their WBs when they get forward… Besides, if what you say is true, why has MVE got more assists without Sakamoto than with this season?While MVE is forward getting the assists, sakamoto covers him, works back, not saying he’s brilliant but always puts a shift in, unlike some, did really well when he came on last night, prob won’t start in front of esse but there’s not many better than saka in this league
Simms got one of the highest totals of headed goals of any striker in the league last season I thinkNot with our forwards I don't think.Rudoni scored a few last year as he was always following in.But can't recall many from Simms,Wright or BTA.
We concede from everywhere, but they’ve got a good understanding,We have conceded plenty down our right too.
Who else does Esse play for?I don’t think Lampard want his winger’s first priority is covering their WBs when they get forward… Besides, if what you say is true, why has MVE got more assists without Sakamoto than with this season?
Sakamoto is an above average winger in this division so he’d comfortably start for most teams. That said, is he better than Whittaker, Joseph, Azeez or Esse? These are the wingers the team around us have.
Is it a surprise, therefore, that we’ve signed two RW who seem a lot more attacking than Sakamoto?
While MVE is forward getting the assists, sakamoto covers him, works back, not saying he’s brilliant but always puts a shift in, unlike some, did really well when he came on last night, prob won’t start in front of esse but there’s not many better than saka in this league
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