15 Apr 2026 23:27:30
Job done.
Next up - title deciding 90 mins!
Thought Vik was so poor tonight that I’d drop him for Kai or Jesus. That’s how poor he was. Couldn’t keep the ball or capitalise with half a chance.
Noni - looks terrible, frightened and clueless when taking on defenders. What’s happened to him? Such poor decision making.
Eze - bit better today but we just don’t get the ball to him fast or often enough, plus he drops way too deep.
Raya - stop messing around at the back.
Saliba - please stop rolling the ball and delaying. Move it quicker please. Between you and Raya, you are really adding more pressure onto us.
Lack of fullbacks - we really need a proper fullback (s) to offer better defending, width and attack. We used to have Cole; now we have centre back. Same on RHS where we miss Timber.
Moments of improvement but another painful watch. An easy quarter final sees us in another semi. Well done but tough watch.
16 Apr 2026 07:23:03
Morning Sy, hope all's good. I honestly don't know why we signed Noni. Should've kept our powder dry on that one, and should not have loaned out Ethan & told him he would get games, which he would have.
In my humble opinion, Ethan is miles better than Noni and can play multiple positions, and definitely has a goal or two in him. If we let him go at the end of the season, we will be making a huge, huge mistake. COYG.
16 Apr 2026 20:59:10
Hi, hope you are good. I'm hoping Noni, Eze and Vik all step up, as they have all been underwhelming this season, but not helped by our style. Noni is a good back up to Saka, who is far better than him, but he's even suffering from our style of play under Mikel.
The scary thing was seeing Noni open his legs & sprint, have space to run into, but only to stop in his tracks to pass backwards.
Another, just running out of the pitch. Another, having a clear option to go wide, but to instead cut inside into 3 defenders. He's not helped by us refusing to have proper fullbacks do no width there. Again, displayed the other night when we needed an overlap, but we stood still & passed sideways again.
He makes Martinelli look smart. That's saying something. ?