Ajax (h) post-match
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Agree with absolutely everything - except Trent. It wasn't that it was a difficult situation for him, it's that when the ball and player went past him he simply jogged around like he was off to feed the ducks in Stanley Park. He had 5m on that runner and yet was soon 5m behind him by the time he turned .. and then jogged.
Had he turned and put on the afterburners it's likely VvD wouldn't have been left 2 on 1. He was totally at fault for that goal IMHO. He also totally missed Blind as well for that header.
That female ex-England goalie, whatever her name is, was on the money when she said that mentally he has the propensity to just miss what is going on, it's not a lack of ability or pace, he's just not switched on.
Sincere apologies, if I came across all homophobic, that was never my intentenion it was a light hearted reply never intended to offend.
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Aren't all posts in here taken as light hearted replies (at the most)?
That's how I see it anyway.
It's all good you're in the clear Shay.
Speak for yourself
Well I can't say I wouldn't be temped if he didn't ask me.....
Nothing beats a Joel Matip ASMR, you mean ?
He showed what we’ve missed with him being out. 4th best player on the pitch.
I was watching the highlights and realised TAA lost his man on the blind side again. The Danny Blind header which flashed just past the far post.
Can't any of our many assistants point that out to him and get him to improve on this aspect of his game? It's just glaring how he does it game after game.
He arrives at the scene, but he has no awareness of who is around him or who he has to mark, he is just jogging along watching the ball getting played to the far side and by then it's often too late since he is not close enough to do anything.
Can't any of our many assistants point that out to him and get him to improve on this aspect of his game? It's just glaring how he does it game after game.
He arrives at the scene, but he has no awareness of who is around him or who he has to mark, he is just jogging along watching the ball getting played to the far side and by then it's often too late since he is not close enough to do anything.
It's been costing us for a long time. Right now the costs well outweigh the benefits of charging forward
It's a pity because he does get back, but while he is there, he does nothing but ball watch most of the time. He will be so much more complete as a defender if he just does the basics.
You are right in saying it has costed us. Think CL finals, think the few finals against Chelsea where Alonso ghosted in many times but didn't convert. Opponents are targeting this weakness of ours, it's not even a secret anymore. We are just talking about Alonso and Danny Blind out of many other, these are hardly rapid players, there is just no excuses for TAA not to react better.
That’s an over simplistic analysis that misses out the fact that he was forced to move inside and cover the more central opponent behind Matip (as any full back would have to do), whilst it would have been the right midfielders role to cover Blind’s into the space behind him.
Where was Elliott? Or Salah even?
It’s easier to follow the narrative and blame Trent for everything.
For the Blind header he wasn't marking either! He was plumb in the middle with 2-3m to both. Had the ball gone to the player in front he'd still have been lost. He didn't react by moving forward or back. He just ball watched.
He shouldn't have to deal with 2 players. He needs more help
Watch Matip/van Dijk/Tsimikas/Thiago. Look at the mistakes they made to create that chance. But it’s easier to blame Trent.
Not the point. 2 wrongs blah blah. This is about what he did wrong at the critical moment - not anyone else. This isn't a one off for him. He's doing it every game. As a TV commentator said - his brain isn't engaged.
True. But that doesn't negate his poor positioning.
Eh? Nunez was poor when he came on. His first touch was heavy and horrible and a couple of times gave the ball away with short passes back to our players that went no where near the intended player . Yeah should definitely should have scored.
It’s not about two wrongs. It’s about shifting responsibility to Trent. No fingers are being pointed at all the others who contributed to the chance. It’s going all in on Trent. It’s boring. Tedious. And wrong.
Errr dude you always need to get permission. If matip ever goes missing we know where to go first. Hopefully the site keeps a log of all ip addresses....
Is it wrong match after match? His shortcomings have been dissected by all and sundry and he wouldn't be getting that attention if he was tactically alert.
Whilst we can all accept that every player makes mistakes from time to time his lack of effort, jogging around whilst Salah, for example in the last match, ran100m flat out to defend in the box, is very frustrating.
Of course this isn't chronic but it's often enough that people notice.
And it goes without saying that in general we all love him even though tactically this season he's off (for whatever reason) and his defensive contributions have decidedly been lacking and highlighted because he's not been delivering in attack.
Ahhhhh shit.
You do have to admit he is a lazy arse defender.
A simple track back he will abandone.
Just look at his desire to get back when Blind had that big chance, it's actually horrifying.
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