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Diarra lately


The Beautiful Game said:
People keep saying he can't see talbi, surely talbi is screaming for it? If he doesnt, fair enough, but I'd expect a player at this level to have a bit more awareness about them.

The issue is the technique. He hasn't sat martinez down but he's made his mind up what he's going to do. He gets too close and doesnt make martinez commit.

I won't crucify him for it either but it was poor. He apologised for it after the game. Same with Enzo's panenka. It was poor but hopefully he puts it behind him and reacts the way Enzo did.

The moment it came at, and what it meant, make it look so much worse. Minute 1 in a win and we're probably not talking about it.
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I’ve not watched it back, but from what I can remember there was an angle where you could see Talbi running beside him, and he’s not shouting for the ball from what I saw.
Ilios said:
I agree with nearly all of that, aside from the finish. Even it beats Martinez there's not enough pace on the ball and the defender (Maatsen?) is getting back to clear it.
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I’ll have to see that again to judge whether he’s going to get back to it. Diarra was continuing to run forward after the chip as well which could have helped him tap it in.
ScunnyLad said:
Its a bad miss but not an unforgivable one, he made a bad decision and it felt way worse in real time at the game and on the journey back.

I'm probably now more upset at the defending and lack of pressure on the ball/marking for the goals we conceeded having watched it back.

As awful as it feels the team are so young and need experiences like yesterday to learn from.

However I wouldn't have typed this last night as was livid, but perspective needed once the dust has settled.
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The defending was very poor yesterday. O’Nien couldn’t handle Watkins at all.
 
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Shibby Safc said:
The lad has apologised to the group and Regis says "I don’t know what the decision-making was, it’s tough to say".
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You always have to remember with Regis that English isn’t his 1st language.

Even Tuchel struggles with this, in that people take what he’s saying too literally when they just don’t understand how it’s coming across.
 
Smiter said:
You always have to remember with Regis that English isn’t his 1st language.

Even Tuchel struggles with this, in that people take what he’s saying too literally when they just don’t understand how it’s coming across.
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That's why i didn't add what i thought he meant, i just left his words there.
 
10 Gary Rowells said:
He wasn't excellent last week. He was improved but not excellent. Last week his final ball was poor along with his decision making. He has all the right attributes but contributes very little. He did do well for Rigg's goal but so many times his passing seemed lazy. I am hoping there is far more to his game than we have seen but considering he is most expensive ever player he has been a big disappointment. I don't know whether he's trying too hard, suffering from a lack of self confidence or is just not that good but no one can be saitisied with his contributions to date.
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He has got some good qualities and that’s work rate and getting into box , if he keeps it simple I think he could be an important player but he hasn’t got the skill level or composure to be clever, and that’s based on what I’ve seen so far
 
HeroHurley said:
McGinn man. I know he's a quality player, I know we'd be lucky to have him at this club but something yesterday just made me really dislike him. He was complaining, moaning and in the refs ear at every opportunity he got.
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Totally agree - for someone who loves to push, leave one in late on people etc he's one of the biggest divers and whingers in the league. Infuriating to play against but we'd probably love it if he was doing it for us!
 
PoloVision said:
Totally agree - for someone who loves to push, leave one in late on people etc he's one of the biggest divers and whingers in the league. Infuriating to play against but we'd probably love it if he was doing it for us!
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Aye, that's it, he'd be a hero up here doing what he does for Villa.

He's like an Uber upgraded Luke O'Nien. A grade 1 arsehole on the pitch but a least he's doing it in the right colours. :lol:
 
Ilios said:
I agree with nearly all of that, aside from the finish. Even it beats Martinez there's not enough pace on the ball and the defender (Maatsen?) is getting back to clear it.
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I had this exact thought when I saw it. It would need another touch to get it over the line
 
HABA87 said:
He had a good game apart from the big chance.

Second half he was occupying that last man sweeper role a bit too much for my liking, I prefer to see him running. That's not on him though, and that tactic allowed for Xhaka and Le Fee to push on, so swings and roundabouts.

I'm disappointed to get nothing when we could have taken all 3, but that's football. We move on.
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He's already been fired from the club sadly
 
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