Poor game but he's been (on the whole) great for us. I do get the feeling that his best games tend to be in more evenly contested matches.
Welp. To say he’s been poor so far this season is an understatement. But i feel it’s a byproduct of the insistence on using Sissoko(who really is a utility sub and nothing more) in his best position. He needs to be next to a true DM.
He really hasn’t mate. Sorry but this is complete baloney! He is more often that not really quite poor, I know because it’s the whole reason I don’t rate him. Its actually the good games he has had for us that are the exception.
I must like baloney then. Thought he was, when fit, one of our best performing players last season. I think he does a good job marshalling and controlling a contested midfield. My issue is more with his performances when we dominate possession. He doesn't have much impact in the final third so its a whole lot of sideways passing.
Happy to change my mind on this if he puts in more performances like today, but I like Winks a lot.
4 wins in 15 premier league games means something ain't right and needs to change. Back to basics, bring back dierI must like baloney then. Thought he was, when fit, one of our best performing players last season. I think he does a good job marshalling and controlling a contested midfield. My issue is more with his performances when we dominate possession. He doesn't have much impact in the final third so its a whole lot of sideways passing.
Happy to change my mind on this if he puts in more performances like today, but I like Winks a lot.
Absence must make the heart grow fonder it seems. Dier was a fucking car crash in midfield last season in a CM2 and that will be the case again if he slots in in place of Winks and somehow people expecting it all to click into place!
Absolutely we have bigger problems here at play than merely swapping Winks out but maintain the same system.
Please address him by his full nameMr sideways
Honestly, how the fuck is he meant to pass it forwards when everyone in front of him is playing musical fucking statues.
Winks job has never been to beat three players or play a defense splitting pass, his job has always been to hassle people and keep/recycle possession when we have the ball which he does extremely well. If you don't understand that then don't comment as you're expecting him to be something he's not and has never been.
His poor form has coincided massively with Poch being tactically indecisive and not knowing what to do with our front 3/4. People have very short memories about how good Winks is when we've got the balance of the side right.
Honestly, how the fuck is he meant to pass it forwards when everyone in front of him is playing musical fucking statues.
Winks job has never been to beat three players or play a defense splitting pass, his job has always been to hassle people and keep/recycle possession when we have the ball which he does extremely well. If you don't understand that then don't comment as you're expecting him to be something he's not and has never been.
His poor form has coincided massively with Poch being tactically indecisive and not knowing what to do with our front 3/4. People have very short memories about how good Winks is when we've got the balance of the side right.
People have clearly forgotten how good Winks is when we’ve got the balance right? Feel free to jog my memory. In what league games has Winks played really well? Since he got his debut, when exactly has he played well to justify your high opinion of him?
Fans of all clubs are so desperate to see their own academy kids do well they become delusional about it. Winks isn’t very good, he just isn’t. He excels at absolutely nothing. This fantasy land that Winks was somehow a really good performer for us but has been bent out of shape because of a tactical imbalance is not true. The guy has never performed for us bar literally a one handful of times. He is a huge part of the problem. Poch continually picks a CMer who can’t defend or create.
It’s got to the point that if Poch can’t drop winks and realise the issue, I’d rather a change of manager so I don’t have to see Winks playing every week. Or maybe a new manager will actually make him a better player, but either way it isn’t working at all and never has.
Sorry for coming across so passionately about it, I respect your opinion.