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Player Watch - Tanguy Ndombele
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BringBack_leGin
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I’ll be honest, I though the game passed him by, those stats clearly suggest otherwise so perhaps I need to give it a second viewing but they don’t represent the picture I had of his performance. Obviously I’m happy if I’ve misjudged.
I saw your post in the match ratings thread, and while you're entitled to your opinion, I think it was extremely harsh. In the second half especially, it seemed like he won just about every challenge he put in and was able to get the ball to either Eriksen or Lamela almost every time (who would then lose it). I will agree that I'd like to see him more involved on the ball, but I do think some of that is down to fitness.
No doubt in my mind we have a future elite midfielder.
BringBack_leGin
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I don’t disagree with your last sentence, and those stats support your view and bely mine. It’s hard to take in what players do right sometimes in a game like that when we did so much wrong. In fairness, I did caveat my match rating for him by suggesting he was a) not fully fit and b) misused positiinally. I’ll also suggest that while those stats do suggest a decent performance, if he completed 39 of 43roughly passes that could be a reason why we struggled to get a foothold. I’d want those stats to both be twice as much from a key midfielder.
I’m in no way blaming him for us being poor, and I do think he’s going to be great, and I accept that based on these stats I’ve been harsh, I just think that all three midfielders were poor today.
100% agree here. Would like to see him demanding the ball more, but that will come with his fitness I'm sure. At Lyon, he was never a player who shirked responsibility.
No, Sissoko on the bench isn't a hard decision. Tanguy + Winks in 4231.
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Let’s face it, it wasn’t a game where any of our players stood out. We were comprehensively outplayed.
He’s going to take a while to settle into the PL, which is why I found the “he’s going to tear up the league and make us title contenders” comments way premature like he was Messi or something.
He doesn’t look quite up to the required fitness or sharpness needed, but once he does I think we’ll see what he’s about.
The two things I’ve noticed and been pleased about was that he looks to do things quickly, and tonight there were several well time tackles/interceptions on the edge of our box when they were piling the pressure on near the end.
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Up with Lamela
BringBack_leGin
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I agree with all of this post.
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I thought he did an excellent job of shoring up the left side in the second half. De Bruyne had much less space to operate in than in the first half and Ndombele's tracking back was a big part of that. Also put in a couple of very important challenges in the box. We know what he can bring in terms of the attack so it was great to see his work off the ball as well.
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Thought he did ok today and showed some glimpses of the quality player he is going to become once he settles in and gets Poch fit.
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We need to get him on the ball more and feel like the diamond isn't helping him in this regard. There was a point today where we were trying to play out from the back, the ball went from Toby to Sanchez and Ndombele was lined up at LB and Rose was higher up the pitch. We need to move back to a 2 man midfield and utilize him more.
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