Trent Alexander-Arnold

[jimmycase]

As the youngest most inexperienced player in the team, he will have been targeted by default I would have thought.

 

Part of becoming a premier league player methinks; it's sink or swim time.  It's not like he didn't know this was coming.  It's all part of the rite of passage that kids have to go through.

 

Exactly. Its a bit naive to think oppos do not work on specific weaknesses of the team they are playing.

[joe_fishfish]

Exactly. Its a bit naive to think oppos do not work on specific weaknesses of the team they are playing.

We don't do it so sometimes it seems surprising when other teams do.

[Jockey]

So we starting to pick on Trent now Father?

[SlugTrail]

I hate Dyche more than Hodgson which is probably unhealthy I suppose.

why?

[SlugTrail]

That's that way to do it boys. It's all TAA' s fault. Next game we can blame on woodburn and the one after that the u9 left back.

[aws]

I think Gomez is ahead of him in the pecking order.

[sir roger]

why?

 

Something about him winds me up , and his carrying on last season in the corresponding fixture was extremely annoying. 

[Bjornebye]

Poor mans Flanno 

[Mathewbet1]

Reminds me of Gerrard when he first broke into the team, raw.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Something about him winds me up , and his carrying on last season in the corresponding fixture was extremely annoying.

 

Sean Douche

[Gym Beglin]

Is have a bit of Flanno, if just to improve on-field talking, he's a mouthy and we need it.

 

We really miss Lucas.

[waddy78]

 the u9 left back.

Im not convinced he will make it cries when he gets tripped up, although his positional sense and all round awareness is better than Moreno even at 9 years old.

[SlugTrail]

Im not convinced he will make it cries when he gets tripped up, although his positional sense and all round awareness is better than Moreno even at 9 years old.

yeah when he goes missing for our 8 o'clock kick offs it will be because it was his bed time and he had to go home.

[SlugTrail]

Something about him winds me up , and his carrying on last season in the corresponding fixture was extremely annoying.

 

he is irrelevant to me, does the best with what he has got so fair play to him. Might manage England one day, not because he is amazing but because the rest are shit.

[Jockey]

AllarDyche

[VladimirIlyich]

I was reading Dyche's comments last night.

 

He said they targeted us on two weakness which were set pieces and Trent's ability in the air. I thought it was a bit of a shithouse thing to say in public but it will definitely have brought it to the attention of others who will now try to do the same. That puts him under a lot of pressure.

I don't blame a manager for saying this at all,its fair game at this level. What I do hate is this 2 and 3 tier PL where the financially weaker teams who try to play decent football but risk being relegated are pushed into going back to the route one style to stay up. You cannot blame a team for doing what they can to get points but can blame their 'bigger' status opponents for not having the nouse to beat them. As for TAA,he is a well paid young man doing a job millions of people would kill to do so crying 'its not fair to target him' is a bit embarrassing for somebody in his position. He either toughens up or finds another job.

[an tha]

Oooh the nasty other teams will try and beat us and target what they see as our weak players/areas....

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

Pretty good player.

[G Richards]

Had a decent game tonight. Would have been nice if he scored, but he had a good game, not shying away from the ball and always trying to look to make stuff happen.

[Brownie]

He needs to learn to calm down at times as he seems to be play at 100mph too often and that leads to him lacking composure. Having said that he’s what, 19?

 

Absolutely massive potential in the lad. Very exciting.

[Jennings]

Thought he played really well against WBA. In a game where we struggled for creativity, he showed that he had the courage to try to make things happen for us. 

[aRdja]

He has a wand of a right foot. He knows it too.

[Ne Moe Imya]

With every game, he shows that he's destined for a role in midfield.

 

His decision-making off the ball is still quite poor at times, makes daft passes around our box that usually come off but are still hugely risky, but going forward ... all kinds of quality. What a strike he showed tonight.

[suzy]

Just seen his almost goal, how brilliant that would have been if that had gone in. Like him a lot

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

He’s an attacking threat and a bit too often a defensive liability.

 

Apart from Gerrard and Aurelio he’s the best crosser of a ball we’ve had the last 15-20 years. Absolutely brilliant. Seems to have a good shot in him too, which is very welcome. At set pieces he’s shown his quality, and should take far more corners and free kicks than he’s been allowed to do so far. Improve his defending, and we could have a world class right back in a few years.