Diogo Jota

[Kevin D]

3 minutes ago, bossy said:

He scored!

It was a very well taken goal, he’s been an excellent signing.

I think against the better teams, we play better with Bobby as he’s a presser, tackler, drops deep and can hold onto the ball better than Jota, in my opinion.

 

[TheHowieLama]

6 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

It was a very well taken goal, he’s been an excellent signing.

I think against the better teams, we play better with Bobby as he’s a presser, tackler, drops deep and can hold onto the ball better than Jota, in my opinion.

 

We lose if today without Jota.

[Bernard Diomede]

7 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

It was a very well taken goal, he’s been an excellent signing.

I think against the better teams, we play better with Bobby as he’s a presser, tackler, drops deep and can hold onto the ball better than Jota, in my opinion.

 

I’d agree with this, but then in the same breath I think we may have lost the game because for a few years Bobby seemed to lose the ability to score 

[Barrington Womble]

Jota needs to improve his all round play, because it's a bit crap. But there's no denying he's decisive around the box. That was a great position he took up for the goal today even if it wasn't a great finish - the way he came onto the ball meant it didn't have to be. 

[stringvest]

3 hours ago, Kevin D said:

It was a very well taken goal, he’s been an excellent signing.

I think against the better teams, we play better with Bobby as he’s a presser, tackler, drops deep and can hold onto the ball better than Jota, in my opinion.

 

presumably that's the Bobby who's had two good games in about 100.  He's played well recently, but I have zero confidence in him being able to maintain that form.  He's let us down too often over the last few years.  There's no way I'd have him in the team ahead of Jota at the start of any match we're looking to win.

[Kevin D]

2 minutes ago, stringvest said:

presumably that's the Bobby who's had two good games in about 100.  He's played well recently, but I have zero confidence in him being able to maintain that form.  He's let us down too often over the last few years.  There's no way I'd have him in the team ahead of Jota at the start of any match we're looking to win.

7/10.

 

Strong on brand criticism, but failed to criticise Henderson and Robertson.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, Kevin D said:

7/10.

 

Strong on brand criticism, but failed to criticise Henderson and Robertson.

Look in the Thiago thread.

[stringvest]

Just now, Kevin D said:

7/10.

 

Strong on brand criticism, but failed to criticise Henderson and Robertson.

I'm hoping people are coming round to see their obvious shortcomings.   Henderson was abysmal again today.  Invisible for most of the match - the antithesis of a captain's performance.  Robertson caught out of position far too easily, and lost too many challenges.  Naive.

is that ok?

[Kevin D]

18 minutes ago, stringvest said:

I'm hoping people are coming round to see their obvious shortcomings.   Henderson was abysmal again today.  Invisible for most of the match - the antithesis of a captain's performance.  Robertson caught out of position far too easily, and lost too many challenges.  Naive.

is that ok?

8.5/10.

 

Really will written lunacy, but not the traditional level of venom that we are accustomed to.

[stringvest]

9 hours ago, Kevin D said:

8.5/10.

 

Really will written lunacy, but not the traditional level of venom that we are accustomed to.

in that case we'll have to wait for the next dire performance.  shouldn't be too long.

[Kevin D]

19 hours ago, Kevin D said:

8.5/10.

 

Really will written lunacy, but not the traditional level of venom that we are accustomed to.

 

*well.

 

Got autocorrected on my phone.

[Jairzinho]

Quite like the imagery of "will written lunacy" actually. 

[Aventus]

Injured? 

[JohnnyH]

38 minutes ago, Aventus said:

Injured? 

Apparently he might miss the weekend. I wouldn’t have played him anyway. 

[Aventus]

49 minutes ago, JohnnyH said:

Apparently he might miss the weekend. I wouldn’t have played him anyway. 

I wouldn't have started him, but it would have been a nice option to bring him off the bench later on. 

[Kevin D]

Form has fallen off a cliff since he got his new song.

 

Seen it dozens of times with mates, once they get married. No need to impress her anymore, happy to let their weight go.

[johnsusername]

The absolute balls on Diogo to slot that penalty. Pressure? What pressure? 

[A_S]

8 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

The absolute balls on Diogo to slot that penalty. Pressure? What pressure? 

Way better than his LC penalty, for sure. 

[El Rojo]

47 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

The absolute balls on Diogo to slot that penalty. Pressure? What pressure? 

It was sudden death to keep us in the game. It had turned pretty quick with Sadio’s miss. Most high pressure moment of the whole day - no problem at all to him. 

[aRdja]

16 hours ago, El Rojo said:

It was sudden death to keep us in the game. It had turned pretty quick with Sadio’s miss. Most high pressure moment of the whole day - no problem at all to him. 

This definitely adds weight to the argument that your best penalty taker should always be the 6th taker in a shootout. 

[VladimirIlyich]

3 hours ago, aRdja said:

This definitely adds weight to the argument that your best penalty taker should always be the 6th taker in a shootout. 

Ours was first.

[Aventus]

He looked cool as anything when he stepped up too, I was massively worried after the Mane save but as soon as I saw Diogo's face I knew he had it covered. 

[Gnasher]

Opposition full backs must feel they face something like this when he comes on as sub,

 

 

[Lee909]

His form the last couple of months is a bit worrying. Really could do with him and Salah finding their finishing boots again 

[m0e]

On 17/05/2022 at 23:47, Lee909 said:

His form the last couple of months is a bit worrying. Really could do with him and Salah finding their finishing boots again 

Yeah. Then we might win something.