PaulC Posted Saturday at 22:04 Share Posted Saturday at 22:04 6 minutes ago, Zatman said: Dare I say it but last two games in the 2nd half we looked a better team with Barkley in midfield Maybe in the games teams sit deep and counter Barkley is more useful but against better teams we need Onana. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted Saturday at 22:16 Share Posted Saturday at 22:16 Teams in a low block don't really suit Onana. Needs to add that lock picking pass to his game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
479Villan Posted Saturday at 22:19 Share Posted Saturday at 22:19 He is still young, it's game 4 in the league in our system. It's good to have options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted Saturday at 22:20 Share Posted Saturday at 22:20 It was a brilliant defence splitting pass from him that started the comeback today 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted Saturday at 22:22 Share Posted Saturday at 22:22 Yes he got caught on the ball for their first, he took a couple of tough tackle too. But he helped start the comeback with a cracking pass out to Digne for our first goal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted Saturday at 22:24 VT Supporter Share Posted Saturday at 22:24 1 hour ago, one_ian_taylor said: I jizz think we have to stop making all these puns There has definitely been a bit of a spurt of them recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted Saturday at 22:28 VT Supporter Share Posted Saturday at 22:28 Surprised if his sub was tactical. Made a mistake for their first goal but thought he was one of our best players apart from that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted Saturday at 22:30 Share Posted Saturday at 22:30 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: Surprised if his sub was tactical. Made a mistake for their first goal but thought he was one of our best players apart from that I thought maybe he felt he picked up a slight knock and wasn't feeling 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted Saturday at 22:32 VT Supporter Share Posted Saturday at 22:32 1 minute ago, osmark86 said: I thought maybe he felt he picked up a slight knock and wasn't feeling 100%. That’s what I thought but read from other sources it was tactical. Could be bollocks though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted Saturday at 22:38 Share Posted Saturday at 22:38 3 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: That’s what I thought but read from other sources it was tactical. Could be bollocks though If it was tactical then fair play. Thought we looked more fluid and composed when Barkley came on. That's not a slight on Onana though, he was good imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted Saturday at 22:39 Share Posted Saturday at 22:39 Clearly I'm the only person in the world that did think he was fouled in the build up to the goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted Saturday at 22:45 Share Posted Saturday at 22:45 1 minute ago, TheMelvillan said: Clearly I'm the only person in the world that did think he was fouled in the build up to the goal! I don't think the second challenge was a foul - but the first time he gets kicked and not the ball. I think 7 times out of 10 it's given as a free-kick. That said it was worth going 0-2 down to see Ollie get us back level and then Duran win it with THAT goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted Saturday at 22:49 Share Posted Saturday at 22:49 7 minutes ago, osmark86 said: If it was tactical then fair play. Thought we looked more fluid and composed when Barkley came on. That's not a slight on Onana though, he was good imo. I don't think that Everton were threatening through the middle of the park and Barkley gave us two points of attack / control rather than feeding it to Tielemans all the time. I think it was a sensible decision to prevent Onana picking up a knock / aggrievating any of the knocks he got in the first half and a good tactical decision in terms of giving us even better control of the ball in the second half. Like you say I don't think it was down to him playing badly - just a recognition that we've got lots of options and Barkley was well suited to the way the game was going. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted Saturday at 22:55 VT Supporter Share Posted Saturday at 22:55 he's had a fantastic start and definitely wasn't to his usual standards. i think there's mitigating circumstances...he got injured in the build up to the goal and got clattered 2 mins later. still love him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted Saturday at 23:29 Share Posted Saturday at 23:29 Hope that gives him a bit of a reset, but I'll be honest...I haven't been very impressed by him. He just kind of strolls through games and doesn't really try to make things happen. When he gets the ball his first inclination is usually just to give it back to where it came from. Contrast to Tielemans and Barkley who always get on the half turn, get their head up and try to drive the team forward. Which is fine if he were making a huge contribution defensively, but I'm not seeing that either. Hope he feels the kick up the ass now with how this team is performing and Kamara's return ever-looming. He'll have to show why he's a £50m player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted Sunday at 03:09 Share Posted Sunday at 03:09 We’ll need to start rotating soon anyway. I think Onana is a must in away and tough games. However, home games we could play Barkley, Tielemans and McGinn. We need him to start against Young Boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6065_Villa Posted Sunday at 03:49 Share Posted Sunday at 03:49 I'm expecting our 6 foot 6 midfielder to be stronger to be honest. Not sure if he took a knock but the sub was the correct decision. Like others have said he's young and has lots to learn but he's at the right place to continue his progression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted Sunday at 04:55 Share Posted Sunday at 04:55 I don't think he was subbed off because of losing the ball for their first goal or because he was having a bad game in general. Losing the ball was poor, but McNeill still had a lot to do, and when he eventually had his shot he managed to hit in pretty much the only spot that could have beat Martinez from that angle, he did well, but nine times out of ten Everton wouldn't have scored from that situation. Other than that moment he didn't really do anything wrong, his pass for our first was a brilliant ball, without that we might not have come back. I think he was probably brought off because he wasn't much involved, owing to the way Everton were playing, we didn't really need a player like him, such was our dominance of possession Barkley more suited the occassion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted Sunday at 05:02 Share Posted Sunday at 05:02 I think he started the game well but then they seemed to get about him and he was targeted. His confidence dropped and it was noticeable... Barkley looked really good when he got on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted Sunday at 05:24 Share Posted Sunday at 05:24 6 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Surprised if his sub was tactical. Made a mistake for their first goal but thought he was one of our best players apart from that It was 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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