People don't get it. They think of everything by the results: a CF is bad if he doesn't score, ignoring all else he's contributing. And God save you if you say anything against them when they're scoring.
But I'll say it—Gabriel Magalhaes Has Not Been Good Enough.
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First of all, I'd like to mention the first person I saw on this app to point it out, @MiniShubz. If you aren't following him, you are missing out on one of my inspirations.
When he started complaining about Gabriel, I was baffled, but I took note and started to watch closer.
Some things are not as clear if you don't take a close look at them—especially defending in football.
Everyone has a hard time defining who's a good defender—is it about always dominating opponents 1v1 and heading the ball away?
Bro, I DIDN'T HEDGE my bets because I literally didn't know Ramsdale and thought the initial reports were fake and meant to send fans into a hate frenzy. Those who were there for the window know what I'm saying. AMN news was something I fought too
Anyone can be wrong. But if you have a thought process that you work on everyday to improve and perfect as much as possible, whatever comes out of that thinking process will almost always be right.
I am “always right” because my conception of football on a structural and individual level is right.
Not complete, but right. I've spent 3 years learning as hard as I could before I ever came on this platform, from data analytics to tactics to management.
My How Pep Guardiola Wants to Redefine Possession Play twitter thread has come true but no one is saying anything.
That's why you gotta toot your own trumpet on these streets.
I eventually figured it out by watching Pep's City more:
You do it by overloading in a particular area of the pitch and initiate via a backwards pass that triggers movement from players previously occupying different zones
Never really cared about Spurs in the long-term. Only in the short-term. By the time next season rolls around, we are completely nailed on to be Top 4. There's no ifs or buts about it.
Right now, we need things to go our way to continue our form in terms of player availability.
An injury or illness to vital components of our team with no stylistical replacement in the squad like Ramsdale or Saka is not going to be great for us.
This is why not having Europe was such a great thing in that sense. Decreases the possibilities of availability issues.
However, I'd say that Kuluveski is the most important investment we can make in the window. Saka is our biggest difference maker and possible replacement in Pepe doesn't come too close to matching his influence.
With AFCON on, a midfield of Xhaka and Lokonga is quite thin indeed