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Personally, I feel for Zelalem. His half hour in one of our first games wasn't bad IMHO, and this extended absence by Maxi would have been his chance to make himself useful. If he has any qualities to be useful. But now we'll never know. And it's a lost chance for the team also because if it's not Zelalem then there's nobody to play a passable 10 role in Maxi's absence.
He played 22 minutes in our match against Philly and was just so, so uninspiring.
Analysis Evolved put together a great G+ value and Zelalem was third worst on the team for the match.
the only thing i remember for him for that match was the he kept giving the ball away so many times thru bad passes/ bad touches. i mean i give him benefit of doubt since he also probably has not played in months too.
re: Deila -- I'm still unsure about how much of it is that we are incoherent without Maxi to glue the pieces together and how much of it is Deila or tactics. Not that I'm inspired so far. I remember going to the TR meet-and-greet when he was first signed and what we've seen so far doesn't seem like what he advertised at all. Remember this Ronny Deila?
re: Zelalem -- I know there's debate about what midfield role he plays exactly, but I don't think he's a #10 and we don't need another deep lying midfielder, especially not when we're not playing the double pivot that Dome sometimes played. But then we have both a roster that is one of the most consistent over 2-3 seasons with now our third coach trying to do something else. And I think the gap from Dome to Deila is much bigger than Veira to Dome
re: Zelalem -- I know there's debate about what midfield role he plays exactly, but I don't think he's a #10 and we don't need another deep lying midfielder, especially not when we're not playing the double pivot that Dome sometimes played. But then we have both a roster that is one of the most consistent over 2-3 seasons with now our third coach trying to do something else. And I think the gap from Dome to Deila is much bigger than Veira to Dome
What we play now is definitely nothing like what was advertised. That's the most frustrating thing. If the guys aren't playing how we should be playing then he should just say that, much like Dome used to say we weren't brave when we went direct too often or when we defended deep too much. But Ronny never says anything like that. He says the tactics are correct and only ever comments on the level of intensity and effort. This makes me think he has no idea about tactics and doesn't inspire the guys.
We are a different team with a healthy Maxi on the field, no doubt. But even the few games we played last year without him, we still did not look this bad.
So they've dressed RBA to look like it's actually our home.
This is, like, really dangling the carrot for us. "SEE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE? SEE??"
This is, like, really dangling the carrot for us. "SEE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE? SEE??"
On the other hand, it also shows that they really are committed. They're trying to make it feel like home, even when we can't be at Yankee Stadium, and even when we are forced to play in RBA. Why must it be in such a negative tone?
Thank you to everyone who worked hard on whatever it took logistically to set this all up!
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