jinxed him. committed a bad foul that led to shot on goal and great save. needs to get on the ball more.
Our boy is out. If he wants to play more minutes he is going to have to get more involved in the offense.
He played a flawless game if he was their 6, as an 8 he needed to be more involved with the offense, he can do it, he was either instructed to stay back or he just didn't want to risk getting caught out of position.
the designation is for us, not the coach. We don't know what the coach instructed, so we can only go by what we see.
Because it provides some insight with words over a soccer forum on how someone who many haven't seen and is just starting his career at a high level.
I understand, but the never-ending splitting of hairs about whether a particular player is a six or an eight seems to lose usefulness.
Particularly since each team uses their midfield pairings differently. Let's take it in the way it was offered. Giving information to others who've asked to help them contextualize the player's usage. Let them decide if it was worth asking. I'm not playing thread cop.