And he leaves Merino on, who has been our least effective mid. Id have rather Ethan come on for Merino and push Ode to the left if Nwaneri can only play on the right. Instead we have the same issue as before. We have a left side with a midfielder who just isn't the guy, and a LW woefully out of form.
I don't have a huge issue with Jorge for Rice because Jorge is a bit more creative with his passing from 6. 1000% don't get taking MO off. Nwaneri for Merino would have made far more sense to me. I'd be ok keeping Marti on had we swapped out the left 8 he was working with.
69' Partey & Jesus on for Merino & MLS. Big shift ensuing. And yet Kai is still out there. Maybe he'll come to life and do something?
Yup and maybe supporting my theory that he's managing Ethan's minutes very carefully. I think if he wasn't doing that, he might've even started him today and given him 60 mins. Ode seems tired and in need of a bit more rest. Can't blame him... he's probably not sleeping as well as typical, with a newborn.
Also if Odegaard knows he is coming off at 60, he doesn't have to pace himself as much and leave something in the tank for the final half hour
Tactics wrong, selections wrong, we got our pre season transfers wrong. Really need to pinch a goal, our season is on life support as it is.
Fulham scored again 2-1. Laughable "strike" but we'll take it! Now MAKE IT COUNT BOYS!!! We need 3 pts not 1 pt.
He does pick the players like Merino and Martinelli and leaves them on for 60ish minutes to do nothing and force an unhealthy reliance on Ode and Saka to make anything happen.
No corners = can't win. Mikel in wanting defensive strength means this team can't generate open play chances for shit.