Just look at Esgaio on the equalizing goal. Dude lets his man run right past him to set up the goal. Name a more useless piece of shit player than Esgaio. I'll wait.
Pretty rough campaign so far. Matheus Reis was getting cooked out there. Can’t be getting reds 8 minutes into a game.
Same mistakes every game too. We always come out in the second half with our midfield being overrun. Two man midfield works when you have a destroyer like Palhinha there. We don’t have that anymore, Morita and Hjulmand need help. The wings backs simply aren’t good enough either. Nuno Santos is great going forward but pretty useless defensively. Everyone else in those positions is useless overall. This formation relies so heavily on strong wingbacks and right now our worst players are playing there.
Likely we will still finish 2nd. But embarassing to draw against a team that's never been in Europe. Even down to 10 men imo we should beat them. Israel is shaky at best and we desperately need a GK. Esgaio would be benched by now but Fresneda has been bad, however he still has a lot of potential and think he'll turn it around. Matheus Reis also is a player that seems to have regressed. Our 2nd options are bad, one red card or a couple major injuries and we're gonna get punished
Man Fresneda has not even looked a little good yet. Starting to see how we managed to “beat” all the big clubs to sign him Game also shows how vital Gyo and Morita are to this team, they are the motors and bring all the energy. I’m sure they were thinking about benfica, but pretty lethargic performance still.
Pote has regressed tremendously, its very odd. I would say he needs to spend some time on the bench, but our bench is so paper thin that there isn't anyone who can step in and replace him. He's supposed to be comfortably our best player by this point. Adan has been brutal, but thats to be expected at this point. He's not good enough to be playing in the top flight anymore. Midfield was getting mangled in the first half, but seems to be turning it around. Very odd to start the game with your captain and probably best defender on the bench. I don't know why St Juste hasn't been tested in Esgaio's spot yet. But, then again, he'll probably injure himself running up the wing too much. It's slowly getting to the point of this being a one man team - Gyo seems to be the only one that cares. Morita too I guess is always consistently decent, reminds me of Moutinho. Never spectacular but never bad either.
OMG POTE has been a disaster this game....He could not score if it would stop world hunger at this point yikes!
Pote is the dude who when he has mental lapses, they completely destroy his confidence. He's either on or completely off. There is no in between with him. His mentality is questionable.
Pote has regressed significantly. Dude is a shell of what he was in 2021. He seems mentally checked out. The mental side of his game is weak as hell. Adan either stinks it up, or makes miracle stops. There's no in between. Massively in consistent and can't take a goal kick accurately to save his life. This paper thin depth is exactly what Amorim wants, so if there's someone to blame, blame him.
Starting XI vs Young Boys Adán; Eduardo Quaresma, Gonçalo Inácio, Matheus Reis; Esgaio, Huljmand, Daniel Bragança, Nuno Santos; Edwards, Pote, Gyökeres Subs: Israel, Francisco Silva, Morita, Neto, Trincão, Geny Catamo, Rafael Pontelo, Koindredi, Rafael Nel
Definitely more goals in it. With the yellow cards Gyokeres is going to cause them trouble, but our defence has been very meh, so more for both