toontownman 3,470 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 David off now. Link to post Share on other sites
dyslexic nam 11,337 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 David off. That sucks. Thought he was at least involved whenever they managed to do something in attack. Link to post Share on other sites
DavemTFC 125 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Thank God because I don't think I could stomach any more of watching that. How the hell do you guys watch this team play every week? Link to post Share on other sites
Unnamed Trialist 6,313 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Scandal of a call, disgraceful that he checked it and gave it. That is premeditated incompetence. My 2 Spanish commentators were shocked. johnyb 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SthMelbRed 1,759 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Just now, Unnamed Trialist said: Scandal of a call, disgraceful that he checked it and gave it. That is premeditated incompetence. My 2 Spanish commentators were shocked. The English guy we've got was equally shocked that the ref didn't reverse the call after the VAR check. Diabolical refereeing! johnyb 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dyslexic nam 11,337 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Down 2 to 1 quickly. And Lille looking uninventive. Oh well, focus on the league I guess. johnyb 1 Link to post Share on other sites
johnyb 443 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Never should have taken David off. Obinna, king1010 and narduch 3 Link to post Share on other sites
dyslexic nam 11,337 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Just now, johnyb said: Never should have taken David off. Agree. He was one of the only guys actually trying to play football among the attacking group. johnyb 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Aird25 1,575 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I still can't believe they haven't even tried him in another position. He's involved so little in overall build up play even though he sees the pitch better than most of the team. I also thinks he finds space better as a late runner. narduch 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gian-Luca 4,048 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) David was proving to be the only player up top who could hold on to the ball. But I am not surprised that he was taken off given their next match on Sunday and given how much running David was asked to do in that first half when he was the only player who was actually pressing effectively. Although the PK call was awful, someone needs to tell Renato Sanchez that he can't live off his Euro 2016 reputation forever. He should have just gone to get the ball and cleaned it out of there instead of doing his best Weeping Angel impersonation and standing there like statue for the Argentinian twit (who was obviously looking to make amends for his gaffe that gifted Weah with the goal) to deliberately trip over. Although the method to get the win was dubious with that goal, Ajax was by far the better team on the day. Lille definitely missed Andre in the middle while they could really use Yilmaz up top to given them another dimension up there rather than having to throw their CB's up top with 10 minutes to go in the first leg of a two-leg match. Soumare was very poor and Reinildo very hesitant with the ball (both unusually so), and Bamba and Yazici were completely ineffective. Ikone & Araujo did very little when they came on, put all that together and its somewhat of a shock they only lost 2-1 with a bogus PK Edited February 18 by Gian-Luca johnyb 1 Link to post Share on other sites
lenny 53 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 27 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Scandal of a call, disgraceful that he checked it and gave it. That is premeditated incompetence. My 2 Spanish commentators were shocked. The way he was directing players while the call was under review I got the feeling he'd decided he wasn't going to change the call no matter what he saw on the video, so I wasn't as surprised as the commentators. johnyb and Gian-Luca 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Canuckistan2019 36 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 My god lille are such a terrible team to watch. I wonder how they even first in ligue 1. Clearly they rely on counter attacking no creativity in that team narduch 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ansem 8,921 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 10 minutes ago, Canuckistan2019 said: My god lille are such a terrible team to watch. I wonder how they even first in ligue 1. Clearly they rely on counter attacking no creativity in that team Imagine how pissed I was to have missed the Rangers game over this 🙄 narduch 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LeoH037 1,599 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 The more I watch Sanches the clearer it becomes why he didn't make it at Bayern... Ivan, Obinna and Unnamed Trialist 3 Link to post Share on other sites
frmr 174 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 David seems to be a player who elevates his game based on the level of his teammates. If his team is bad, he doesn't seem to really be the type of player to make much of a difference. If his team is playing well, he's usually the best player. This probably doesn't help him much with Lille considering how they seem to squeek out wins, but in the future if he plays with better players on better teams he should be able to really shine. Link to post Share on other sites
Snowcrash 639 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 11 hours ago, LeoH037 said: The more I watch Sanches the clearer it becomes why he didn't make it at Bayern... The one-two to David notwithstanding, Sanches plays possession almost to the point where he's trying to show off. Nothing wrong with stepping in and hoofing the ball away for a clearance but it's like he want's to finesse his way out of a jam all the time. Link to post Share on other sites
LeoH037 1,599 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 3 hours ago, Snowcrash said: The one-two to David notwithstanding, Sanches plays possession almost to the point where he's trying to show off. Nothing wrong with stepping in and hoofing the ball away for a clearance but it's like he want's to finesse his way out of a jam all the time. That's what's frustrating. Extremely talented player, but man, just doesn't seem to be able to keep things simple... his judgement is something else... there are times when a simple pass is enough. At times he loses possession not because the opponent took the ball from him, its cause he tripped himself. Link to post Share on other sites
Gian-Luca 4,048 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 There are times when I think Sane would do well at Lille Unnamed Trialist and Ivan 2 Link to post Share on other sites
narduch 3,615 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Reminder Lille take on Lorient at 11 am ET today. Lyon already won on Friday. PSG play the 3pm game v. Monaco. dyslexic nam and gator 2 Link to post Share on other sites
narduch 3,615 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 David starting up top with Ikone. dyslexic nam 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dyslexic nam 11,337 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Time to get back on the goal train. Link to post Share on other sites
baulderdash77 2,484 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) David between Ikone and Bamba is normally an exercise in frustration. My prediction is that Bamba and Ikone try to play hero ball all day long to everyone’s chagrin but David still poached a goal off a strange bounce or something. edit- spelling of Ikone Edited February 21 by baulderdash77 narduch 1 Link to post Share on other sites
One American 375 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Is David better with Weah on the field? They always seem to be celebrating together. Link to post Share on other sites
baulderdash77 2,484 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) Yes they seem to have some solid chemistry when they play together. It seems like they look for each other a fair bit for passes. Edited February 21 by baulderdash77 Link to post Share on other sites
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