“Last season, McBurnie played a lot of games, but we didn’t feel the need to lump the ball up to him all the time. Why change?”
This bothers me, too and the more so because we don’t seem to be playing “our” passing sort of games any more. I think back to the goal that’s been shown a lot from a previous season, when we scored (against, I think?, Tottenham?) after 27 passes! Lumping it to McBurnie never really seems to come off, especially as he’s lost the pretty good partnership he was developing with Ndiaye which just doesn’t seem to be happening with Archer.
“McAtee will come good as soon as we start playing something resembling football” – hear, hear! I’d guess he doesn’t recognise this team from the one he was playing with last season!
Thanks, Riley – can’t disagree with any of that.
“Last season, McBurnie played a lot of games, but we didn’t feel the need to lump the ball up to him all the time. Why change?”
This bothers me, too and the more so because we don’t seem to be playing “our” passing sort of games any more. I think back to the goal that’s been shown a lot from a previous season, when we scored (against, I think?, Tottenham?) after 27 passes! Lumping it to McBurnie never really seems to come off, especially as he’s lost the pretty good partnership he was developing with Ndiaye which just doesn’t seem to be happening with Archer.
“McAtee will come good as soon as we start playing something resembling football” – hear, hear! I’d guess he doesn’t recognise this team from the one he was playing with last season!
But there’s always hope . . .
Sue.