Albrighton

[Fox 4 Life]

Pretty sure he'll be back, Schlupp was brought in to negate the loss of Vardy's pace. Did a great job but with drinky out vs everton we need Albrighton who is a much more composed and clever player.

[ithuriel]

I'd play Schluup in place of Okazaki with Albrighton back on the wing.

Everton will not have planned for two pacey players up front.

[Tuna]

I'd play Schluup in place of Okazaki with Albrighton back on the wing.

Everton will not have planned for two pacey players up front.

 

Bonkers idea.

[Clever Fox]

He's been great all season and clearly the best defensively of our wide Midfielders.  He's also a better crosser of the ball than Schlupp.

[ImBlue]

Bonkers idea.

Isn't it? Them shirts won't sell themselves in the Far East!

[shen]

Bonkers idea.

 

Playing Schlupp instead of Okazaki and put Albrighton out wide yesterday, might not have been that bad an idea actually. Schlupp would have given us the 'out ball' and he showed yesterday once more how good he is at carrying the ball forward. He provoked two bookings for United and won the free kick for our goal if I remember correctly.

Obviously Schlupp does not have the same discipline as Okazaki, but he carries infinitely more attacking threat.

[ChownLC]

tactically he is much more disciplined than schlupp and usually has more end product too.

 

was a bit strange towards the end of the game today where there was high ball than bounced just in man u half and he didn't challenge for it at all... seemed strange

 

 

anyway, hope he is back next game

 

Think he was offside.

[shen]

If he got a few more goals the media would be screaming from the rooftops for him to get an England call-up.

His chances created stats are the best of any Engkish player this season full stop, let alone any English winger.

Who the fuch thinks he's a liability? He's been fantastic for us since he came in at the end of last season. He was the "final piece of the jigsaw" when he came in and finally gave the side the balance it had needed all season and we just didn't stop winning since *that* West Ham game when he came on at half-time.

 

He's by no means a liability, a very good squad player at worst. But he's not a natural left-sided inside forward. He needs to be able to switch it up between right- and left-footed crosses more. Oddly, his left-foot crosses are usually of high quality so I'm bemused why he doesn't do it more.

 

The majority of his right-footed crosses are not dangerous, they float into the hands of the keeper, get easily cleared or go out over the back line resulting in loss of possession.

His shooting has been erratic at best and he's not a natural finisher. His passing is nothing special and he's not particularly agile.

 

That said, his industry is top notch, his pace and stamina is decent and when he hits a peach of a cross it usually results in a goal.

But at every opportunity he gets, he shows he is better on the right-wing which highlights what we're missing out on by having him on the left.

[shen]

Think he was offside.

 

Yup, and he seemed confused as to when he was actually allowed to participate in play again.

[fuchsntf]

Bonkers idea.

yup, on the same terms of us winning the title...innit!!

Albrighton, is great as a starter, or sub.

Claudio will call it, I have no preference.

One point tho is, I want Mr Reliable, with skillfull consistency, still here for

many seasons to come.

[MPH]

theres no way Claudio would replace Okazaki with Schlupp. The amount of running and chasing and pressing Okazaki does , is immense. Schlupp is faster but there is no way he can replicate that.

[DJ Barry Hammond]

I'd play Schluup in place of Okazaki with Albrighton back on the wing.

Everton will not have planned for two pacey players up front.

Playing two strikers that do the same thing normally cancels out your threat, as the movement becomes too similar and becomes easy for a defence to deal with.

If you're playing with two up front you need a difference of movement to cause conflict with the defence because they normally want to keep uniformed in touch with each other positions. If a defender moves out of that uniformed line to pick up a deeper lying attacker, this then creates an easily identifiable space for the ball to pass through / player to run on to it.

[TJB-fox]

You're having a bubble if you think Jeffs got the tactical nouse and technical ability to play Okazaki's role. Imagine him trying to turn first time in compact areas, he'd have a nosebleed.

[Detroit Blues]

Assuming Spurs win against Chelsea, because otherwise this argument doesn't matter, I don't think we should go and re-invent the wheel playing Schlupp up top. We're in first place for a reason, and Everton have been painfully mediocre this season. With the title on the line, we should be playing he same starting XI as we've played all season (Albrighton on the left, Okazaki up top with Vardy).

[AyewJoking]

You're having a bubble if you think Jeffs got the tactical nouse and technical ability to play Okazaki's role. Imagine him trying to turn first time in compact areas, he'd have a nosebleed.

 

whereas okazaki would just have grass stains

[MPH]

It would be lunacy to tinker too much with a formation/ player positioning that has brought us so close to the title...

 

Injury/ suspension? Sure cover it. Glad they did well but get the players back to the positions they were in that got us to where we are...

[Sampson]

He's by no means a liability, a very good squad player at worst. But he's not a natural left-sided inside forward. He needs to be able to switch it up between right- and left-footed crosses more. Oddly, his left-foot crosses are usually of high quality so I'm bemused why he doesn't do it more.

The majority of his right-footed crosses are not dangerous, they float into the hands of the keeper, get easily cleared or go out over the back line resulting in loss of possession.

His shooting has been erratic at best and he's not a natural finisher. His passing is nothing special and he's not particularly agile.

That said, his industry is top notch, his pace and stamina is decent and when he hits a peach of a cross it usually results in a goal.

But at every opportunity he gets, he shows he is better on the right-wing which highlights what we're missing out on by having him on the left.

Completely disagree. The number of chances he creates is quite comfortably the best of any of our players even Mahrez and he'll usually creates 1 or 2 clear-cut chances every game. But people are so obsessed with assists, which is as much about the finisher than the creator that people quickly forget about them.

Honestly think the only reason he doesn't have as many assists as Mahrez is nothing to do with him but simply because attackers haven't converted them.

Can think of loads of gilt-edge chances he's created over the season which he was unlucky not to get an assist for - Vardy's touch which didn't change the path of. The ball vs Norwich, Vardy missing 2 one-on-ones from his balls vs ManCity, Okazaki both hitting the bar and then missing a sitter from his chances vs West Brom... etc. etc. If some of those had been put away by the strikers no one would even question him as a certain starter.

Can't believe how underrated he still is and people still can't see how well he's played this season.

"Squad player at worst" is such a harsh backhanded compliment. He's been an excellent starter for us since he came into the side a season and a quarter ago. And he's still only 26. He's the kind of player I hope is here for another 10 years along with King and Drinkwater.

[TheSomersetFox]

Completely disagree. The number of chances he creates is quite comfortably the best of any of our players even Mahrez and he'll usually create 1 or 2 clear-cut chances every game. But people are so obsessed with assists, which is as much about the finisher than the creator that people quickly forget about them.

Honestly think the only reason he doesn't have as many assists as Mahrez is nothing to do with him but simply because attackers haven't converted them.

Can think of loads of gilt-edge chances he's created over the season which he was unlucky not to get an assist for - Vardy's touch which didn't change the path of. The ball vs Norwich, Vardy missing 2 one-on-ones from his balls vs ManCity, Okazaki both hitting the bar and then missing a sitter from his chances vs West Brom... etc. etc.

Can't believe how underrated he still is and people still can't see how well he's played this season.

"Squad player at worst" is such a harsh backhanded compliment. He's been an excellent starter for us since he came into the side a season and a quarter ago. And he's still only 26. He's the kind of player I hope is here for another 10 years along with King and Drinkwater.

Yeah, this really. He never made a peep when he was bizarrely ignored for 3 quarters of last season, he works his bollocks off whenever he's given the chance - i'd probably say he's one of the hardest working players ive ever seen, and he has genuine quality. He's a proper wide man and he's been absolutely key for us this year. I can only see him getting better.