| Mick Mills on Diop 22:19 - Sep 4 with 2572 views | cbower |
He is so right. Ponderous, getting dragged into midfield (and not winning it) and not holding the defensive line at all. Not just today, every game so far. He has made a few decent challenges and covering tackles but overall he has been disappointing for me. |  |
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 22:22 - Sep 4 with 2485 views | jas0999 |
Defence isn’t good enough at this level full stop. |  | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 22:25 - Sep 4 with 2419 views | ernie |
He was better at stepping out and intercepting second half but generally he and Greaves did not hold any sort of defensive shape at all. | | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 22:30 - Sep 4 with 2365 views | NthQldITFC |
Totally agree. Oddly, for such an experienced player, he seems really lacking in confidence or understanding of what he needs to do. I'm sure he'll come good, but having O'Shea in the middle, organising the whole defence and the two in front is preferable.
Might be OK again against the lesser sides, but been really shown up in last two, |  |
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 22:33 - Sep 4 with 2329 views | FrimleyBlue |
Of signings so far hes been the poorest imo
Struggled v sunderland. Utd and liverpool now
Not the rock we needed imo.
Im still hoping hes just getting upto speed but hes all over the shop defensively |  |
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:05 - Sep 4 with 2150 views | armchaircritic59 |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 22:22 - Sep 4 by jas0999 |
Defence isn’t good enough at this level full stop. |
I think most are going to have to end up living with that fact. The question is, what we can do to make up for it? |  | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:07 - Sep 4 with 2125 views | Bluecasp |
Lets be honest the defence and keeper are no better than last time we were in the prem. | | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:09 - Sep 4 with 2101 views | bazza |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 22:22 - Sep 4 by jas0999 |
Defence isn’t good enough at this level full stop. |
Beat Sunderland, lost to Man Utd and Liverpool, two of the biggest clubs in the world pretty much, I do wonder if some peoples expectations are way too high ffs !! |  | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:11 - Sep 4 with 2050 views | PrideOfTheEast |
Did he comment on greaves or the gk out of interest? | | | |
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:13 - Sep 4 with 2032 views | Bluecasp |
Plenty of West Ham I have spoken to were surprised we signed him. Error prone and.possibly ok in a more established Prem defence but hes not going to be enough on his own. Mind you no worse than Greaves. | | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:13 - Sep 4 with 2028 views | Bellevue_Blue |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:09 - Sep 4 by bazza |
Beat Sunderland, lost to Man Utd and Liverpool, two of the biggest clubs in the world pretty much, I do wonder if some peoples expectations are way too high ffs !! |
We should be winning every game with a clean sheet otherwise we all have to collectively call for our players to replaced/ subbed/ sold at the first opportunity!
Why would you support when you can call out your players for losing to Manchester United and Liverpool!
If you had said we would get 3pts from Sunderland, United and Liverpool we would have all taken it! | | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:28 - Sep 4 with 1884 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 22:33 - Sep 4 by FrimleyBlue |
Of signings so far hes been the poorest imo
Struggled v sunderland. Utd and liverpool now
Not the rock we needed imo.
Im still hoping hes just getting upto speed but hes all over the shop defensively |
I think Greaves has been far worse than Diop personally
Although neither have been particularly impressive tbf |  |
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:32 - Sep 4 with 1827 views | Swansea_Blue |
He’s cumbersome. He does organise things very well though and gets his head on everything coming into the box. He’s our new Burgess. He needs serious pace around him though. Hence the issue with O’Shea at RB. Greaves is actually ok for recovery pace, we just need better at this level. Why we didn’t prioritise a top level (for us) rapid LCB is beyond me.
The defence (and lack of midfield protection) will undo us this season. |  |
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:46 - Sep 4 with 1745 views | Ryorry |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:32 - Sep 4 by Swansea_Blue |
He’s cumbersome. He does organise things very well though and gets his head on everything coming into the box. He’s our new Burgess. He needs serious pace around him though. Hence the issue with O’Shea at RB. Greaves is actually ok for recovery pace, we just need better at this level. Why we didn’t prioritise a top level (for us) rapid LCB is beyond me.
The defence (and lack of midfield protection) will undo us this season. |
If he becomes our new Burgess I'd be pretty happy! |  |
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:49 - Sep 4 with 1726 views | armchaircritic59 |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:32 - Sep 4 by Swansea_Blue |
He’s cumbersome. He does organise things very well though and gets his head on everything coming into the box. He’s our new Burgess. He needs serious pace around him though. Hence the issue with O’Shea at RB. Greaves is actually ok for recovery pace, we just need better at this level. Why we didn’t prioritise a top level (for us) rapid LCB is beyond me.
The defence (and lack of midfield protection) will undo us this season. |
My thoughts to, we have 4 CDM's alone and other midfielders, I'd have saved on a CDM and spent it elsewhere, but hey, it's not my money and I'm not the boss. | | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:51 - Sep 4 with 1706 views | mrfixit426 |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:09 - Sep 4 by bazza |
Beat Sunderland, lost to Man Utd and Liverpool, two of the biggest clubs in the world pretty much, I do wonder if some peoples expectations are way too high ffs !! |
LOL. This. |  | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:52 - Sep 4 with 1700 views | Bellevue_Blue |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:32 - Sep 4 by Swansea_Blue |
He’s cumbersome. He does organise things very well though and gets his head on everything coming into the box. He’s our new Burgess. He needs serious pace around him though. Hence the issue with O’Shea at RB. Greaves is actually ok for recovery pace, we just need better at this level. Why we didn’t prioritise a top level (for us) rapid LCB is beyond me.
The defence (and lack of midfield protection) will undo us this season. |
Where is this rapid LCB with premier league quality coming from?
Look through the other PL squads ... there are not a lot of these left footed unicorns around and when they appear, they end up at the top of the PL!! | | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 00:02 - Sep 5 with 1620 views | Wheres_Burns |
He’s struggling more because of the frailties around him in the back line.Three players with poor records at the top table. |  | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 00:08 - Sep 5 with 1584 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:52 - Sep 4 by Bellevue_Blue |
Where is this rapid LCB with premier league quality coming from?
Look through the other PL squads ... there are not a lot of these left footed unicorns around and when they appear, they end up at the top of the PL!! |
A unicorn wouldn’t have been any good. Players of the type would include Arthur Theate, Kevin Danso, António Silva (bit of a stretch), Juma Bah (more a development loan option, but super quick), Todibo. That’s just a few players who could have been no more difficult than Enciso or Palacios. But it’s not my job. Our recruitment team would have had info on all players. We could have ungraded had we prioritised it. | |
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 00:18 - Sep 5 with 1504 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
He’s definitely not a ball playing CB is he, dreadful passing tonight on the whole.
Plenty of experience at this level though I’m sure he’ll come good. | | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 00:36 - Sep 5 with 1433 views | Steve_M |
I have a concern that we’ve signed him a season or two too late.
Defence was all over the place early on, Greaves seems to be getting most of the blame but Diop CD DOS weren’t any better. |  |
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 01:03 - Sep 5 with 1371 views | ITFC_Essex |
I’m worried we’ve signed a player whose best days are over tbh and we’ve got absolutely no one to replace him. |  |
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 05:54 - Sep 5 with 1149 views | fallyblue |
I think his long hoofs out of defence are awful, also Greaves gets a lot of the blame for him being out of position, I think we could have and should have signed a lot better | | | |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 08:00 - Sep 5 with 856 views | USA |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 23:11 - Sep 4 by PrideOfTheEast |
Did he comment on greaves or the gk out of interest? |
He waffled on for ages. If anyone managed to stay interested in, and could make sense of what he said, then they did better than me. I’d love Radio Suffolk to fund a different post match format [Post edited 5 Sep 8:03]
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| Mick Mills on Diop on 08:08 - Sep 5 with 816 views | cbower |
| Mick Mills on Diop on 08:00 - Sep 5 by USA |
He waffled on for ages. If anyone managed to stay interested in, and could make sense of what he said, then they did better than me. I’d love Radio Suffolk to fund a different post match format [Post edited 5 Sep 8:03]
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Each to their own I guess. Yes Mills is a bit monotone but IMHO he knows his onions, especially about defending. | |
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