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Justin's avatar

I think the Wrexham reactions are a bit over the top for a preseason friendly. I think the first half was far more indicative of what we can expect from the team. They all looked a bit rusty and not as sharp since it was the first preseason game, but I thought they played pretty well in the first half and did a very good job at controlling the game.

I think there were massive overreactions to the second half performance. I think a lot of the issues stemmed from Achempong looking completely uncomfortable playing RCB in this system because his inability to mark the correct runs inside him in transition made Fofana and Chilwell have to break shape to try and cover the space. But I don't put too much stock in that second half since half of the players that were playing will either start with the Dev Squad or be loaned out anyway.

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Ben F's avatar

Watched the Wrexham game back last night, Lavia is going to be such a game changer for us. So calm, moves the ball through lines/round corners with one touch passes with perfect weight, retains well in super tight spaces, really dogged in winning balls back ala Ngolo. Looked so sharp. Same for Fofana as well, he was steaming into tackles and breaking forward, looked really confident. Nkunku just glides across the pitch and if we can utilise him properly he can take the team up a level by himself.

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