Matthew Le God

So you think Hojbjerg or Fred or McTominay or Matic or Winks are better than Ward-Prowse? I don't.

1) 'Chased by Barcelona' - not a very hard chase as they didn't sign him! 2) I'd rather have Walker-Peters 3) Good

No they were not. For example Man Utd - Wan Bisaka, Arsenal - Pepe, Spurs - Ndombele were not experienced established players and all cost £50m+.

He'd improve Man Utd, Spurs and Arsenal's central midfield. All of which have spent more than £50m on players.

He is wrong though, Ward-Prowse in 2021 on a contract until 2025 is worth £50m+. We've seen fullbacks like Wan-Bissaka get sold by Crystal Palace for £50m. He would be an improvement on a number central midfielders for 'top 6/7' teams.

1) His key pass stats are very good, as is the number of successful progressive passes. Bizarre you fixate on the other ones, which in any case don't automatically equal a negative. Recycling the ball until an opportunity arises is sensible. 2) Yes they do, and it is a very different one to your claims. Why are you dismissive of stats? Why do you value unsubstantiated judgements over stats? 3) That is nonsense, his defensive stats are superb for a central midfielder.

Nope yours does! You have managed a self defeating post there. They were relegated! Plus he was also a youngster at the time, not the captain.

1) Asking a question for clarification is not being argumentative. 2) You (and others) are resorting to petty, inaccurate and personal insults. 3) Given none of us can go to Wembley, it being on Sunday early evening doesn't really matter. A few beers can still be enjoyed without it impacting on work the next day. Why does a semi final win require getting absolutely hammered?

That isn't our style of play at all. We are one of the most intense high pressing teams in the league. That is the opposite of counter attacking.

No I did not. Asking why something is not a good time, does not mean I have taken a position that it is a bad time or a good time. It was a question.

We we talking about leadership. Keane's team of superstars had lost 5-0 the previous match. He comes into the side, gets sent off and his team of winners loses 6-3 to a struggling team.

Think you will find it was not me that resorted to petty personal insults. All I did was ask questions.

Sex on a beach?

A team with players of the quality of Man Utd at the time collapsing 5-0 and 6-3 a week later is comparable to us losing 9-0. Keane played the second game and led by example by getting sent off!

Amen!

A question is not a row.

Stop twisting my words. I did not say it was a good time for football, I was asking why it is a bad time. Those two things are not the same.

You made a claim they are simple, it is not unreasonable to ask what would count as complicated!? Have you seen our training pitches in a recent club video? They are covered in extra lines for the different roles, pressing triggers and situations we use. That is far from simple.

Roy Keane played in a team that lost 6-3 to Saints a league game after his club lost 5-0 the game before. He got himself sent off for being too aggresive, so hardly a great leadership!

This is about JWP, you think his role is simple. I was explaining how it isn't. And asked if his role is simple what players or teams you think use complicated roles?

He played for better teams than us, so comparison falls down.

If you think it is Hasenhuttl's tactics with multiple pressing triggers and switches depending on circumstances as they change during games are simple, what team do you consider to have a complicated system?

I did not say it involved shouting. In any case he is clearly vocal. Just because he sounds like a choir boy in interviews it doesn't make him a bad captain.

It isn't a simple system in the slightest. It is tactically intricate with a large range of pressing triggers and plays in different situations.

What do you think a captain should do, and how do you know Ward-Prowse isn't doing it? This isn't the 1980s where a captain simply needed to shout the loudest!