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carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Turned out? He's still just a kid.

2 years older than Foden.

Carry on.

Besides the point

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Turned out? He's still just a kid.

2 years older than Foden.

Carry on.

Besides the point

You have obviously missed the point.

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Turned out? He's still just a kid.

2 years older than Foden.

Carry on.

Besides the point

You have obviously missed the point.

Ok Carl

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Turned out? He's still just a kid.

2 years older than Foden.

Carry on.

Besides the point

You have obviously missed the point.

Ok Carl

RM sent him on 2 loan spells in the dutch league , he's 20 years old - he is nothing but a normal player who will make a living in an average team - RM will end up selling him as he is not what they thought he would be...he didn't even cut it in the Spanish second division.

RM wanting Diaz means nothing...its a punt like they took on the above mentioned player.

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Nick wrote:I agree with the post above saying Diaz looked more exciting than foden in alot of early games. Diaz is more of a dribbler who will take players on.

Has had foden had "more of" a chance than Diaz cos he's a blue? I think both should have had more game time by the way but get we have the lines of sane or Mahrez sat on the bench

Diaz loses the ball 10 times to Fodens no times.

I know who I prefer

Yup. Foden looked settled into the team even since he made his debut. Diaz has done the usual youngster thing of trying too hard to prove himself, rather than keeping the ball moving and letting the much better players around you work their magic (playing for the team rather than your future prospects).

For a young player to play like Foden does, you need supreme confidence in your ability, that you'll keep getting in the team by proving yourself every day in practice (instead of thinking you need to prove yourself here and now). That's more a compliment to Foden than a slight to Diaz though.

bigblue wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Nick wrote:I agree with the post above saying Diaz looked more exciting than foden in alot of early games. Diaz is more of a dribbler who will take players on.

Has had foden had "more of" a chance than Diaz cos he's a blue? I think both should have had more game time by the way but get we have the lines of sane or Mahrez sat on the bench

Diaz loses the ball 10 times to Fodens no times.

I know who I prefer

Yup. Foden looked settled into the team even since he made his debut. Diaz has done the usual youngster thing of trying too hard to prove himself, rather than keeping the ball moving and letting the much better players around you work their magic (playing for the team rather than your future prospects).

For a young player to play like Foden does, you need supreme confidence in your ability, that you'll keep getting in the team by proving yourself every day in practice (instead of thinking you need to prove yourself here and now). That's more a compliment to Foden than a slight to Diaz though.

They also play in different positions. Foden is a central midfielder – it's all about possession and the occasional high risk pass to break the lines. Diaz plays further forward and it is his job to take defenders on and make things happen.

mr_nool wrote:

bigblue wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Nick wrote:I agree with the post above saying Diaz looked more exciting than foden in alot of early games. Diaz is more of a dribbler who will take players on.

Has had foden had "more of" a chance than Diaz cos he's a blue? I think both should have had more game time by the way but get we have the lines of sane or Mahrez sat on the bench

Diaz loses the ball 10 times to Fodens no times.

I know who I prefer

Yup. Foden looked settled into the team even since he made his debut. Diaz has done the usual youngster thing of trying too hard to prove himself, rather than keeping the ball moving and letting the much better players around you work their magic (playing for the team rather than your future prospects).

For a young player to play like Foden does, you need supreme confidence in your ability, that you'll keep getting in the team by proving yourself every day in practice (instead of thinking you need to prove yourself here and now). That's more a compliment to Foden than a slight to Diaz though.

They also play in different positions. Foden is a central midfielder – it's all about possession and the occasional high risk pass to break the lines. Diaz plays further forward and it is his job to take defenders on and make things happen.

Well , if he can take defenders on , then perhaps he should teach Mahrez a few tricks because this tosser is not able to beat his man when he stops the ball dead. . i don't know why pep bought this guy,

zuricity wrote:

mr_nool wrote:

bigblue wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Nick wrote:I agree with the post above saying Diaz looked more exciting than foden in alot of early games. Diaz is more of a dribbler who will take players on.

Has had foden had "more of" a chance than Diaz cos he's a blue? I think both should have had more game time by the way but get we have the lines of sane or Mahrez sat on the bench

Diaz loses the ball 10 times to Fodens no times.

I know who I prefer

Yup. Foden looked settled into the team even since he made his debut. Diaz has done the usual youngster thing of trying too hard to prove himself, rather than keeping the ball moving and letting the much better players around you work their magic (playing for the team rather than your future prospects).

For a young player to play like Foden does, you need supreme confidence in your ability, that you'll keep getting in the team by proving yourself every day in practice (instead of thinking you need to prove yourself here and now). That's more a compliment to Foden than a slight to Diaz though.

They also play in different positions. Foden is a central midfielder – it's all about possession and the occasional high risk pass to break the lines. Diaz plays further forward and it is his job to take defenders on and make things happen.

Well , if he can take defenders on , then perhaps he should teach Mahrez a few tricks because this tosser is not able to beat his man when he stops the ball dead. . i don't know why pep bought this guy,

Me neither. I just think we are to predictable with him on the right.
Accommodating him upsets the balance.

He’s a good player and may well come good but I just don’t think he is currently up to speed with our game. He wouldn’t be the first to take time to bed in, so here’s hoping.
But I think Sane and Sterling suffer when he’s playing.
Sane wasn’t great tonight but Lyon could afford to triple up on him because we were so lopsided first half.

Personally I’d have saved the money and played Diaz as backup, but Pep gets paid the big bucks for this sort of thing.

He was no worse than anyone else overall tonight although he had a shite first half, but would Diaz have been any worse. He takes his man on. Sterling, bad and all as he seemed, actually grasped the fact that these were very well organised and somebody had to actually beat a man to create panic. Unfortunately the few times he did the rest of the forwards were AWOL and he ended up losing it.

Anyway I hope we keep Diaz at least until the end of the season. Play himself and Foden in cups and dead rubbers and see if they take their chances.

A career at Celta Vigo awaits in the not too distant future

john@staustell wrote:A career at Celta Vigo awaits in the not too distant future

if he's lucky...

won't really matter though. i imagine that he'd picking up 20ish k / week from us. he'll sign a 5 year deal with real for probably 60/70k/wk + a nice signing on bonus. if all goes tits up, he can retire to the costa del sol when he's 24 and put his feet up....

iwasthere2012 wrote:

zuricity wrote:

Well , if he can take defenders on , then perhaps he should teach Mahrez a few tricks because this tosser is not able to beat his man when he stops the ball dead. . i don't know why pep bought this guy,

Me neither. I just think we are to predictable with him on the right.
Accommodating him upsets the balance.

He’s a good player and may well come good but I just don’t think he is currently up to speed with our game. He wouldn’t be the first to take time to bed in, so here’s hoping.
But I think Sane and Sterling suffer when he’s playing.
Sane wasn’t great tonight but Lyon could afford to triple up on him because we were so lopsided first half.

Personally I’d have saved the money and played Diaz as backup, but Pep gets paid the big bucks for this sort of thing.

He was no worse than anyone else overall tonight although he had a shite first half, but would Diaz have been any worse. He takes his man on. Sterling, bad and all as he seemed, actually grasped the fact that these were very well organised and somebody had to actually beat a man to create panic. Unfortunately the few times he did the rest of the forwards were AWOL and he ended up losing it.

Anyway I hope we keep Diaz at least until the end of the season. Play himself and Foden in cups and dead rubbers and see if they take their chances.

Just a thought but perhaps Pep bought him with teams that deploy a high press in mind, Mahrez first touch is far superior to either Sterling or Sane, his physical strength, ability in a 50/50 duel is also superior to either to the point that when Ederson goes long to beat the press we have a player out wide that can actually retain possession.

Nice ball for the equaliser too, 4th assist in the CL this season, no one in the comp has more.

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

iwasthere2012 wrote:

zuricity wrote:

Well , if he can take defenders on , then perhaps he should teach Mahrez a few tricks because this tosser is not able to beat his man when he stops the ball dead. . i don't know why pep bought this guy,

Me neither. I just think we are to predictable with him on the right.
Accommodating him upsets the balance.

He’s a good player and may well come good but I just don’t think he is currently up to speed with our game. He wouldn’t be the first to take time to bed in, so here’s hoping.
But I think Sane and Sterling suffer when he’s playing.
Sane wasn’t great tonight but Lyon could afford to triple up on him because we were so lopsided first half.

Personally I’d have saved the money and played Diaz as backup, but Pep gets paid the big bucks for this sort of thing.

He was no worse than anyone else overall tonight although he had a shite first half, but would Diaz have been any worse. He takes his man on. Sterling, bad and all as he seemed, actually grasped the fact that these were very well organised and somebody had to actually beat a man to create panic. Unfortunately the few times he did the rest of the forwards were AWOL and he ended up losing it.

Anyway I hope we keep Diaz at least until the end of the season. Play himself and Foden in cups and dead rubbers and see if they take their chances.

Just a thought but perhaps Pep bought him with teams that deploy a high press in mind, Mahrez first touch is far superior to either Sterling or Sane, his physical strength, ability in a 50/50 duel is also superior to either to the point that when Ederson goes long to beat the press we have a player out wide that can actually retain possession.

Nice ball for the equaliser too, 4th assist in the CL this season, no one in the comp has more.

How do you know that his first touch is superior to SaS's?!!!
Physical strength?! He weighs about 10 stone!! Probably same as Sanè.

I hope the club knows what they are doing.
I remember I was gutted when we lost Rony Lopes, Asulin and most of all, Denis Suarez. Look how that turn out.

PeterParker wrote:I hope the club knows what they are doing.
I remember I was gutted when we lost Rony Lopes, Asulin and most of all, Denis Suarez. Look how that turn out.

True. I thought Lopes would make it.

Mase wrote:

PeterParker wrote:I hope the club knows what they are doing.
I remember I was gutted when we lost Rony Lopes, Asulin and most of all, Denis Suarez. Look how that turn out.

True. I thought Lopes would make it.

Lopes been doing really well in Monaco, though. Was their best player at the beginning of this season before getting a nasty injury which has kept him sidelined for a couple of months.

PeterParker wrote:I hope the club knows what they are doing.
I remember I was gutted when we lost Rony Lopes, Asulin and most of all, Denis Suarez. Look how that turn out.

Let's just say if our first team today included those 3, we wouldn't be champions

Sounds like Pep has hinted that Diaz uses the out door

john@staustell wrote:

PeterParker wrote:I hope the club knows what they are doing.
I remember I was gutted when we lost Rony Lopes, Asulin and most of all, Denis Suarez. Look how that turn out.

Let's just say if our first team today included those 3, we wouldn't be champions

Sounds like Pep has hinted that Diaz uses the out door

From the press conference today: "The academy has to be so proud. It has been working so well for many years. With Brahim, it is simple. We want to extend his contract four or five years. We do absolutely everything for him to stay but my advice is if he doesn’t want to stay he has to leave. "

JamieMCFC wrote:

john@staustell wrote:

PeterParker wrote:I hope the club knows what they are doing.
I remember I was gutted when we lost Rony Lopes, Asulin and most of all, Denis Suarez. Look how that turn out.

Let's just say if our first team today included those 3, we wouldn't be champions

Sounds like Pep has hinted that Diaz uses the out door

From the press conference today: "The academy has to be so proud. It has been working so well for many years. With Brahim, it is simple. We want to extend his contract four or five years. We do absolutely everything for him to stay but my advice is if he doesn’t want to stay he has to leave. "

Pretty black and white that. We want you to stay but if you want to go, then go. But don’t be surprised if the grass isn’t as green

Mase wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

iwasthere2012 wrote:

zuricity wrote:

Well , if he can take defenders on , then perhaps he should teach Mahrez a few tricks because this tosser is not able to beat his man when he stops the ball dead. . i don't know why pep bought this guy,

Me neither. I just think we are to predictable with him on the right.
Accommodating him upsets the balance.

He’s a good player and may well come good but I just don’t think he is currently up to speed with our game. He wouldn’t be the first to take time to bed in, so here’s hoping.
But I think Sane and Sterling suffer when he’s playing.
Sane wasn’t great tonight but Lyon could afford to triple up on him because we were so lopsided first half.

Personally I’d have saved the money and played Diaz as backup, but Pep gets paid the big bucks for this sort of thing.

He was no worse than anyone else overall tonight although he had a shite first half, but would Diaz have been any worse. He takes his man on. Sterling, bad and all as he seemed, actually grasped the fact that these were very well organised and somebody had to actually beat a man to create panic. Unfortunately the few times he did the rest of the forwards were AWOL and he ended up losing it.

Anyway I hope we keep Diaz at least until the end of the season. Play himself and Foden in cups and dead rubbers and see if they take their chances.

Just a thought but perhaps Pep bought him with teams that deploy a high press in mind, Mahrez first touch is far superior to either Sterling or Sane, his physical strength, ability in a 50/50 duel is also superior to either to the point that when Ederson goes long to beat the press we have a player out wide that can actually retain possession.

Nice ball for the equaliser too, 4th assist in the CL this season, no one in the comp has more.

How do you know that his first touch is superior to SaS's?!!!
Physical strength?! He weighs about 10 stone!! Probably same as Sanè.

From watching him.

Strength is not determined by weight, ask Silva.

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

Mase wrote:

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

iwasthere2012 wrote:

zuricity wrote:

Well , if he can take defenders on , then perhaps he should teach Mahrez a few tricks because this tosser is not able to beat his man when he stops the ball dead. . i don't know why pep bought this guy,

Me neither. I just think we are to predictable with him on the right.
Accommodating him upsets the balance.

He’s a good player and may well come good but I just don’t think he is currently up to speed with our game. He wouldn’t be the first to take time to bed in, so here’s hoping.
But I think Sane and Sterling suffer when he’s playing.
Sane wasn’t great tonight but Lyon could afford to triple up on him because we were so lopsided first half.

Personally I’d have saved the money and played Diaz as backup, but Pep gets paid the big bucks for this sort of thing.

He was no worse than anyone else overall tonight although he had a shite first half, but would Diaz have been any worse. He takes his man on. Sterling, bad and all as he seemed, actually grasped the fact that these were very well organised and somebody had to actually beat a man to create panic. Unfortunately the few times he did the rest of the forwards were AWOL and he ended up losing it.

Anyway I hope we keep Diaz at least until the end of the season. Play himself and Foden in cups and dead rubbers and see if they take their chances.

Just a thought but perhaps Pep bought him with teams that deploy a high press in mind, Mahrez first touch is far superior to either Sterling or Sane, his physical strength, ability in a 50/50 duel is also superior to either to the point that when Ederson goes long to beat the press we have a player out wide that can actually retain possession.

Nice ball for the equaliser too, 4th assist in the CL this season, no one in the comp has more.

How do you know that his first touch is superior to SaS's?!!!
Physical strength?! He weighs about 10 stone!! Probably same as Sanè.

From watching him.

Strength is not determined by weight, ask Silva.

or carl