🚨 The Score has landed ⬇️ danielstorey85 gives his verdict on every Premier League team in action this weekend
But something’s going to have to give. Ellis Simms is a young kid with a few months of experience at Championship level. Neal Maupay has scored once from 22 shots in the league this season. Either Calvert-Lewin gets – and stays – fit or Everton’s survival bid is going to be seriously hampered. The trip to Nottingham Forest next weekend is massive.Now we’ve all grown used to Kaoru Mitoma being the best player to watch in the Premier League, Manor Solomon steps forward to make his own case.
Still, it’s hardly controversial to base our judgements on results, given how tight it is in the bottom half. Had Leeds failed to beat Southampton with one new manager, having lost to Everton with another and lost to Forest with their old one, relegation would have seemed closer to probable than possible. Now there is new life in Leeds. Javi Gracia was smart enough to talk up exactly that in his post-match interview.
This is the problem of the leader by example, particularly when they are a creative midfielder. Because those players dominate so much of their team’s attacking play, demanding the ball whenever possible, their absence can cause knock-on problems because their teammates become subconsciously reliant on the continued presence of the creative force. In this case, that’s particularly relevant given that Maddison suffered from a sickness bug overnight after overcoming a recent knock.
Which is why the next era of Manchester City’s forward line is so important. Between them, Guardiola’s three 22-year-olds – Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez, Phil Foden – have scored 40 league goals this season; no player in the squad has more than any of them. Yet Guardiola has rarely picked all three together. In the league, they have started as a trio only twice, both against promoted clubs .
To repeat, Forest might well be fine. Beat Everton at home next weekend, where they have been excellent all season, and they will be favourites to stay up. But under this current guise, they have piled all of their eggs into that basket and it is a highly risky strategy.I don’t like picking out individual players when a team is doing badly, but it’s impossible to ignore Gavin Bazunu’s form. Southampton’s resolve at Elland Road wasn’t broken until Firpo’s weak shot with his weak foot.
Tottenham’s goal difference in the first half of their league games this season is -3. Their goal difference in the second half is +14. They have scored more goals between the 46th and 75th minutes as Chelsea have all season. Drawing against Conte’s team at half-time? You better start worrying.
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