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No, I'm not fixated on defending them, I think the problems exist outside of them.

I think when Pulisic and Reijnders have bad games we say that they are tired--an excuse not extended to other players--even those who play similar minutes.

I don't have no stats but I'm pretty sure Reijnders and Pulisic are amongst our top runners. Pulisic especially is asked a lot of sacrifices in both phases compared to Leao while producing the same if not better numbers in G/A iirc, so when you give a player like Leao all that freedom naturally that comes with much higher expectations too.
 

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I am okay with extending Felix's loan or to sign him for a reasonable fee.

Loan another year, have another crappy season to bring down his value and then negotiate a contract in the 20m range, then the following season play properly.. simples
 

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No, I'm not fixated on defending them, I think the problems exist outside of them.

I think when Pulisic and Reijnders have bad games we say that they are tired--an excuse not extended to other players--even those who play similar minutes.
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Excuse is valid for Tijjani but not for Pulisic.

Edit: the yellow numbers are total minutes played all season
 

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Oh my god, Petagna... What a fatso.
He looks like he ate half of Napoli last night.
 

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Fofana on for Felix.
Not bad sub.
 

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I don't have no stats but I'm pretty sure Reijnders and Pulisic are amongst our top runners. Pulisic especially is asked a lot of sacrifices in both phases compared to Leao while producing the same if not better numbers in G/A iirc, so when you give a player like Leao all that freedom naturally that comes with much higher expectations too.
What freedom? Leao is the one who draws the double and triple teams that Pulisic benefits from--that's his own words by the way.

Pulisic being pushed into CAM roles or being forced to run more is not something I want him to do, by the way. That's a product of having shitty coaches and a poorly constructed squad that requires players like Tiji and Pulisic to play in different roles because we want to rehabilitate Chuk or that we haven't bought a CAM or midfielders to complement Tiji.
 

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Pulisic tried to do too much. Lost the ball badly there.

Also, Camarda needs to score tonight to beat Milan's all time youngest goal scorer record. He has 5 days before he won't be the youngest scorer anymore.
 

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I think fans are selective in who gets credit for effort.
not all fans. theo had the privilege of lighter criticism but squandered it overtime, but especially this season. gabbia is someone who did the reverse. if pulisic had bad games and his attitude soured then the fans would surely turn against him. same with deers. but right now when they dont play well they still put out and thats the difference.
 

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Is zeroli injured why didn't he get any minutes?
 

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To be fair on Florenzi, he deserves that subsitute. Been out the whole season.
 

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Florenzi about to come on. Likely for Tomori who is at RB right now.
 

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