Quote from: Matt Collins on December 20, 2014, 06:38:12 PMLambert got the tactics and the substitutions right. Let's give him some credit. He's got lots of faults but the claim so many make that he's incompetent tactically is bollocksExactly what were his tactics. Counter attacking? The only real credit Lambert deserves is he had every single player up for today and they collectively put a massive shift in. Finally against Man Utd our players looked like men instead of boys but I hardly think he deserves any medals for the team trying to pass the ball.
Lambert got the tactics and the substitutions right. Let's give him some credit. He's got lots of faults but the claim so many make that he's incompetent tactically is bollocks
Only saw bits of the second half, but Lowton committed a cardinal sin for Falcao's goal. Not only did he get turned inside out by Young, but turned his back on him which is where he let Young get past him as he never recovered position.
Quote from: The Sound of Villadelphia on December 20, 2014, 06:49:23 PMQuote from: Matt Collins on December 20, 2014, 06:38:12 PMLambert got the tactics and the substitutions right. Let's give him some credit. He's got lots of faults but the claim so many make that he's incompetent tactically is bollocksExactly what were his tactics. Counter attacking? The only real credit Lambert deserves is he had every single player up for today and they collectively put a massive shift in. Finally against Man Utd our players looked like men instead of boys but I hardly think he deserves any medals for the team trying to pass the ball.It's comments like this that drive me crazy. He matched up against United's 352. It workedthis enabled gabby and BENTEKE to get lots of space down the sides of their back threeThey struggled to create chances despite a set of attacking players that would cost about £200m to buy We broke on them frequently and in the first half with better passing from gabby we'd have had a couple more great chances to scoreWe had a man sent off and were massively under the cosh. Lambert changed to a back four and from then on we had more of the play and better chancesHe brought on bacuna who almost scored and almost set up a late winnerWeimann struggled a bit but his breaking from midfield against a United midfield that wasn't set up to hold was a recurrent threat Our new found willingness to pass the ball with more composure meant we took the pressure off us at key points in the first and second half Apart from that, nah his tactics didn't work at allGive the guy a break when he deserves it
I didn't see the match so looking forward to seeing MOTD for a change. I've seen a clip of the sending off though. Absolutely scandalous decision, Gabby shouldn't even have been booked for that.
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