What I do not understand is why after the unsettled start to the season we then add further disruption to the team by going to the European Champions with a completely different defensive system.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on September 15, 2021, 07:08:24 AMWhat I do not understand is why after the unsettled start to the season we then add further disruption to the team by going to the European Champions with a completely different defensive system.Yet we managed to deliver probably the best performance of 2021. We've served up some real tripe this year even with Joe in the team but Saturday was at times real big boys football. The challenge will be to not only raise our game against the top 4/6 but to do it against the lesser/bottom half teams, something we struggled with last season.
Quote from: Rudy Can't Fail on September 15, 2021, 11:50:04 AMQuote from: ChicagoLion on September 15, 2021, 07:08:24 AMWhat I do not understand is why after the unsettled start to the season we then add further disruption to the team by going to the European Champions with a completely different defensive system.Yet we managed to deliver probably the best performance of 2021. We've served up some real tripe this year even with Joe in the team but Saturday was at times real big boys football. The challenge will be to not only raise our game against the top 4/6 but to do it against the lesser/bottom half teams, something we struggled with last season.it was a performance defined by poor defending and a 3 nil loss.
Saul was having an awful debut too, it was pretty easy to call that one.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on September 15, 2021, 01:20:12 PMQuote from: Rudy Can't Fail on September 15, 2021, 11:50:04 AMQuote from: ChicagoLion on September 15, 2021, 07:08:24 AMWhat I do not understand is why after the unsettled start to the season we then add further disruption to the team by going to the European Champions with a completely different defensive system.Yet we managed to deliver probably the best performance of 2021. We've served up some real tripe this year even with Joe in the team but Saturday was at times real big boys football. The challenge will be to not only raise our game against the top 4/6 but to do it against the lesser/bottom half teams, something we struggled with last season.it was a performance defined by poor defending and a 3 nil loss.We once lost 7-1 at Chelsea and finished 6th.I do think if we can play to that standard on Saturday we'll get points off Everton and Spurs as we'll score a couple v them. Lukaku is also arguably most inform striker in world football last 12 months aswell.If the prism of the season is judging every aspect of team and manager v Chelsea then I'm afraid many people are setting themselves up for huge disappointment.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on September 15, 2021, 07:08:24 AMWhat I do not understand is why after the unsettled start to the season we then add further disruption to the team by going to the European Champions with a completely different defensive system.I'd look at the positives here
The trouble is how often have we said "if we play like that all season we'll be fine" to then not go and play anywhere near as well in the next game.
Quote from: Risso on September 16, 2021, 07:37:33 AMThe trouble is how often have we said "if we play like that all season we'll be fine" to then not go and play anywhere near as well in the next game.How many times have we heard that over the years? “This is the standard, this is our benchmark” and then play nowhere near that standard.