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Offline django

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #750 on: December 08, 2019, 08:45:29 PM »
I feel like we’ve looked worse since we’ve tried to fit Luiz into the side.

Offline Roysmert

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #751 on: December 08, 2019, 08:47:37 PM »
Luiz, Hourihane, McGinn all nowhere near the mark today. Luiz is baffling me.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #752 on: December 08, 2019, 08:48:36 PM »
I feel like we’ve looked worse since we’ve tried to fit Luiz into the side.

I thought he was excellent personally v Newcastle and did well in early games this season.

Most of our team are young players playing in premier league for first time so ups and downs in form are inevitable. Konsa is another one, did o.k v Newcastle and Wolves but struggled since.

Tom Heaton is showing that sometimes buying proven and premier league experience players isn't always the wrong move. Kept the score down in a few defeats and we'll need him to keep this form in next few weeks.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #753 on: December 08, 2019, 08:50:21 PM »
Luiz, Hourihane, McGinn all nowhere near the mark today. Luiz is baffling me.

Erm.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #754 on: December 08, 2019, 09:01:48 PM »
Luiz, Hourihane, McGinn all nowhere near the mark today. Luiz is baffling me.

Erm.

In fairness, Connor was fairly close to Marc on the bench until the latter came on late doors.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #755 on: December 08, 2019, 09:02:51 PM »
In fairness, Hourihane contributed more than Wesley today.

Offline Roysmert

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #756 on: December 08, 2019, 09:22:54 PM »
Err yeah, that's what I meant. Yeah.  8)

Offline adrenachrome

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #757 on: December 08, 2019, 09:40:40 PM »
We might well stay up, but I am fairly sure we will be in the relegation mix at the death.

We can't play 4-3-3 against the top teams. We are now labeled easy meat in their books. You hate to see it.

The upcoming fixtures against less powerful opponents are now crucial.



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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #758 on: December 08, 2019, 09:44:33 PM »
We will and we will be.

Offline Holte L2

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #759 on: December 08, 2019, 09:47:26 PM »
This 4 3 3 is really hindering us. We're carrying AEG and Trez. Leicester's diamond system ironically enough looks like it would suit us so much better.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #760 on: December 08, 2019, 09:58:45 PM »
Sorry but without a big spend up in January, this team is going down

Just not enough quality in it.



Stick a decent goal scoring striker in our team and it will make a big difference.

Did you see Smith's post match interview?

Words to the effect of "people keep telling me we're need a striker but we conceded 23 chances today at home. That's a bigger concern for me".

I get that he's not going to tell the whole world we're desperate for a striker (if it needs saying) but he seems very, very insistent that he's not in the market for one...
« Last Edit: December 08, 2019, 11:27:01 PM by Ad@m »

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #761 on: December 08, 2019, 10:08:42 PM »
This 4 3 3 is really hindering us. We're carrying AEG and Trez. Leicester's diamond system ironically enough looks like it would suit us so much better.

This.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #762 on: December 08, 2019, 10:31:04 PM »
Or he's not going to destroy an already low on confidence striker by announcing to the press that we're looking to buy another one as Wesley has been crap.

I'd find it hard to imagine that the owners would spend 140m then watch us sleep walk into relegation. 

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #763 on: December 08, 2019, 11:12:58 PM »
This 4 3 3 is really hindering us. We're carrying AEG and Trez. Leicester's diamond system ironically enough looks like it would suit us so much better.

This.

Really? 4-3-3 with Grealish in one of the front 3 positions actually had us on a nice little run before we hit the Man. City-Liverpool double trouble games.

I prefer it to early in the season when we had two out and out wingers and Grealish in the middle three and we looked very unbalanced at both ends.

My worry is in terms of major changes DS will go back to this and Sheffield United will expose the gaps between defence and midfield quite easily.

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #764 on: December 08, 2019, 11:17:26 PM »
Or he's not going to destroy an already low on confidence striker by announcing to the press that we're looking to buy another one as Wesley has been crap.

I'd find it hard to imagine that the owners would spend 140m then watch us sleep walk into relegation. 

We need another one regardless. Given Kodj can't get any minutes off the bench in games we're losing it's safe to say he'll be off in January. Davis out with another injury. We must be only premier league club for years who've effectively played half the season with one out and out striker.

Given he's not very good it's a minor miracle we've scored so many goals this season.

 


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