Quote from: Monty on September 17, 2019, 12:17:36 AMShould have won, but once they had the man sent off they stopped in their own half, denied us or themselves any space, and the odds on the draw shot up.Overall I'm surprised to see people complaining about the quality. I actually thought everything - passing, pressing, defensive shape, decision making - was of high standard, with the exception of actually finishing the bloody chances. It's an odd division, with ten teams capable of finishing between tenth and bottom, and none of them, not even Newcastle, are what I'd call bad. Three pretty good sides will go down this year, and while we might well be one of them it is nice to actually have a pretty good side.The passing and crossing in the second half was absolutely abysmal. I can't recall a game where we made so many sloppy, unforced errors. The second half was really poor almost from start to finish.
Should have won, but once they had the man sent off they stopped in their own half, denied us or themselves any space, and the odds on the draw shot up.Overall I'm surprised to see people complaining about the quality. I actually thought everything - passing, pressing, defensive shape, decision making - was of high standard, with the exception of actually finishing the bloody chances. It's an odd division, with ten teams capable of finishing between tenth and bottom, and none of them, not even Newcastle, are what I'd call bad. Three pretty good sides will go down this year, and while we might well be one of them it is nice to actually have a pretty good side.
Against a strong, well organised side I thought we made the better chances but our finishing let us down. I am hoping that doesn’t become the story of the season.
Defensively we look very good but I'm not convinced by midfield as it is or the front three, maybe a change of formation would do the trick. As others have said, we should have invested more in our attacking options in the summer and imo sacrificed luxuries like Konsa. in fact, I'm not wholly convinced by Terz, Jota or Wesley.On the way home I was listening unwisely to Talkshite and that cnunt Cundy was mouthing off again about how Grealish would only become a proper England contender if he joined a better club. People generally in the media have very little that is positive to say about us, which pisses me off enormously. finally where is Targett? He seems to have disappeared totally.
I would like a formation switch and away at Arsenal might necessitate that.
Quote from: ktvillan on September 16, 2019, 11:27:27 PMFrustrating but not disastrous. Odd how we fell apart once they went down to 10 men. We looked tired, which perhaps explains the multiple misplaced passes towards the end. Positives: Nakamba had a decent debut, the defence didn't give them a clear chance on goal, we created the clearer chances, Guilbert looked quick and committed, Grealish looked good first half.Less positive: Tempo still too slow, way too many sloppy passes, neither winger much cop, centre forward a bit isolated and missed two free headers even if one was offside, Taylor, whilst ok defensively, is useless when attacking, a seeming reluctance to have a pop (Taylor and Grealish had sight of goal second half and bottled it), Jota looks lightweight, a bit slow and very one-footed, struggling against 10 men.All in all we don't look a bad team, certainly nothing like 3-4 years ago, we maybe need a bit more time for players to bed in and for things to click. And maybe Dean needs to re-think the formation.Cant agree with the bit about Nakamba. Gave the ball away numerous times under little pressure. Hopefully was just a bit nervous on his debut.
Frustrating but not disastrous. Odd how we fell apart once they went down to 10 men. We looked tired, which perhaps explains the multiple misplaced passes towards the end. Positives: Nakamba had a decent debut, the defence didn't give them a clear chance on goal, we created the clearer chances, Guilbert looked quick and committed, Grealish looked good first half.Less positive: Tempo still too slow, way too many sloppy passes, neither winger much cop, centre forward a bit isolated and missed two free headers even if one was offside, Taylor, whilst ok defensively, is useless when attacking, a seeming reluctance to have a pop (Taylor and Grealish had sight of goal second half and bottled it), Jota looks lightweight, a bit slow and very one-footed, struggling against 10 men.All in all we don't look a bad team, certainly nothing like 3-4 years ago, we maybe need a bit more time for players to bed in and for things to click. And maybe Dean needs to re-think the formation.
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