Bring 5 on but only take 3 off and hope nobody notices?
Quote from: SoccerHQ on July 18, 2020, 10:18:13 PMArsenal game was more horrible game management I'm afraid. I remember in that game Arsenal were barely doing anything and then Emery made a double change around 60 minutes, DS did nothing.Guendozhi came on and gave Arsenal the energy they needed in CM to make up for the lost man and we did nothing. He got a cheap penalty and his presence also caused other chances.Should've put on another midfielder at 2-1 up to counter this but just looking at the line ups and Luiz wasn't in the 18 for some reason despite being on the bench for the West Ham game six days previously.Sadly DS has not improved at that side of the game at all during the season even now when we can use 5 subs.Negative view I know but I can’t see how we could use 5 subs to our advantage at the moment. It’s not helping the likes of us.
Arsenal game was more horrible game management I'm afraid. I remember in that game Arsenal were barely doing anything and then Emery made a double change around 60 minutes, DS did nothing.Guendozhi came on and gave Arsenal the energy they needed in CM to make up for the lost man and we did nothing. He got a cheap penalty and his presence also caused other chances.Should've put on another midfielder at 2-1 up to counter this but just looking at the line ups and Luiz wasn't in the 18 for some reason despite being on the bench for the West Ham game six days previously.Sadly DS has not improved at that side of the game at all during the season even now when we can use 5 subs.
Quote from: walsall villain on July 18, 2020, 10:23:36 PMQuote from: SoccerHQ on July 18, 2020, 10:18:13 PMArsenal game was more horrible game management I'm afraid. I remember in that game Arsenal were barely doing anything and then Emery made a double change around 60 minutes, DS did nothing.Guendozhi came on and gave Arsenal the energy they needed in CM to make up for the lost man and we did nothing. He got a cheap penalty and his presence also caused other chances.Should've put on another midfielder at 2-1 up to counter this but just looking at the line ups and Luiz wasn't in the 18 for some reason despite being on the bench for the West Ham game six days previously.Sadly DS has not improved at that side of the game at all during the season even now when we can use 5 subs.Negative view I know but I can’t see how we could use 5 subs to our advantage at the moment. It’s not helping the likes of us.Even if you don't rate the players you can spend the last 5 minutes just bringing three on every other minute to disrupt the game, we really should've done this at Everton to slow things down especially after that sitter Calvert Lewin missed just before the goal.Fresh legs might've also stopped the cross coming in given Hourihane's very half hearted effort at blocking it.
Quote from: Mister E on July 18, 2020, 05:34:56 PMQuote from: RamboandBruno on July 18, 2020, 05:15:46 PM&feature=shareWatching that again was useful:- we WERE good going forward, despite Trez' inability to hit a decent shot- Mings was awful for the 2nd Arse goal- Engels was a liability! Two goals down to his poor defending- the handball at the end was a disgrace from that wanker MossWe played decent football but our defending really was comedy gold.I know I sought out the handball and ended up watching the whole thing, what was Mings doing with that header!! We go down no doubt he’ll go but he really needs to stay and improve, whatever league we’re in. Engels not good enough and doubt we’ll see him again, something really strange with him being completely missing for big parts of the season. It is clear though that smith did want to attack this league, a real shame that we just couldn’t of drawn that, beat Burnley and West Ham at home instead of drawing when we largely dominated, 5 points better off and on the beach. Instead smith losing his confidence and way and the player’s the same.
Quote from: RamboandBruno on July 18, 2020, 05:15:46 PM&feature=shareWatching that again was useful:- we WERE good going forward, despite Trez' inability to hit a decent shot- Mings was awful for the 2nd Arse goal- Engels was a liability! Two goals down to his poor defending- the handball at the end was a disgrace from that wanker MossWe played decent football but our defending really was comedy gold.
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It was 100% a handball with current rules but should never have got to that , the loss was down to our own implosion both CB's cost us that game. Engles dear god with that and the Spurs game at home is alone responsible for 4 goals. The Mings error though is a simple head out for a corner or as far as you can , a cushion header in that position wtf was he thinking.Whilst scoring more goals would help us the far bigger issue all season has been the defending be it individual errors or tactics it been shocking.
Quote from: David_Nab on July 19, 2020, 12:32:21 AMIt was 100% a handball with current rules but should never have got to that , the loss was down to our own implosion both CB's cost us that game. Engles dear god with that and the Spurs game at home is alone responsible for 4 goals. The Mings error though is a simple head out for a corner or as far as you can , a cushion header in that position wtf was he thinking.Whilst scoring more goals would help us the far bigger issue all season has been the defending be it individual errors or tactics it been shocking.Also the free kick should have been ruled out because 21 (Holding was it) was interfering in our wall which is not allowed under the new rules but that game sums up Smiths lack of tactical reaction during a game. Guendouzi came on and we made him look like Messi he was consistently running with the ball 20 or 30 yards and Smith did nothing to stiffen the centre of our midfield, that game rankles the most with me as we should have won and the confidence we would have gained was immeasurable.
Good result for us today, Arsenal will have expended their energy on that performance leaving then ripe for turning over when we play them next. Probably. Want one of these straws I’m clutching?
Quote from: Bermuda Villa on July 19, 2020, 01:37:24 AMQuote from: David_Nab on July 19, 2020, 12:32:21 AMIt was 100% a handball with current rules but should never have got to that , the loss was down to our own implosion both CB's cost us that game. Engles dear god with that and the Spurs game at home is alone responsible for 4 goals. The Mings error though is a simple head out for a corner or as far as you can , a cushion header in that position wtf was he thinking.Whilst scoring more goals would help us the far bigger issue all season has been the defending be it individual errors or tactics it been shocking.Also the free kick should have been ruled out because 21 (Holding was it) was interfering in our wall which is not allowed under the new rules but that game sums up Smiths lack of tactical reaction during a game. Guendouzi came on and we made him look like Messi he was consistently running with the ball 20 or 30 yards and Smith did nothing to stiffen the centre of our midfield, that game rankles the most with me as we should have won and the confidence we would have gained was immeasurable.Another game where the ref screwed us over. But equally another game where we shot ourselves in the foot. Letting Guendouzi come on and run the show unchallenged and Mings powderpuff header were the two main things that caused our undoing. I can forgive such things in isolation but we have not learned from those early mistakes. We conceded a very preventable goal against Everton which fully highlights this.