What I can never understand and this goes for most managers not just ours is that when everyone can see that a formation or a particular game plan is not working after 20 minutes, and I mean it’s obvious to everyone including manager and coachesWhy do they have to wait till half-time to deal with it, And even then sometimes don’tAs soon as you know it’s not working change it, don’t wait until it’s too lateThere’s probably a perfectly reasonable answer to this but one that I have never heard yet
Nakamba would have given the ball away just as much if not more than the rest of them thoughAnd wouldn’t have gone forward with the ball In an positive mannerSo I’m not convinced it would have been the right call
Most frustrating thing for me was that had we replicated either of the Chelsea performances today, we win that game. Son aside they are bang average, but he was outstanding and we couldn’t cope with him at all. We, on the other hand, cannot afford to have 3 or 4 players playing poorly and it showed.
Didn't think we were as bad as being made out by some on here. Thought we were far too open in midfield in the first half, but thought we started to get a foothold in the game before we equalised and then briefly looked like we might go on to get another. Disappointing to get caught on the break for their second at a time when we were looking the more threatening side and we just didn't really get back into it after that.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on October 03, 2021, 08:07:06 PMI think we have to accept we're an inconsistent team that is not going to click all the time. You see it in individual matches - good half, bad half. So long as we continue to build overall consistency then we'll be moving in the right direction. The positive point is that we have shown that when we are really on our game, we can be unplayable. Two fantastic results against decent sides followed by a 2-1 defeat away from home against a side who raised their game on recent performances is not really cause for despair.DS is fucking infuriating at times, I agree, but it's not just him, it's the whole coaching staff. So long as they make these mistakes less and less frequently, then we'll be ok.I do think we might have allowed our expectations to get ahead of us this season, though, we've sold our best player in decades and yes, we've spent the money well by the looks of it and have a much strengthened squad, but that sort of change takes a while to bed in.I think that's as good a comment I've read in a while. I didn't think we were great today at all. I think in some ways we need to start again now Joe has gone. We'll get there, we might only finish 10th but that's fine because long term, I think there's a lot to be optimistic about.
I think we have to accept we're an inconsistent team that is not going to click all the time. You see it in individual matches - good half, bad half. So long as we continue to build overall consistency then we'll be moving in the right direction. The positive point is that we have shown that when we are really on our game, we can be unplayable. Two fantastic results against decent sides followed by a 2-1 defeat away from home against a side who raised their game on recent performances is not really cause for despair.DS is fucking infuriating at times, I agree, but it's not just him, it's the whole coaching staff. So long as they make these mistakes less and less frequently, then we'll be ok.I do think we might have allowed our expectations to get ahead of us this season, though, we've sold our best player in decades and yes, we've spent the money well by the looks of it and have a much strengthened squad, but that sort of change takes a while to bed in.