Lads, lads, lads, this is doing my head in. It's 'fewer goals'!
I just watched 90 minutes of Konsa offering nothing going forwards and Carlos giving away another cheap goal from an individual error. A repeat of his set up for Palace and a reminder of how poor they were in the same roles at Ipswich. Not forgetting the 3 goal collapse post Cash removal from the pitch at Spurs. I accept that Rogers going off opened the midfield up, but I'm not wedded to a narrow analysis that clearly isn't passing any test, let alone the eye.I dont really care what happened last season down at Arsenal or elsewhere, what I am seeing now is a side much more balanced with Cash, an actual full back, in the side and our best centre half at centre half. Fortunately Cash is back after the international break.
Quote from: brontebilly on November 10, 2024, 02:34:57 PMQuote from: achilles on November 10, 2024, 02:00:32 PMWe have a fundamental problem in that we can’t keep a clean sheet which should be a basic starting point. Where have all the defenders gone who took pride in keeping a clean sheet, nobody seems bothered anymore! We have the number one goalkeeper in the world and the rest of the defence is a shambles with mistakes galore! Whoever the defence coach is sack them and get somebody in who knows what they are doing!We will also concede less goals if we retain possession better. You simply cannot do that with Konsa at RB. It’s almost as if we don’t concede less goals with Konsa at RB.
Quote from: achilles on November 10, 2024, 02:00:32 PMWe have a fundamental problem in that we can’t keep a clean sheet which should be a basic starting point. Where have all the defenders gone who took pride in keeping a clean sheet, nobody seems bothered anymore! We have the number one goalkeeper in the world and the rest of the defence is a shambles with mistakes galore! Whoever the defence coach is sack them and get somebody in who knows what they are doing!We will also concede less goals if we retain possession better. You simply cannot do that with Konsa at RB.
We have a fundamental problem in that we can’t keep a clean sheet which should be a basic starting point. Where have all the defenders gone who took pride in keeping a clean sheet, nobody seems bothered anymore! We have the number one goalkeeper in the world and the rest of the defence is a shambles with mistakes galore! Whoever the defence coach is sack them and get somebody in who knows what they are doing!
Don’t care about 18 months of evidence? Cool. Not forgetting Spurs, Ipswich, Palace, (bizarre when Konsa didn’t play(, Liverpool. But definitely forgetting Bayern, Young Boys, Bologna, Man Utd. Not very scientific really is it?
Quote from: Percy McCarthy on November 10, 2024, 02:39:17 PMQuote from: brontebilly on November 10, 2024, 02:34:57 PMQuote from: achilles on November 10, 2024, 02:00:32 PMWe have a fundamental problem in that we can’t keep a clean sheet which should be a basic starting point. Where have all the defenders gone who took pride in keeping a clean sheet, nobody seems bothered anymore! We have the number one goalkeeper in the world and the rest of the defence is a shambles with mistakes galore! Whoever the defence coach is sack them and get somebody in who knows what they are doing!We will also concede less goals if we retain possession better. You simply cannot do that with Konsa at RB. It’s almost as if we don’t concede less goals with Konsa at RB.We don't...4/17 PL goals conceded with Cash at RB, 8/17 with Konsa at RB it looks like (5 with Kosta/Bogarde). That's just the narrow "stats" argument you persist with, nearly everybody else here sees how the Konsa/Carlos combo screws up the balance of the team in and out of possession.
Quote from: Percy McCarthy on November 10, 2024, 03:32:27 PMDon’t care about 18 months of evidence? Cool. Not forgetting Spurs, Ipswich, Palace, (bizarre when Konsa didn’t play(, Liverpool. But definitely forgetting Bayern, Young Boys, Bologna, Man Utd. Not very scientific really is it?It's definitely not scientific when Cash played v Man U
No idea as i'm replying to you and pointing out that it was Cash not Konsa v Man U. Could also add that Konsa went off after 12 mins.
What Ads has said is irrelevant to who you said was at RB v Man U.
We've kept 1 clean sheet in the last 16 league games. And 9 in the last 54. Regardless of what combination we put out it isn't performing to a standard that leads to sustained success and hasn't for a long time. Now that the attack is out of form and isn't scoring 2 or 3 on a regular basis to bail out the defence we have what we currently have, A side struggling for wins.
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