you silly sodPep and Tixi Messi obsession is to blame for us having no current striker.
We spent over 2 Seasons chasing him, only for him to end up at PSG in the end.
At least now we have to move on from him.
Your glad laporte got sent off ffs we can do without "supporters" like you, get to fuckLaporte didn't slip. He tried one of his leg breaker cute passes that barely reach his team mate.
But it didn't reach today, like he's gotten away with many times before.
I'm glad he got sent off as Stones is way the better player even when he makes the odd gaffe!
In general, he's just more intelligent, defensively.
Who exactly does the overlapping full back hit in the middle?It wasn't a lack of effort, it was a lack of quality and too many having an off day at the same time
Grealish offers nothing
Cancelo was terrible
KDB was also awful
Laporte had another brain fart. Is that three times this season now he's been caught on the wrong side?
When teams set up like Palace what we need is overlapping clever full backs. Create the overload and the full back is free with the ball to pick out a man in the box. Zabba was brilliant at this
If we hit the ball to Grealish, he has no left foot so defenders show him down the line and because Cancelo is right footed he won't (or very rarely) overlaps
We also lack a keeper who can make a decent save
Actually we have one and he's second choice
Unless early onset dementia is setting in I think it's the first time I've posted itDo you copy and paste that into every post-match thread?
Exactly that. The Chelsea result basically flushed down the toiletA lot of hard work over the 1st 9 games of the season has been pissed up the wall this afternoon.
We did the hard work and fucked it up on a home banker. Oh well, need to beat utd next week to get back on track.
Surprising what happens when you have 2 out and out strikersLook on the bright side, at least Ole is keeping his job for now.
I get what you mean, we need something different, more energy, against teams good enough to low block for a whole match and as pep always says the same players can’t play week in week out. For that reason I think - hope - the loss to West Ham will prove to be a blessing. Let’s see what next Saturday brings.i just think our best 11 is very good but the squad and little rotation is creeping in and our legs look very heavy
today down to 10 men for 45 minutes will make them feel ever worst tonight.
i just feel pep could use 2 or 3 more youth players in the home games to freshen up the team and give us more legs
cole palmer would and should be playing in the home games like today and rest KDB even the young left back Wilson-Esbrand looked great in the league cup game and where is liam delap for some minutes
Indeed and they can interchange at will. Think Care just needs a few weeks away from Football altogether.Switch Foden and Grealish going forward. Give Kevin a break.
We are just not balanced upfront, or in defence!The Foden / Grealish dynamic is a concern for me.
Foden had the left wing position completely tied down last season, played brilliantly all season, was a real attacking threat and won a number of games on his own.
We then sign Grealish with money that could have been used on a proper striker, and so far we’ve hobbled him by asking to stick out wide and play a very distinct, disciplined role. This has meant Foden playing in the middle, where I think he’s a bit more inconsistent.
Early days but it doesn’t look quite right to me.
He also seems far too eager to go to ground to try and win free kicks than trying to go past a defender. Draws opposition players to him which on occasions is helpful as he can then release team mates into areas where they have space to exploit but too often slows the play down with too many touches allowing defences to regroup and get organised. Needs to vary his play more, take more risks and start affecting games where it matters.He's terrified of taking an actual shot or trying to knick it past a defender. The amount of times he will square up and then just settle for a smash into the defender's shins for a corner is appalling.
A cdm is what messed us up on the final. Midfield was way too open. Nothing to do with a lack of strikerThen we were toothless upfront against Chelsea in the CL final and toothless against Leicester in the CS. It was plane for all to see we needed a focal point in our attack. I like Grealish but to put another midfielder before a centre forward was not a wise move in my book. I could be proved wrong but I doubt it.