There are players in that team like Phillips who has had a long time out, Alvarez who is still adjusting to us and Palmer who is 19 who you let off somewhat.Not gonna single out any player for criticism coz they've all been equally wank.
He has fell off a Cliff pal big timeHe is pathetic.
Always terrible on the right and has regressed badly on the left.
No wonder Portugal dropped him for a RAG
This is Pep your talking about , you know he likes to tinker , Ederson on at half time at centre back and Walker in goalOr just play him regularly and in his preferred position.
Many players have dropped off a cliff this seasonCancelo standards have not dropped he’s been shit all season
We used to win games by starting fast and scoring 2 or 3 early, those days seem a distant memory…the same as a team with pace4 goals only in the first 15 minutes i think they said we have had all season, just too slow starting and too much side and back passing which we are actually getting worse at by constantly messing up simple passes and passing to the opposition to set up their attacks and our midfield all have lead boots on and no pace to catch the attacking players
Grealish and Palmer - neither anywhere near Mahrez's level. Foden non existent. Alvarez invisible.
Found Palmer unmarked in the box - our best chance of the halfFirst of all I like the username. Secondly, he’s definitely been most involved but his end product is woeful. He needs 10 crosses to find a man and his shot forever hits the man in front of him as he doesn’t shift the ball enough to make space for it
Fingers crossed. For once I hope he does his usual and trusts the team he’s picked to sort their shit out. Except for maybe getting Gomez off the pitch fairly sharpish.I'll bet no changes half time
I’m having to watch it on my phone and it is hard to tell who is who. Our red and white tops are novel and to be 2-0 up away at half time is goodAm not for making excuses but doesn’t anyone else think there is a bit of colour clash ?
Disagree mate tbh , we don’t look arsed from the full 11 on the pitch, the whole team is having a mare , back 4 is atrocious, clueless upfront , absolutely nothing going forward , closed down in all areas of the pitch , the worst display in Peps tenure by a country mile.Not quite sure what we were trying to do there. Back to inverted FBs and back to slow build-up play, sloppy passing and poor decision making. I can hardly remember Alvarez touching the ball. They scored two very well taken goals but really all stemmed from our mistakes.
Not really creating anything. I hope we try traditional FBs 2nd half and a bit more measured passing and movement.
Even at 2-0 down, I don't really feel the game is over. Buck our ideas up and there's still something in this game for us.
Yeah it’s hard to see it when we are so so bad, but they have bullied us and fully deserve it. Pressed us high up the pitch and our back 4 and Phillips and Gundo haven’t been able to offer anything. They have won everything and we have had no answer to it.Walker and Cancelo on the same side didn't work against Chelsea and its not working again tonight, Gomez has been abysmal in that first 45 minutes I'll be shocked if he's back out in the second half. Then again take your pick who can come off, All 11 spots up for grabs.
Southampton deserve the lead they are up for it. We haven't turned up.
Keeper didn’t do great for eitherFor once the gloom of the match day thread is appropriate. Passing was appalling and that's one thing we can normally rely on. With them pressing so much, surely we can beat it and counterattack. Seems like there's nothing presenting when we do occasionally get past their midfield. We just give it away.. And what's with unlikely worldy goals being scored bt players that have never done it this season?