Palmer has been brilliant this season and wouldnt have got the same game time if he had stayed , but i will reserve judgment until has has put a couple of seasons together , a lot of players have had one good season and then tailed off, but i rarely enjoy ex-players ripping it up at other clubs but Palmer really is a superb player this season and has to got to the euro's before a clown like Rashford.mahrez big miss, could do with someone on the right like that lad at chelsea, whats he called, err palmer, rings a bell that .|
Madrid didn’t win with 2 wingers eitherWe should play a pair of real wingers on either side of the pitch and pick two midfielders in the middle!!! Phil is not a winger! Start him in the middle or just don't play him!
You cannot win this kind of match with only ONE winger operating on the pitch. TOO easy to defend. Either place two wingers each sides or same side like Real Madrid did today.
We played like shit ????????????????????????????????????????????????Can't expect to win a game by sleep walking.
We had our chances
We played like shit,
We shot penalties like shit,
We deserve to be out!
We have no one to blame but OURSELVES! Well done Real Madrid.
Doku was the lone standout and made things happen!
This season looking at the top teams we have played. In the champions league only Real Madrid really. How many wins?
In the league we have played Arsenal twice, Liverpool twice, Spurs once. How many wins? We played Villa away and lost but thankfully Emery turned out a reserve team at ours and we beat them. That's the top 5 teams.
I would say 1 win in 9 games shows our inability to see off good teams is a regular occurrence
We created enough to win it. Yes they defended very well.Madrid defended pretty well we didn’t create much and they won. Weird post tbh
Yeah it’s really important a keeper is interested in making savesLook, I'm just saying it like it is. The only preparations we can do at this point is throw Ortega in when it's time for penalties. I fear it's too late for Eddy to improve in saving penalties, he just doesn't seem interested in doing that.
Every top team there's ever been has had poor seasons after stellar seasons. It's normal - the players aren't robots. No Kev for six months, no Erling for two months, John in and out, not much of a pre-season because of last season's success and flying around the world before Christmas to win a trophy that Pep and many of us value. Madrid have had way more rest time than us but you wouldn't have thought so watching the games. This type of season happens, but in saying that, no other team on the planet forces Madrid to park the bus home and away. I think you're nit-picking - just my opinion.Nobody is imagining anything. Unless I've forgotten us beating top teams. In the league you can get away with not beating the top teams as long as they drop points which is what has been happening. In the CL however you are never going to win it with an inability of getting over the line and winning games.
Don’t mind that corner myself just not every time!weve gone to school boy corners more bothered about crowding keeper instead of getting in good positions
strange tactics
He was in his own half when the ball was played.Probably been covered already but who played Bellingham onside for their goal? I sit in the NS so don't have the best perspective, but looked like he was a couple of yards ahead of our defence when he picked it up, i know it will have been checked, but has anyone got the image?
Thankfully, the 38 major trophies in 14 seasons god of football runs our side and picks the GK and not some random madcap lads typing away on their laptops.............Yeah it’s really important a keeper is interested in making saves
Shut upOk not interested might not seem like the right word but it's more like he doesn't even think or believe that he could save it. I have watched most of his pens and its like he picks a spot and just dives without paying attention to the player's eye movement and stance, sometimes he dives way too early. Eddie wouldn't have saved that Bernie's pen yesterday as he would have gone too early and watching the replay, you could clearly see that Bernie's eye and feet coordination gave him away.
When it comes to Penalties, All players rely on the eye and feet coordination, these are things penalty specialists look out for. It might not be too late for Eddy to improve in this part of his game but it might be wise to focus on the individual strengths of the keepers rather than try to introduce a new style of training. That way we have Eddy for normal time and Ortega for pens.
I agree with every word you say.In a nutshell, we played Real Madrid off the park.
We could have and should have put at least one of our other chances away but we sadly didn't.
That doesn't change fact that we were absolutely streets ahead of them and limited them to only 3 shots on target.
It took a 'guess which way' penalty shoot-out for them to go through, helped by Bernardo's brain fart penalty kick.
If you look at the 120 minutes of actual football - my goodness we're a bloody good team and play some beautiful football.
The better team sometimes doesn't win - but if football is about entertainment, I was entertained big time last night by our boys. They were amazing.
Ah right, that makes sense then, thanksHe was in his own half when the ball was played.
Probably been covered already but who played Bellingham onside for their goal? I sit in the NS so don't have the best perspective, but looked like he was a couple of yards ahead of our defence when he picked it up, i know it will have been checked, but has anyone got the image?
Nit picking is being overly critical of last night. All I'm saying is not beating a team like Madrid isn't surprising because we haven't done it all season. My original post was to someone who was making out this was a one offEvery top team there's ever been has had poor seasons after stellar seasons. It's normal - the players aren't robots. No Kev for six months, no Erling for two months, John in and out, not much of a pre-season because of last season's success and flying around the world before Christmas to win a trophy that Pep and many of us value. Madrid have had way more rest time than us but you wouldn't have thought so watching the games. This type of season happens, but in saying that, no other team on the planet forces Madrid to park the bus home and away. I think you're nit-picking - just my opinion.