Recent content by mattyads

This is so true! Don't get me wrong we need a rocket at home sometimes atmosphere-wise, but the drone that comes from a lot of foreign away support is soulless, its like white noise. As somebody else said it doesn't correlate with the game so it kind of feels detached.

Spot on

A sluggish start, and a nervy 10 at 3-1 but clinical in-between. Great to see Fodem looking so sharp. Gonzalez to his credit is looking more comfortable in that 6 role. I feel a greater consistency of performance over a full 90 is needed to get back to winning the big big games like at...

Doku needs hauling, he's offering nothing now

Deserved that. Foot of the gas and now we look nervy. We have to find a way of maintaining the intensity

We start to many games half asleep

Its a funny thing watching the games now, im more nervous when we have the ball around the opposition box, than i am, them having it around ours. We have become a much more effective team counter attacking now than we are possession based, and it suits our best player. It’s not going to bring...

An untested XI? Over a 500 appearances in the players used?? I guess my disappointment lies in not particularly the result, or what one or more individuals were doing. It's the realisation that few Of that XI are of the level required to get us back to being serial trophy winners. Cherki...

There you go…you have reinforced my point. He splits opinion, I cant argue his stats are decent, and when he connects with a ball, boy does he connect! The issue is, this then muddies the fact he can't control a ball, pass a ball, tackle, and is softer than candy floss. Remember the debate is...

Cherki good, everything else bad. Marmoush, Doku, are the most dangerous type of poor players. They aren’t always poor, once in a while they do something good, which hoodwinks some, buys them time and splits opinion. It would be easier if they were just crap every game, then the decision is...

Cherki has been a genuine bright spot on another sobering night.

Is he?

I use to really enjoy watching the fringe players get minutes, made for some of the best games, but this is just an awful reminder of the drop off.

Marmoush = dog chasing a balloon

The two go hand in hand for me, part of being quality is always applying the same effort. In this particular game it's just the lack of real quality. I think cherki stands out, the rest, its hard to make a case.