Excellent post. Agree with all of that, very weird that we were supposed to be getting the ball forward faster this season yet today it was back to the slow slow build up allowing Villa to get into position.Very average all over the pitch. Bernardo is finished, we know it, he knows it, Pep knows it. Been a diamond for us though over the years, but his legs have gone even if his heart hasn’t. Putting him alongside Reijnders, who couldn’t tackle a fucking full English breakfast was ludicrous.
I’m sorry to say this and I don’t say it lightly, Oscar Bobb is turning into a myth. He’s offered very little when given the opportunity. Savinho offers glimpses, but his crossing was awful today and Doku was on too late to make any impact; same can be said for Cherki & Marmoush. I’d like to see Haaland AND Marmoush starting, with Cherki in for either of our current unproductive wingers. We started well today, but our well known issues crept in and we became sloppy again.
Our tactics really need a shake up, too laboured in our approach play (even when we are on the break), gives the opposition time to set up. Our current players are not as capable at controlling possession as our previous teams were, we need to evolve and transform our style of play. Our reluctance to try a shot at goal for fear of giving up possession is irritating. Eventually we attempt one too many passes and lose possession anyway. Why are our set pieces so poor? What are we practising? We have so many players over 6’2” but we hardly cause any problems.
I've made my feelings known about the pre match, match and post match threads. So I won't repeat myself.Here we fucking go, another 150 page post match thread after a narrow defeat to a very good team
There should be a kind of entry policy applied to post match threads whereby if you don’t comment in one after a victory then you’re not allowed to comment after a defeat.
It would keep out all the rags / dippers / various player fanboys / tourist / JCLs etc who just flood it with tantrum inspired nonsense, the vast majority of whom are nowhere to be seen when we win
Yep, only stat that counts is the score.I'm not interested in this modern obsession with stats. They don't score goals or defend, they are meaningless tripe.
Don't bite! He's going to destroy you with his sheer optimism!One of those days that becoming morw frequent. The game was over when villa scored.
It was only a whack in his bollocks from the post.Hope Erling is ok
Not sure Villa were very good. But I suppose after a defeat a lot of people are upset and can make emotional posts.Here we fucking go, another 150 page post match thread after a narrow defeat to a very good team
There should be a kind of entry policy applied to post match threads whereby if you don’t comment in one after a victory then you’re not allowed to comment after a defeat.
It would keep out all the rags / dippers / various player fanboys / tourist / JCLs etc who just flood it with tantrum inspired nonsense, the vast majority of whom are nowhere to be seen when we win
The corner kick ..... Nunes reckoned it wasn't one!What was the refereeing mistake? I watched it but could have missed the error as I was listening to Never Mind the Bollocks...
No. The replay showed it definitely came off our playerThe corner kick ..... Nunes reckoned it wasn't one!
Poor toothless performance today but shit happens..
We are still in the mix and will be come the last half dozen games, so no ned to panic ..
That starting lineup didn’t inspire me and so it proved to be…
People joke about us being a one man team but there's some truth to it.I couldn't watch the game and I'm glad I didn't because it looks like the same shite every single time when we play Villa away, we have no DM, so we produce a shit performance and lose.
As long as only one guy knows how to score we ain't winning anything, the scoring record of all wingers is embarassing, Foden can't score anymore and the less said about Reinjders the better, oh and our set pieces are the worst in Europe, no Haaland goal no win and it's that simple.
I can't believe the scum are level on points and might be ahead of us in a couple of gamezs.I can’t believe Arsenal are better than us.
I’m no arbiter of good taste but I find the pre match threads a decent read, I often pick up little snippets of info there that I didn’t know about.I've made my feelings known about the pre match, match and post match threads. So I won't repeat myself.