Bournemouth (A) Post Match Thread

ninjamonkey said:
So if they would have thrown men forward at will, had a handful of speculative shots and got Twatted 6-0 they'd get less criticism? Not sure their own fans would see it that way and certainly the powers above wouldn't, that's how you quickly find yourself without a job as a manager, may as well forfeit the game if a team at the level of b



Fans paying their money to see the game has nothing to do with it, they have no obligation to entertain and fans aren't entitled to see beautiful attacking football. as fans you pay your money to support your team, the quality and style of football comes as a bonus. That whole mentality lends itself to the entitled brigade, similar to what we seen from chelsea when they were demanding their money back after we smashed 6 past them. Would the same fans that pay their hard earned money come away any happier with an absolute drubbing days after a spanking from arsenal? I can't speak for them but I doubt it.

Let's say everton do the same tomorrow against Liverpool, similar levels of possession, control, shots etc the only difference being everton get a free kick in the last minute on the halfway line, it's pumped into the box and they get a scrappy goal which gets them a draw. Will we all be criticising their performance and calling it pathetic or will they be celebrated for a tactical plan brilliantly executed despite it being the same as Bournemouths but for one instance?

Or if you want to look at something that isn't hypothetical, Newcastle last month, their plan wasn't entirely dissimilar, only difference being they got a lucky bounce which lead to a chance for their equaliser and then a poor bit of play from usgifted them a winner, do they deserve criticism for winning a game they had no right winning on the balance of play or did they just work with what they had given the huge discrepancy in quality?

They came up with a game plan that they thought provided them their best opportunity of gaining points, it was one moment away from paying off for them. They wanted to play for counter attacks, they had a few chances to execute that but a combination of great defensive play from us and when needed at times tactical fouling stopped them. How about we give our defensive display some credit for once for completely shutting them out and not allowing them a shot on target rather than simply criticism them for not being able to get passed us to muster a shot. We were excellent as a defensive unit and we was against west ham too and slagging them off downplays just how good of a defensive performance we put in.




Regardless of how much they've spent, it's nowhere near us and the quality we have. They did up the anti in the last 10 minutes and we nearly caught them out 2/3 times for doing so. By then we had run them into the ground with our domination they were on their knees through exhaustion and we defended and control the game superbly to not even allow them the chance to have a go. As I said above, Bournemouth didn't simply refuse to have a go, we didn't allow them to have a go and criticising them for it is doing a disservice to our defence.
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They’d get less criticism yes. They are safe. They were at home. Nothing to lose. Absolutely appalling performance and totally out of kilter for the way they normally play. If I was Bournemouth fan I’d be fucking livid.
 
Apologies coming into this a bit late but we’re the best team in the land and all the world
 
Was saying to my son on news of Kev going off injured that, we’ve done without him pretty much all season.

We’ll get by.

Once Fern is back in the mix we would have to lose one of Kev, Dave or Bernardo from the middle anyway.

Never good to have players out injured but Fern Dave and Bernardo in the middle with Sane Sterling and Kun I front will do me.

And let’s start using Foden as cover for rotation of Dave when he needs a rest.

Get Laporte and Stones fit for the run in and we’re sorted.

Any news on Stones?
 
That was just about as comprehensive as a 1-0 victory could be. I'd be surprised if Bournemouth made more than 100 passes, but I was disappointed they didn't attempt to be more attack minded because they are capable of it. Felt a bit anti-football for me and I doubt any other team would do as well as we can with 10 behind the ball, City were relentless.
 
The Black Shed said:
That was just about as comprehensive as a 1-0 victory could be. I'd be surprised if Bournemouth made more than 100 passes, but I was disappointed they didn't attempt to be more attack minded because they are capable of it. Felt a bit anti-football for me and I doubt any other team would do as well as we can with 10 behind the ball, City were relentless.
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98 passes from Bournemouth kyle 106
 
Why don't teams do this against the dippers instead of playing open and getting spanked?
 
Top and bottom of today is great 3 points, we won the possession trophy again without really creating fuck all, we need to really work on our set pieces, everyone moans about teams parking the bus, yet we get about 10 corners a game and do fuck all with them, work on them to get us a goal against these teams, a good corner and goal is worth as much as a 20 to 30 pass move that creates a goal
 
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