And when you look at the first goal, it came from a hoof upfield from Kolarov, which got returned with the midfield and defence caught out.Stones has been more guilty of the blind pass and it has cost us 2 goals already he got lucky in another game as well hopefully wont do it again. Most keepers and Joe was more guilty than most, will kick the ball long without much direction, the majority of these balls end up with the opposition. When the ball is played from the back, one of the reasons for our high procession stats, and not fannied around with, it generally results in progression towards goal.
It won't happen - and to be fair Joe wouldn't do any better with the shit going on in front of him. Plus we wouldn't be playing some of our better attacking football with Joe in net.
For me I was frustrated with Joe for nearly 2 seasons, his distribution decision making was shocking.
Sort the middle and defence out and we may not be having that many issues with Bravo
Totally agree.
I'm sure he did, but still chose to replace him.Didn't Joe come out recently and say in their first meeting after the Euro's that Pep told him he had reservations about him. Sounds to me as if Pep had his mind made up before day 1. I cant for the life of me believe that Pep didnt watch some of the countless CL games where Joe hadd single handedly kept us in games.
It's the defences job to stop the one on ones happening. Yes Joe was better at one on ones, probably the best, but even he would have conceded some of them with the regularity they are occurring.Bravo gets no help from his defence admittedly but one on one the defence helps no keeper
Cant be having such sense on here, there would be no threads!It's the defences job to stop the one on ones happening. Yes Joe was better at one on ones, probably the best, but even he would have conceded some of them with the regularity they are occurring.
The answer is stop them happening in the first place and this thread then becomes irrelevant.
Couldn't agree more mate, just based my comments on what I'm watching week in week out.. We need a top defence big time, this one is not fit for purpose.It's the defences job to stop the one on ones happening. Yes Joe was better at one on ones, probably the best, but even he would have conceded some of them with the regularity they are occurring.
The answer is stop them happening in the first place and this thread then becomes irrelevant.
That was my original point. I was replying to the reply :) Pep talks about the quicker the ball leaves you the quicker it returns and their first goal was a classic example of that, and the way that Joe use to launch the ball up field giving it back to the oppositionAnd when you look at the first goal, it came from a hoof upfield from Kolarov, which got returned with the midfield and defence caught out.