I hate it, keep thinking we've still got Lee Crooks and Terry Cooke playing.
having a small squad has seen us do ok for nine years , nobody could have forseen the amount of injures we have at once and players carrying knock not doing greatI understand why he might want a small squad but it’s high risk - when you lose 6-7 players out or unfit it is disastrous. No five in a row this season but the last four have been wonderful.
No at the Forest game we had Ake fit which helped our defence big time, Grealish in midfield also helped, then all of a sudden Ake is out again and Grealish "feels unwell" whatever the fuck that means, and Akanji out too means we have to play both Walker and Lewis, you can't have any consistency when you constantly have to change your defence which gets zero protection from the non existent midfield anyway.Fixation will be on the ref but it shouldn't be, the reality is we were shit again. That's a Palace side that's seriously struggling right now and we made them look like European contenders at times. Other wannabe champions win that kind of game by 4 or 5 at a canter. That's how far off we are.
I said after Forest the glaring problems hadn't gone, Kdb and doku just masked them temporarily and today we are back to being wide open with everybody running forwards but nobody running backwards.
Our press is absolutely shite, We hardly ever get even close to getting the ball and we get played around without much effort needed from the opposition the majority of the time. It's now like watching a sunday league side try and press because they've seen us do it and want to replicate it without having any understanding of how to actually do it. Nobody ever tracks a man either, they always pass it on without even checking and simply chase the ball. We must be the easiest side in the top 4 divisions to play around, the most basic of give and go's and you're in.
Yes we as fans get that. Stick behind the team, players have been absolutely brilliant.Chill mate.
This team has come to the end of it's cycle, it's can't go on forever.
What's happening now i thought would happen last year or the one before that but they put their bodies on the line again and again and produced 4 in a row.
This season has caught up with the team. Players are constantly injured because of what they've achieved in the last 4 years. If we can limp it through to January and make a couple of signings then next summer recruit and recruit well we'll be fighting again but this season isn't going to get any easier. If we get top 4 we've done extremely well, that's all we can aim for.
We all need to step back and let this season be the transitional one for going again next year.
That's like a breath of fresh air.I would like to see the KDB foul that Rico got a yellow for. Looked like he won the ball to me and if so why shouldn’t Rico call the ref out. Don’t mind that. Watched the lung again and still don’t think he made contact. Even Neville is backtracking on his verdict now
Do you expect to win the league every season? I thought we did really well to win it last year. These things are cyclical. Our purchases in recent years haven’t really worked out.Far too many people accept mediocracy.
We all know the excuses now. It’s been talked about to death.
The club is responsible for giving the manager a group of player to win games. They have failed to do that.
We have a group of players who are too old or not good enough with the odd player like Dias and Haaland sitting in between them.
The players should have been replaced in the summer. Leave the sentimentality to the fans.
Watching great players look like shit is a sad sight. Rodders out but the decline from the rest is pathetic.
When do we stop making excuses?
Get on with it.
This season is a complete right off. That’s on the club.
Who needs enemies with mard arses like Bluemoon.Lewis :) He did well to score, but we are a worse team with him in 5 from 6 games in which he starts. It's not a coincidence we played our best game this week without him. He and Walker are useless in defence, more than Gvardiol who was overplayed. Also, what has Foden done this season to be a firm starter? 0 goals and 1 assist, that's worse than Savinho...
Exactly how I see it mateYes we as fans get that. Stick behind the team, players have been absolutely brilliant.
My issue is with the club. They have completely taken their eye off the ball. No guarantees that we will recruit well in the future going off our recent past. For every Dias we have a savio.
For every Rico we have a Palmer.
Lot of mistakes currently being made. They wanted a world class club on a shoe string due to pep. We should all be pissed mate.
The board are not above reproach because we have won trophies. They set the high limit and have failed now for a few seasons.
The players and pep who are now both dead on their feet deserved more.
I'm really confused about how poor Pep's decisions have to be for people to begin apportioning him his fair share of the blame for this season's performances and results. No-one is saying he isn't a legend of world football but now is now.Savinho is truly dreadful.
Walker just needs to leave at this point.
As for Pep giving Doku and Jack 10 and 5 mins respectively is a fucking joke.
And a car has more wheels than a bicycle.Two brain farts by Walker and a Scouse loving ref.
A point is better than a loss.
YesCould the Lewis 2nd yellow been a pen for us