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Do we need to be more aggressive?
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gxblue said:We get enough yellows as it is. Can,t believe it with the amount of possession we have in games . Like today how we got 4 bookings and they only got 2 I don,t know.
Cabaye could of had at least 4 today.
If we get dragged into a free kick-athon it will only help the opposition. It usually suits them if the game is a stop start affair with lots of set pieces. And they'll get home advantage on the refereeing decisions. We'll get the cards.
Hamann Pineapple
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We're aggresive enough, Kolarov, Kompany and Negredo dish it out when needed.
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gxblue said:We get enough yellows as it is. Can,t believe it with the amount of possession we have in games . Like today how we got 4 bookings and they only got 2 I don,t know.
Wasn't it 4 bookings for them and 2 for us?
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I know plenty of opposition fans who think we are a very aggressive team. Barry used to be called by plenty but we still have Zaba,Vinnie,Alex and that dirty sod who gets loads of bookings called Silva.
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Silva always trips players up or hacks them down when they're about to run off on the break. He's a dirty little bugger is Dave, watch him closely when the opposition have the ball...he's always telling people to fuck off or calling them "puta"s too.East Level 2 said:We can't become more aggressive when our players are already being booked for minor infringements. Five yellows for Spanish Dave tells you all you need to know about the crap refs and therefore we have to keep our cool.
We were bullied out of it today because Jones lost his nerve after disallowing their goal. We were picking up cards without significant aggression yet they got away with murder.
Perhaps Vincent Tan had other reasons for changing the shirts to red: They attract far fewer cards.
There's a difference betteen chopping players down (although with your example, did you see Barça last night? Busquets and Mascherano were a joke, fouling all game! Plus Barça are a different kind of snide - they just dive constantly to gain an advantage!) and being brave in possession and aggressive with movement and passing.mansour's tow ropes said:Barcelona didn't become the best team in Europe over the last decade by 'chopping down players'
We're very good at it at home. We play a more meek game away. As the game wore on today we did get more and more aggressive. Just a spell from around the 20minute mark onwards where we panicked in possession and allowed Newcastle to start dominating us.
the talisman
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Bluekiwi said:gxblue said:We get enough yellows as it is. Can,t believe it with the amount of possession we have in games . Like today how we got 4 bookings and they only got 2 I don,t know.
Wasn't it 4 bookings for them and 2 for us?
yes it was
cleavers
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Yes.Bluekiwi said:gxblue said:We get enough yellows as it is. Can,t believe it with the amount of possession we have in games . Like today how we got 4 bookings and they only got 2 I don,t know.
Wasn't it 4 bookings for them and 2 for us?