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EDS vs Brugge
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FantasyIreland
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Who are you referring to?Too many overhyped players due to big transfer fees and media attention. Players not wanting to do the basics and work hard when not in possession.
That was a fucking awful performance from our boys.Once again the arse fell out of our game when the opposition upped their desire and effort.
Our defence is a shambles,there seems a complete lack of communication and individually we are not marking our men with enough aggression.Slicker is also all over the shop.
McAtee had such a strange game,brilliant at times and almost a liability at others.We also have nothing up front in terms of firepower,its shocking that a club like ours cannot find a single fit and decent striker throughout our ranks.
Most worrying is our collective substance,we have a very soft core and really need to find more fight and desire.
I know you rate Lavia very highly and probably rightly so, but I thought he was very poor and based on that performance he is nowhere near good enough for our first team squad.
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How was Kayky?
samarasra
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Imo looks very promising, some neat skills needs to avoid stupid yellow cards for kicking the ball away after the ref 's whistle. Physically has a way to go.How was Kayky?
FantasyIreland
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I aint gonna judge anyone on that performance,it was a collective shit show.I know you rate Lavia very highly and probably rightly so, but I thought he was very poor and based on that performance he is nowhere near good enough for our first team squad.
samarasra
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EDS. stopped playing v. Brighton when ahead. U19's stop playing at 3 - 1 v. Bruges. Please someone tell these youngsters that if you want to play for City firsts the game is only over at the final whistle. A horrible mix of wonderful skills and apalling judgement, lack of match experience and maybe to an extent arrogance. If they want to be top professionals these are their best learning years, don't waste them.
Centurions
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That just brought to mind Tommy Booth (I think) telling a young Tommy Caton to put it in row Z next time after he messed up :)Much as I love the club's dedication to playing out from the back, and how satisfying is it when it comes off, the old maxim of "if in doubt put it out" must occasionally come into play however frustrating that is. I share Pep's philosophy about performance being key and that ultimately if you play well you invariably win, but sometimes pragmatism must be given its head to ensure you win out when the the beautiful game approach is losing out.
The Brugge players looked good in the first game and they carried that form on today. They definitely had the edge physically and capitalised on our many errors. McAtee is so good he makes you smile, but James, messing around in the corner which led to their 2nd goal and turned the match was awful mate and showed how much you have to learn and how far you have to go.
I thought all the players who played so well against Wycombe were down on those levels and it just goes to show how valuable it was for them in that match to have a far sprinkling of experienced top quality around to literally nurse them through the game. Don't stick the knife into them just yet, many are literally kids, but I do hope their needless errors are highlighted to them in the search for a positive response.