It's all rather perplexing that ordinary journeyman professionals have no problem finding the back of our net whilst we have players who, in their time have scored wondrous goals and broken goalscoring records, rack up more misses when they deign to shoot.Doesn't really matter who's up front for them if the wheels fall off our clown car again.
Nunes and gundo were our 2 best players last nightEderson Nunes Gvardiol Gundo and Pep....Shite
Ederson Nunes Gvardiol Gundo and Pep....Shite
He allowed any Feyenoord player out wide the Freedom of Beswick. I expected at one point a Dutch player herding a flock of sheep down the wing.
I just do not understand why seasoned internationals cannot defend in the most obvious and conventional way. Mind, after seeing us ship seven goals in four days what's 'obvious'?
You need a taxi to specsavers if you thought Nunes was shite.Ederson Nunes Gvardiol Gundo and Pep....Shite
Nunes and Gundogan were possibly two of our best players last night.Ederson Nunes Gvardiol Gundo and Pep....Shite
The fact that the team as a whole have come to the end of it's cycle and that the new signings, as young and inexperienced as they are, aren't going to stamp their mark in a team that's had a huge drop off.What is the bigger picture?
It's unconventional defending within the team, whether it's Pep's instructions or we are ceremoniously but quickly undone, but the result is a defence that is as robust as a sheet of wet blotting paper.His mistakes with the ball aside in both games this week, he is often left against 2 attackers while also being asked to be a key part in our attacks which just exacerbates it. The first Spurs goal demonstrated it - he should have wiped Kulusevski out but he then had both Porro & Kulusevski to look after. It's either a structural issue, lack of fitness from others on that flank or they aren't putting the defensive work in.
I've been defending the capabilities of this current 24/25 team, rightly expecting the poor performances to turn round, but this is definitely different to the treble season now. That doesn't mean we're going to capitulate and finish 8th - I think we're just due an off-season. We'll reinforce the squad in January and finish in the top four, and we'll have a good run at the FA Cup and Champions League and see where we end up, but I think we just have to write this season off as a big transition (like 19-20 but a bit worse) and get things together for Pep in the summer.It is easy to forget that the treble winning season was pretty much a write off at this point.