Formation away from home?

[taleofbluehalves]

Not sure there was much wrong with the formation myself, although why we saw Fernandino going forward and Yaya holding, god himself doesn't know.

And they hardly played us off the park either. Two away goals and better defending and we would have picked up the points.

But I do criticise us for our lack of intensity. Last 5 minutes, when the penny had dropped that we had fucked it right up, we upped the pace, played with urgency and scored easily. We would have gone on to score more but ran out of time. Why oh fucking why did we have to wait 91 minutes to see that response???!!

Saw the same thing too many times last season. Passed it around all match and tried to go for it when it was too late. We need to learn to go for it from the first minute like we did v Newcastle. Hangover from last season or residual trait? Whatever it is, it needs to be rectified sharpish.

Agree we were sloppy from the start.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Until we sort the problems then for me we have to play one more defensive minded player and probably sacrifice Aguero to do this.

Against Stoke we cannot afford to have too many small players on the park as they will train to win the game using corners and free kicks.

 

[East Level 2]

But I do criticise us for our lack of intensity. Last 5 minutes, when the penny had dropped that we had fucked it right up, we upped the pace, played with urgency and scored easily. We would have gone on to score more but ran out of time. Why oh fucking why did we have to wait 91 minutes to see that response???!!

Because nobody is prepared to bust a gut until we go behind.
When a shower of shit like Newcastle try to play football our skill-based game shreds them to pieces. When a bunch of scuffle-ball merchants shuts up shop we struggle.