Brightwell Bros.
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Don't think he's ever fully trusted the defence like he trusts this one.
Nottingham Forest (H) | Sat 23rd Sept | PL | Post Match Thread
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Blueboy73
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It's not the red card, it's Taylor's letting foul after foul go unpunished, not booking a Forest player 2 minutes into the game after he cleared out Foden then booking Akanji for a lesser challenge in an identical position at the other end.
It's enabling the opposition to be emboldened by being allowed to kick fuck out of you with impunity.
Pep has alluded to this but couldn't say so directly.
It's not the first time Taylor has done this.
It's blatant cheating plain and simple.
Leading up to the red card, Gibbs-Shite kicked Rodri twice from behind which Taylor ignored.
By the letter of the law It's a red card but this was a consequence of Taylor's disgraceful performance.
That's why I'm personally so pissed off with Taylor and I suspect I'm not the only one.
Franny 1234
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You covered everything I was going to post.couldnt agree with you more.
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Brilliant first 25 minutes today, some of the best football we've played, the 2 goals were outstanding, but we didn't create enough really, and the early movement dried up.
Defensively the second half was also outstanding, brilliant game management, and people putting their bodies on the line for the cause, we also should have made it 3-0 but for a terrible miss from Haaland.
Overall, a really great team performance, Ederson didn't have much to do, but took several commanding catches from crosses, and made one very very good save. All the defenderswere excellent. Good going forward, and in posession for much of the game, a thoroughly deserved win.
Rodri, stupid, but at least he'll get a rest, and hopefully we will have Bernardo and Kovacic back, and possibly Stones, so no need to hit the panic button yet.
Defensively the second half was also outstanding, brilliant game management, and people putting their bodies on the line for the cause, we also should have made it 3-0 but for a terrible miss from Haaland.
Overall, a really great team performance, Ederson didn't have much to do, but took several commanding catches from crosses, and made one very very good save. All the defenderswere excellent. Good going forward, and in posession for much of the game, a thoroughly deserved win.
Rodri, stupid, but at least he'll get a rest, and hopefully we will have Bernardo and Kovacic back, and possibly Stones, so no need to hit the panic button yet.
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Because we were 2-0 up.
cleavers
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Exactly why, Pep trusts this bunch as defenders, and once Philipps sorted out what he was meant to be doing, he also did well (funny watching Ruben physically push him up the pitch though).
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Bloody hell Rodri...
He turned into Scarface you could say he saw the sky bluemist (:
Dunno what went through his usually cool head I think it turned a potential 5-0 or above massacre into a dangerous game, we came through it he'll know he's messed up and will be a big loss for us in the next few PL games.
Phillips did okay in a tough situation with his performance hopefully if called upon he can finally start to show why we paid what we did, Rodri's sending off stopped his teammates shining as much as they would've done, but Foden was defo a cut above the rest today totally different class he deserved man of the match, Nunes workrate was once again very impressive and it was defo nice to see him get an assist too.
All in all we still won 2-0 despite the big negative of Rodri's sending off today, the major positive is we've started this season brilliantly, so let's carry that on...
Bring on the Geordies I say.
He turned into Scarface you could say he saw the sky bluemist (:
Dunno what went through his usually cool head I think it turned a potential 5-0 or above massacre into a dangerous game, we came through it he'll know he's messed up and will be a big loss for us in the next few PL games.
Phillips did okay in a tough situation with his performance hopefully if called upon he can finally start to show why we paid what we did, Rodri's sending off stopped his teammates shining as much as they would've done, but Foden was defo a cut above the rest today totally different class he deserved man of the match, Nunes workrate was once again very impressive and it was defo nice to see him get an assist too.
All in all we still won 2-0 despite the big negative of Rodri's sending off today, the major positive is we've started this season brilliantly, so let's carry that on...
Bring on the Geordies I say.
Franny 1234
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So you didn't see any positive things from him today I get it he's not at the same level as Rodri but who is?. He didn't let us down today. Give the guy a chance.
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BlueMonkey79
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Not one mate.
He lost the ball countlessly today.
If he's the answer to Rodi missing, we're fucked.
The reason he doesn't start a lot of games should be a massive indicator of his ability.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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For the minute, we're involved in four competitions (that's not even thinking about the World Club Championship). It's a marathon. Not a sprint, nor even a 10,000m. We had the game won twenty minutes in. They presented no kind of a threat. In those conditions, keep the ball, knock it around, conserve energy.
That's how you get a treble won. Or even — dare I say it? — a quadruple.