Seeing games out

[Corky]

Away at Madrid topped it when Gundogan, Fernandinho and Grealish were brought on.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Yesterday was the worst example of game management, at home 80% possession 2 nil up 14.minutes to go cruising , very poor indeed

Absolutely criminal.

You can accept Liverpool as they are always going to get a chance and Spurs were the better side second half, even Chelsea was a mad game that we just had zero control in.

Yesterday was a fucking joke. Palace looked happy with a 2-0 defeat as the keeper was still wasting time at 70 mins!

One punt upfield to no one and its game on. Absolutely pathetic defending.

 

[Blueknows]

Absolutely criminal.

You can accept Liverpool as they are always going to get a chance and Spurs were the better side second half, even Chelsea was a mad game that we just had zero control in.

Yesterday was a fucking joke. Palace looked happy with a 2-0 defeat as the keeper was still wasting time at 70 mins!

One punt upfield to no one and its game on. Absolutely pathetic defending.

Walker should be forbidden from venturing past the halfway line that's not the first time recently we've been caught out with him 2/3rds of the way up the pitch

 

[bluesince76]

Can't remember the points or how the table looked, but I feel we were pretty poor the first half of last season as well, just got some results because Haaland was on fire. Everything changed when the PL charged us and they suddenly got a them and us attitude and started rubbing teams' faces in it.

I'm hoping the return of KdB has a similar impact this season, unless the PL decide to make up some new charges...

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Its down to our dumb arse manager who would rather have a million passes and win 1 nil

There's only dumb arse here pal. And it certainly isn't the best manager in the world!

 

[Citycity76]

There's only dumb arse here pal. And it certainly isn't the best manager in the world!

wow took you 2 days to come up with that mate. That brain cell if yours has worked overtime.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

wow took you 2 days to come up with that mate. That brain cell if yours has worked overtime.

Its not the only thread on here numbskull. You're either very spoiled, or very red. Either way, you're on ignore. Goodbye Mr numbskull.

 

[Bluecollar]

As has been said, not having Mahrez, Gundo or KDB (and I’d say Palmer too) and the fact that Phillips, Kovacic, Nunes are not good enough or are not trusted by Pep is one major reason for our current issues.
Doku is clearly much better on the left than the right (Pep thinks so anyway) so we now have two players for that position and so we have not replaced Mahrez or Palmer. We have Silva or Foden who can play on the right which means one of them is not available in the middle.
Consequently central midfield is not packed with quality options after the automatic pick of Rodri. Kovacic has been pretty bad in my opinion, Nunes isn’t solid enough or disciplined enough. Foden is exceptional except that he loses the ball too much in midfield (like the other two do as well) and isn’t strong enough so bigger players bounce him off balance.
Alvarez is a great player but this system and opposition who park the bus doesn’t suit his style of play.
The managers game management wasn’t up to it against Palace. He didn’t trust the bench and made the sub too late. He really should have had a plan to control
Possession after going up 2 nil and should have strengthened midfield with JS earlier.

 

[give it to gordon]

To be fair to the team most of our fans cant see a game out.



Players running on empty and under the hammer, they look around for a lift and just see fans leaving.

 

[Father Paul]

Walker should be forbidden from venturing past the halfway line that's not the first time recently we've been caught out with him 2/3rds of the way up the pitch

He offers very little when he is up there but I suppose Pep sees value in it.