It's inflationHow did we get 43% possession?
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It's inflationHow did we get 43% possession?
Well our option to replace him is now injured. We’d be better off throwing anyone else there that wouldn’t give up a penCan we talk about how much of a liability Emerson is?
We do, repeatedly in his thread lolCan we talk about how much of a liability Emerson is?
I can't imagine they can keep this intensity up throughout the full 90 so I fully expect us to be much better in the second half.We've made them looked far better than they are. They are just playing with intensity that we're struggling to match at the moment.
feel free to check the player thread. All I said was that he's an upgrade on Winks/PEH/Lo Celso etc. but not world class, and got dogpiled.Has anyone said he’s world class? Haven’t seen it once. What I have seen is people say he’s been our best CM since he arrived and was really only poor the United game
The lucky part is they are attacking on our right because Courtino is playing on that side.Reggy didn’t get into that half at all - looked much weaker when Doc came off
Can we talk about how much of a liability Emerson is?
Why aren’t we up for it and surely we would have expected them to come out like that?Villa being up for it shouldn't mean that we get completely overrun.
I can't imagine they can keep this intensity up throughout the full 90 so I fully expect us to be much better in the second half.
If the score remains the same at 60 mins I think we’ll win itWe just need to steal a goal on the break, 0 2 would knock the stuffing out of villa imo and we'd breeze it.
Next goal wins...
Some people on here are still living in a fantast world, thinking most of our players are some class, where they clearly are terrible, which they showed in like 3-4 different managers already.
Villa totally dominates us and only their weak finishing is saving us from being down by at least 2-3 goals so far.
Terrible defence, and totally lacking midfielder. But what was last week, last month doesn't matter, we are playing now, not last week.
Most of our players aren't good enough, and we won't achieve anything with them. So, so poor.
The good thing is that Villa has to be dead tired in the second half.
We don't have the quality. PEH, Emerson, Regui, and bentancur can't handle a press. Neither can Dier and Son tbh.Why aren’t we up for it and surely we would have expected them to come out like that?
Yeah thought about that. But Romero is one mistimed challenge from getting sent off. I'm concerned about that.Ignoring one of the most incompetent refereeing performances I've seen for a while, we've been awful.
We've got a real problem in midfield when we don't have the ball, and winning second balls, where they have 3 (and a decent three) +Coutinho verses our two, meaning they are walking round our midfield.
And so many times Hojbjerg (particularly) and Bentancur (who have been really poor the pair of them with and without the ball) are turning back into trouble when they could turn forwards and just piling on extra pressure on a defence already creaking under pressure.
Conte's got to do something at half time to change things up tactically. Even if he just goes to a back 4 and sticks Romero up onto Coutinho.
Kane's been poor and Kulusevski and Son have been invisible.
definitely, the pace is lacking in all areas, we need to match up to the intensity of the game.Need to move up the pitch and play the ball much quicker from the back. Much quicker.
Emerson has been absolutely crap, I’ve said it so many times but he cannot play football at this level. He makes the basics look so difficult, he can’t even run with the ball or pass sideways with any accuracy. Isn’t brave enough to get forward and put himself about like Doherty either.
Please god let Doherty’s knee be alright, if we have to play with Emerson for the rest of the season we are going to be in difficulty.
Looking at their XI today, they should be where Wolves and West Ham are, not the other way around. I'd take Matty Cash at Spurs all day. Super technical player from what I've seen.To be fair they have some really good players and should be a more than decent Premier League side. Coutinho, McGinn, Cash, Ings, Watkins etc. But we've definitely played well within ourselves.
If you look at our past games, Hojberg didn't have to run the while pitch every single time. He'd share the responsibility. Now he is having to cover for Romero because Romero is babysitting both Emerson and Reggie. Having a CB work that hard always puts pressure on your CDM. And look when he has the ball. Both wingback start running as if they in the races. They not reading the game at all. The hole is developing in our middle because our wide players are both out of the game.What's Emerson got to do with Hojbjerg shitting his pants every time someone gives him the ball?