Yeah, he is to blame for us playing some actual football today and our XP (expected pointing) went from a season average of 97 to 3.
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Yeah, he is to blame for us playing some actual football today and our XP (expected pointing) went from a season average of 97 to 3.
Mate get Pochs dick out of your mouth. The way he coached has left so many problems and such a weak mentality of a team that it takes a bit to overcome. Poch was weak mentally and that’s made the majority of the players the same.
also Skipp isn’t any good. He’s winks but with no skill whatsoever.
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Apparently new contracts for Jan and Dier after a monster one for Toby.Such as?
He needs to get rid of Aurier for a start and then Dier
Get a lifeYeah, he is to blame for us playing some actual football today and our XP (expected pointing) went from a season average of 97 to 3.
Yeah, i know what xG is and how it works, but it just provides context it doesn't have any other inherent benefit for me. Having a higher xG shouldn't make anyone feel better about being the worse of two teams, especially when it was last place Norwich.Yeah, that's sort of what xG is though.
i.e. you would normally expected us to have buried those early easy chances and killed them off.
I agree it was a terrible call, but we’ve had VAR marginally ruled against us. Cost us 3 points at Leicester. What’s your point?I was at the game.
We can’t defend for shit, complete mess. Glimpses of Eriksen's former glory days.
Also that VAR decision going our way, was the most blatant yet. And I’m gutted for Norwich and embarrassed on our behalf that we needed a bs VAR decision to avoid being beaten by fukin Norwich.
Selective memory and bias aside, this was by far not the first time VAR has marginally ruled our way. But this decision was bad.
I was at the game.
We can’t defend for shit, complete mess. Glimpses of Eriksen's former glory days.
Also that VAR decision going our way, was the most blatant yet. And I’m gutted for Norwich and embarrassed on our behalf that we needed a bs VAR decision to avoid being beaten by fukin Norwich.
Selective memory and bias aside, this was by far not the first time VAR has marginally ruled our way. But this decision was bad.
I've just watched the goals again. I can see now why TA didn't sprint out to close down the scorer immediately, as there were two Norwich players to his right, if he rushes out to the eventual scorer he could have just played them clean through. It was a kind of VVD v Sissoko/Son at Anfield moment - unfortunately the Norwich player wasn't Sissoko. But it doesn't happen at all if Foyth wasn't such a fucking ditherer.
I don't give a fuck if Foyth's a silkier passer of the ball than Sanchez, this dithery shit happens too often, and there's something flimsy about him. Even when he made some important blocks/tackles today my heart was in my mouth as he just never looked like he was in control of the moment.
The second goal doesn't happen if Moura a few seconds earlier just makes a fucking simple pass out to Alli in acres of space - which would have set us on an attack - his energy is great but for the umpteenth time he fucks up a straightforward pass that could build something, and a few seconds later they are on the attack.
For their second, Aurier has to take a huge chunk of the blame. Sanchez has read the situation and got himself into he right place and makes the right challenge on his man, but Aurier just does not read the situation and leaves Puki all on his own through the centre. I get that he has one eye on their fella outside him, but that's a massive secondary danger to their CF being allowed to run through the centre in acres of space.
Sanchez has his faults, he lacks a bit of composure when he gets shoulder to shoulder with players and he's not exactly silky, but he's a vastly better option than Foyth.
It was a breath of fresh air to see us actually play some football through midfield today. Eriksen completed 84 passes, Ndombele 61. So much better than scant 40 odd that Sissoko and Dier average, even against shit teams at home. But I want to see Ndombele getting the ball from a 6/DM and advancing it from a bit further up, not doing so much of the water carrying for others.
I saw some people say Lo Celso didn't bring much, but he played two lovely through balls, one Alli fucked up and one he scored and was just offside - but it's exactly this composure and incisive type of passing we've been lacking for months. There was so much right about having Eriksen, Ndombele and Lo Celso out on the pitch, but that set up today was just a little bit too flimsy and light on busy cuntedness. It just needs a sight tweak back the other way, get a busy cunt in there to do the dirty graft and water carry for the likes of Ndombele, Lo Celso, Eriksen.
Sessegnon didn't contribute much tangible, but the kid needs time, the one thing he will bring if he develops on, is a combination of the good things Moura and Alli have - he has some of Moura's energy and some of Alli's ability to get into the box situations on the end of things but he is less erratic than Moura with the ball and makes more simple choices on the ball than Alli. He doesn't have either of their match experience and confidence yet, but if he can develop on, he'll be useful. Pace and composure together is something we lack up top.
Fuck knows what that format was in the first half, but it was a fucking mess, I enjoyed that second half more than any other under Mourinho so far. Norwich are a lively side who can play some decent football but we absolutely dominated them - turned a 52/48 negative first half possession turned into a 71-29 second half.
Unfortunately too much bumbling by the likes Alli and Moura (although both put in a lot of effort) really cost us today, after a lot of decent approach work and some good situations.
Their X/G for the game was 0.27 ours was 1.90.
Little tweak to that line up, a decent busy cunt in there to anchor it and provide the insurance, and we could start to look like a proper football team again.
Well, he doesn't get picked by this, or the previous manager, so that's my first clue. The second is that he cant get a game for England U21 either and finally, when hes come on as a sub his performances have been underwhelming.And you know that how?
agree, plus a balance in the sideMy point is Jose should have kept it a straight-forward 4231.
With - largely - the personnel he selected we'd have been fine.
The shape is the culprit.
Yeah, i know what xG is and how it works, but it just provides context it doesn't have any other inherent benefit for me. Having a higher xG shouldn't make anyone feel better about being the worse of two teams, especially when it was last place Norwich.
Skipp gets a pass because he hasn’t scored 20 own goals and he isn’t Sissoko. I’m not sure what he does, but BC informs me he’s a ‘busy cunt’ which tells me he doesn’t know either.Well, he doesn't get picked by this, or the previous manager, so that's my first clue. The second is that he cant get a game for England U21 either and finally, when hes come on as a sub his performances have been underwhelming.
Personally, I could have sworn football is about the number of goals a team scores. But hey, in a changing world and all that..
Get more offended. Seriously bud. Get more offended.
I've just watched the goals again. I can see now why TA didn't sprint out to close down the scorer immediately, as there were two Norwich players to his right, if he rushes out to the eventual scorer he could have just played them clean through. It was a kind of VVD v Sissoko/Son at Anfield moment - unfortunately the Norwich player wasn't Sissoko. But it doesn't happen at all if Foyth wasn't such a fucking ditherer.
I don't give a fuck if Foyth's a silkier passer of the ball than Sanchez, this dithery shit happens too often, and there's something flimsy about him. Even when he made some important blocks/tackles today my heart was in my mouth as he just never looked like he was in control of the moment.
The second goal doesn't happen if Moura a few seconds earlier just makes a fucking simple pass out to Alli in acres of space - which would have set us on an attack - his energy is great but for the umpteenth time he fucks up a straightforward pass that could build something, and a few seconds later they are on the attack.
For their second, Aurier has to take a huge chunk of the blame. Sanchez has read the situation and got himself into he right place and makes the right challenge on his man, but Aurier just does not read the situation and leaves Puki all on his own through the centre. I get that he has one eye on their fella outside him, but that's a massive secondary danger to their CF being allowed to run through the centre in acres of space.
Sanchez has his faults, he lacks a bit of composure when he gets shoulder to shoulder with players and he's not exactly silky, but he's a vastly better option than Foyth.
It was a breath of fresh air to see us actually play some football through midfield today. Eriksen completed 84 passes, Ndombele 61. So much better than scant 40 odd that Sissoko and Dier average, even against shit teams at home. But I want to see Ndombele getting the ball from a 6/DM and advancing it from a bit further up, not doing so much of the water carrying for others.
I saw some people say Lo Celso didn't bring much, but he played two lovely through balls, one Alli fucked up and one he scored and was just offside - but it's exactly this composure and incisive type of passing we've been lacking for months. There was so much right about having Eriksen, Ndombele and Lo Celso out on the pitch, but that set up today was just a little bit too flimsy and light on busy cuntedness. It just needs a sight tweak back the other way, get a busy cunt in there to do the dirty graft and water carry for the likes of Ndombele, Lo Celso, Eriksen.
Sessegnon didn't contribute much tangible, but the kid needs time, the one thing he will bring if he develops on, is a combination of the good things Moura and Alli have - he has some of Moura's energy and some of Alli's ability to get into the box situations on the end of things but he is less erratic than Moura with the ball and makes more simple choices on the ball than Alli. He doesn't have either of their match experience and confidence yet, but if he can develop on, he'll be useful. Pace and composure together is something we lack up top.
Fuck knows what that format was in the first half, but it was a fucking mess, I enjoyed that second half more than any other under Mourinho so far. Norwich are a lively side who can play some decent football but we absolutely dominated them - turned a 52/48 negative first half possession turned into a 71-29 second half.
Unfortunately too much bumbling by the likes Alli and Moura (although both put in a lot of effort) really cost us today, after a lot of decent approach work and some good situations.
Their X/G for the game was 0.27 ours was 1.90.
Little tweak to that line up, a decent busy cunt in there to anchor it and provide the insurance, and we could start to look like a proper football team again.
Also Kane and Alli missed some good chances which didnt help at all.I actually think that was one of our better performances this season. Sure we've thrashed a few teams 4-0 and 5-0, but this was one of the first times we were able to wrestle control of a game and dominate for extended periods in a tough environment.
We were just undone by an individual error and a comedy own goal.
Also Kane and Alli missed some good chances which didnt help at all.