The media thing could escalate. The 5Live commentator clearly had an erection when he said we "cracked under the pressure".
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Dele and Harry have given us so much over the past few years that without their goals we're a vastly weaker team. With Harry not scoring, Dele injured, you really need someone else to really stand up. Lucas looks most capable, Sonny you'd expect to come good.
You'd also hope our defence can waken from their coma sometime soon. People say the equaliser was a great goal, and it was, but the guy was in acres of space calling for the ball for a few seconds. How no one noticed and closed him down is piss poor.
Whats to say Lamela wasnt going to score 20 goals . No need to think about scenarios that werent close to happening. Unless he has a meter on his head that shows his tank is empty, there was no real proof that he was done. It was substitution for the sake of substitution and a horrific mistake from the manager.
Of any of the players that started that game, given that he's just come back from injury his sub was the most predictable of all of them, could have called it before we even kicked off.
Robbie savage said it, must be true then
Davies is poor. I wonder why rose did not start this one. The clearance
Yes I've heard of it .but have you ever heard of if it ain't broke, don't fix it? I disagree we would be better without Kane. That said. Let's go with your front 3 for Saturday. He needs a rest but last night wasn't the game to do it. We were in a comfortable position and let it slip
Unless we have a plan B that doesn't involve Kane, then I just can't see him being dropped.
I get that he's not scoring for fun (or at all) at the moment... but that HAS to change soon, surely? And he's CERTAINLY not gonna score if he's not playing...
But I get why Poch is getting frustrated, he had the media telling him his striker is on the verge of exhaustion, and a Chairman who didn't get in at least a half decent replacement...
Then, the fuck do I KNOW?? Maybe it IS time to go 3 up top with no recognised 'striker'... it seems to work for Liverpool!!
I get that he's not scoring for fun (or at all) at the moment... but that HAS to change soon, surely? And he's CERTAINLY not gonna score if he's not playing...
But I get why Poch is getting frustrated, he had the media telling him his striker is on the verge of exhaustion, and a Chairman who didn't get in at least a half decent replacement...
Then, the fuck do I KNOW?? Maybe it IS time to go 3 up top with no recognised 'striker'... it seems to work for Liverpool!!
But the attack suffered last night because of him, in my view......I think its weird to say he was fine but drop him on Saturday
I have read your posts but don’t agree with you so let’s agree to disagree as it’s a Forum after but I’m very worried about our club
Yes keita is very good. Wish we had bought him instead of sticking to this new nobuying policy. He'd be our best CM if he had signed for us.
Worth a try with Lucas Sonny and Kane
Lamela sitting just behind
Coco didn’t have a good first half but had an effect in the second
Until he was taken off that is
Looking to Kane being "tired" as a reason for losing last night is falling back on lazy narrative.
We had chances to finish them off, we didnt take them. Moura and Lamela where guilty of making the wrong decisions. Kane was active and held the ball up excellently at times. Eriksen also had his best game for us for a while. Aurier was a contstant threat and really deserved to be on the winning team.
We rode their press early on and the first half was scrappy but Inter had very few chances other the ones we gifted them. Pochs first sub was decisive and it looked to give us the initiative to go on and win but we lost the game due to some terrible defending from a set piece again (Moura guilty this time). And that is where we should be concentrating the scrutiny imo.
We had chances to finish them off, we didnt take them. Moura and Lamela where guilty of making the wrong decisions. Kane was active and held the ball up excellently at times. Eriksen also had his best game for us for a while. Aurier was a contstant threat and really deserved to be on the winning team.
We rode their press early on and the first half was scrappy but Inter had very few chances other the ones we gifted them. Pochs first sub was decisive and it looked to give us the initiative to go on and win but we lost the game due to some terrible defending from a set piece again (Moura guilty this time). And that is where we should be concentrating the scrutiny imo.
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Nope.
The defenders are doing very well. We are conceding from corners, when the opposition have 5 players plus in the box and this is when the defence need help from the DM who are just watching the ball, namely dembele and dier.
And the same applies for the first goal conceded, the guy on the edge of the pen area unmarked on his own.
You could be right.
I can’t see how you can say that
I thought that apart from Lucas, Coco, Aurier and Son our attitude was shit
Constantly giving the ball away especially when they pressed
We did the same against the Dippers
You can’t do that against decent sides let alone Inter
Without making 7 sprints either!!
Some of his hold up play drawing the odd free kick was excellent
Then he gets subbed for Rose
After the last 3 games I have to agree with Joe that something doesn't seem right. We've played strangely so far this season. Dembele brings so little to the team offensively that I feel him, Dier and Wanyama are all fighting over the same spot now.
Dier is a player I've had a lot of patience for however needs to be bottom of that pile. Eriksen needs to be playing deeper it seems because our passing from deep to high isn't working. Winks has looked terrible since coming back I've thought, he needs more time on the training field before getting game time I feel. Our defence has looked pretty poor in the last 3 games as well, but that could be down to the lack of Lloris in goals commanding his defense.
Kane has looked lacklustre so far this season, but I'll never ever write him off. Lucas has been a revelation and it's great to have Son back. But it's clear to see when Lamela is on the pitch just how little effort the rest of the team seems to be applying. I thought he did well last night, laid the ball off well for Eriksens goal, but could have done better with a few of his own chances.
We've had some rough luck and overall confidence seems low. I'm not sure what Poch is planning but the midfield diamond he's tried a few times now needs to stop. I want to see us focused fully on playing the 4-2-3-1 we have excelled in. I want to see more from Davies and Trippier. I want to see more effort and commitment from the rest of the team. These last 3 games it's felt like we've been on autopilot like we are just going to walk the games. That's not what has gotten us where we are. We've gotten where we are because we were the plucky underdogs with so much fight. Now it feels like we're expecting to roll teams over and it's leading to some terrible performances.
We're not far into the season, but after 3 losses on the bounce, Poch needs to sort this out. Because with the exception of the second half against United, we've been terrible and there's probably less than 5 players in the dressing room who can honestly say they've made an effort this season.
Dier is a player I've had a lot of patience for however needs to be bottom of that pile. Eriksen needs to be playing deeper it seems because our passing from deep to high isn't working. Winks has looked terrible since coming back I've thought, he needs more time on the training field before getting game time I feel. Our defence has looked pretty poor in the last 3 games as well, but that could be down to the lack of Lloris in goals commanding his defense.
Kane has looked lacklustre so far this season, but I'll never ever write him off. Lucas has been a revelation and it's great to have Son back. But it's clear to see when Lamela is on the pitch just how little effort the rest of the team seems to be applying. I thought he did well last night, laid the ball off well for Eriksens goal, but could have done better with a few of his own chances.
We've had some rough luck and overall confidence seems low. I'm not sure what Poch is planning but the midfield diamond he's tried a few times now needs to stop. I want to see us focused fully on playing the 4-2-3-1 we have excelled in. I want to see more from Davies and Trippier. I want to see more effort and commitment from the rest of the team. These last 3 games it's felt like we've been on autopilot like we are just going to walk the games. That's not what has gotten us where we are. We've gotten where we are because we were the plucky underdogs with so much fight. Now it feels like we're expecting to roll teams over and it's leading to some terrible performances.
We're not far into the season, but after 3 losses on the bounce, Poch needs to sort this out. Because with the exception of the second half against United, we've been terrible and there's probably less than 5 players in the dressing room who can honestly say they've made an effort this season.
He used to do that a fucking lot. In the last two seasons he was excellent and stopped doing that shit.