What the fuck was that?
0-2 after twenty minutes. Will we ever learn?
We have literally thrown away the league in less than two weeks.
No flowering this one up.
What the fuck was that?
0-2 after twenty minutes. Will we ever learn?
We have literally thrown away the league in less than two weeks.
No flowering this one up.
Player Ratings
Ramsdale 4
White 6
Holding 3
Gabriel 5
Zinchenko 2
Partey 5
Vieira 3
Odegaard 7
Martinelli 6
Saka 6
Jesus 5
Subs
Trossard 7
Nelson 7
Nketiah 3
Talented group but fragile mentality.
We’ll be put out of our misery once and for all on Wednesday.
Thank fuck for that.Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Think we'll take the lead at the Etihad and go down in agonising fashion.
ofc the joke is these aren't far off what you give them when we win 4-1
I'm bored of Holding being a scapegoat, it's not him alone and tbh what you're really doing is punishing him for not being Saliba who is an exceptional talent
Also Vieira was a 5, he did contribute some good balls forward but IK he doesn't shore up the midfield like Xhaka does - tbh he feels like a luxery player and I'm not sure we can really accomodate him
Zin made at least one major fuck up nd was partly culpable for their third goal but elsewhere was useful - 4
Partey was a 3 not a 5 - dreadful and we need to play Jorginho next time and just tell him to stay in front of the defence
agree with the markings for the subs though, Nelson and Trossard threatened but Nketiah was completely anonymous and has basically reverted to type - we need to sell him in the summer and have Balogun as our backup striker
The performance wasn’t much better against Leeds, the difference was Southampton were able to score with the chances they created.
Holding isn’t being punished for not being Saliba he’s being punished for being slow and ponderous as I said before…the defending was often not brilliant when Saliba was playing. Even before Saliba got the back injury we’d conceded 16 goals at home in 13 games.
Playing Jorginho against City would for me only work if he played alongside Partey
In a previous thread I had suggested we use Friday for the dress rehearsal against Citeh..and .if indeed Arteta's plan is to try Viera one more time with Partey, then we might as well not even show up and just give them the damn 3 points!!
Jorginho with Partey should have been attempted already , though you could say with Zinchenko back in the team you might be overcrowding the middle just a bit too much....but cone to think of it is that a bad thing for a team that keeps conceding +2 goals in every game??
The other option if he really wanted to go gung ho (and face it we have nothing to lose anyway) is to start Trossard their...then Jesus and him could interchange a bit and he (Jesus) could fall as deep as he like.
Itsan extreme shame we could not make a better use of playing the bottom team in the league but honestly we've been borderline suicidal these past few weeks and it seems thats the way we want to keep it!
Last edited by 21_GOONER_SALUTE; 23-04-2023 at 03:26 PM.
The title was lost on 15th Feb. That initiated what will be a 12 point swing against city. You can't give a team like city that kind of advantage and hope to finish above them. Even a draw in that game would have made a huge difference. Then you go for a draw in the return leg and you've nullified your biggest rival and levelled the playing field. Then you have a shot.
City have a 30 goal man up top. Arsenal used to have that. City have a warrior directing the traffic in midfield, Arsenal used to have that. Now they have 9 goal Jesus (who never would have hit 30 even without the injury) and the ludicrous non-entity Partey. Kids like Saka and Martinelli are coming through and they'll develop into players that can win a title. But it's too early for them yet and they need proper support in key areas.
Give is 2 more seasons of improvement and experience and then a title is a possibility. For the first time in decades it's finally heading in the right direction.
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