I actually wanted the Spuds game to be a draw. I can't stand them winning even if it helps us.Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
I actually wanted the Spuds game to be a draw. I can't stand them winning even if it helps us.
Me too but hey we're an extra point clear so I'll skip through the spuds game on MOTD as usual and it's on we go
Indeed!
I make a point of watching their highlights if they lose
Trying to be measured thaving allowed myself time to digest. The most disappointing thing for me was that we weren't at the races from the off. It was obvious how they would play, and we should have been prepared for their new manager bounce. Everton have decent players and it happens so often that a team that looks absolutely dead and buried will find their form with a change of manager and approach - their players would have been desperate to show their home fans that thay are much better than they looked under Lampard and the power of some simple, easily executable tactics to transform a team should not be underestimated. Everton's weakness was still there for everyone to see - and that's not being able to finish. If they could do that they would have won 3-0.
Instead our whole team had a shit day. I wouldn't bother with ratings, because the collective was awful. I watched with a season ticket holding friend and he was relentlessly upbeat that we would score and change the dynamic of the game, but for me after 20 minutes you could see clearly that the players just weren't playing with the controlled focus and dynamism that our style of football requires to be effective. Everton weren't even playing long ball football, and the play was so broken at times that I almost couldn't believe that we couldn't exploit this. Our MF seemed almost non-existent. Our subs were ineffective, and generally our lack of game changers (the subs were generally like for like and I wonder whether that is a problem in having back up players supposed to fit straight into an existing system) in this situation worries me a bit.
No choice but to put this down to 'one of those games', so I'm not going to dwell further on it, but we need a massive response from the team at home this weekend.
Last edited by IBK; 06-02-2023 at 07:42 AM.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
Well yes obvs (lol)I make a point of watching their highlights if they lose
Haven’t watched Match of the day in years, in regards to other teams tend to watch the two minute highlight packages posted on you tube by Skysports.
So it turns out I’m still incredibly fucked off about Saturdays game, and the city defeat has done nothing to quell that…arguably it’s made it even worse
I think now has come the time to examine issues of squad rotation. Both full backs were horrible, if we had depth in midfield to drop Xhaka that’s exactly what we should do (I’d be open to playing Tierney at left back and Zinchenko in midfield)
And as good as Odegaard has been lately, he stunk out the place so badly on Saturday that there should be some consequence for that.
Arteta can keep his “I love the players even more” you love Martinelli so much you made him completely isolated you stupid cunt.
No wonder they think they can put in performances like that with that attitude.
So far this season, we’ve had two defeats & two draws and 16 wins. A huge improvement on where we have been but as Letter says, we aren’t going to be perfect every game.
I’d say we have only had two really bad performances this season. One was the win against Leeds (we really were awful and won more by luck than anything else) and second was Everton.
Somehow we got away with yesterday with city failing to close the gap but hopefully this is just a blip. If we get 7 points out of the next 3 games, we will be in a very good position.
Brentford is an essential 3 points. If we don’t win that we’re firmly on the ropes.
Then it’s City, more of a must not lose rather than must win but it could be a defining night. Big couple of weeks ahead.
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