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I wonder if AVB is schizophrenic? If so he can argue with himself and sort out the best team and tactics.
Boohoo no CL football, we've only had it once in our history anyway.
AVB is just trying to make us more solid so that we are capable of nicking a result. Losing games by playing free flowing football isn't ultimately going to make people like you happy anyway.
The concentration was not there, but the reaction of the players was positive. Everything went wrong for us, every opportunity was a goal and we paid a heavy price, too much for what we deserved.
Definitely not the main problem, meant to quote someone else's post but wasn't working properly on my phone.
Our problem is the way we're trying to play. Regardless of formation/tactics/personnel the way we're trying to play is the same and it's awful.
Highline with Dawson
Verts at LB
Lots of possession and doing nothing with it
Slow build-up
No counter-attacking
I would say they're our biggest problems than any individual players.
We have possession than almost every team we play against but can't buy a goal.
the end started when he dug out the fans, such a school boy error - the slippery slope may have a few more twists but inevitably it's comingI'm going to be honest and say that despite thinking he should be given more time, I think that game may have just spelled the end of AVB as our manager
53% possession....yay
We are fucked.David Howells @Howellsey2 m
Choices for the lads now? Sulk and get worse or fight and get better. AVB needs to be strong and positive. #COYS
Levy can give him a sat nav and a pait of gloves as a leaving present. Just think someone started a thread earlier in the season about how we should give AVB a long new contract!Is AVB trying to get another big payout so he can start his rally driving career early?
How pathetic was Lemela?
So who's gonna be our next manager?
I know he means well but it would be insanity to let Levy select another manager............Santini,Jol,Ramos,Redknapp and AVB have got us nowhere.
Its hard to believe that Harry has been our best manager in over 20 years....sweet Jesus.
Yeah and pitch was pretty wide todayIf only our fans weren't so quiet things would have been different.......oh, wait
Except we had the possesion and people aren't just pissed off over this gameMost sensible post I've seen.
I refuse to believe that the slow build up is an instruction from AVB, IMO the players are going OTT in regards to being patient in possession. Also its clear that the players lack common sense so AVB needs to instruct them to up the tempo from the start.
I agree about Dawson (he needs to be ruthless with him agains) and the lack of creativity he needs to address those asap but again the players are making bad decisions on the pitch that can cause possession to be recycled.
Also Vertonghen is playing with an attitude (not the good kind) because he's not playing at CB, he doesn't complain when he plays 95% of his Belgium matches at LB.
So after the Newcastle game you didn't say AVB should fuck off now because of this one game, you tell him to fuck off?What would make me happy is going out and going for it.
That was why I was okay with the result against Newcaste, we went for it and should have got something out of the game.
This was just pathetic and AVB withdrew back into his little safe zone fucked us.