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Two planks up front, Harry Kane a plank haahahaha??
I was going to comment as well but thought WTF your talking to BC
Two planks up front, Harry Kane a plank haahahaha??
Taking KWP off was cowardly and tactically bogus too. Shit performances everywhere but lets take off the rooky. Dier, Sissoko or Llorente should have gone off to be replaced by Alli. If Dier stays on and we needed to change to a back four, just push Dier into CM, push Dembele forward with Alli, meaning we'd have footballing options ahead of the CM's, Dembele could dribble in forward areas and dribble at their defenders, not their fucking midfielders, where he got picked off a couple of times (that just wasn't the pitch or game for dribbling in the centre circle). Hell, I'd rather see KWP in Sissoko's role, at least he can control the fucking ball, he can also run with too.
We’ve been a tad unlucky with weather and pitches last month. No matter what the weather you wouldn’t expect dodgy pitches in PL but apparently Southampton was worse than last night. And fortunately came through the monsoon at Swansea. Players are so pampered conditions wise these days it must be a real shock to play on a crap surface they literally never have to face it. What ever the Calibre Of sportsman playing on a dodgy wicket will seriously affect your performance.cricket golf F1 you always see crazy outcomes when conditions are dodgyI hope they rough up the NWHL pitch
so that we can get some practice
playing lower league teams in the Cup.
We’ve been a tad unlucky with weather and pitches last month. No matter what the weather you wouldn’t expect dodgy pitches in PL but apparently Southampton was worse than last night. And fortunately came through the monsoon at Swansea. Players are so pampered conditions wise these days it must be a real shock to play on a crap surface they literally never have to face it. What ever the Calibre Of sportsman playing on a dodgy wicket will seriously affect your performance.cricket golf F1 you always see crazy outcomes when conditions are dodgy
Not having that. He had a few dodgy touches but at least he took players on in the first half and tried to make us some sort of attacking threat.
KWP was having a shocker and deserved to come off. As for you calling Kane a plank, well that speaks for itself.
A bad pitch and adverse weather is a leveller from a technical ability perspective. Yesterday we were out thought and - even worse - outfought. Their captain in CM who physically dominated the middle of the pitch should have been waking up today covered in bruises and telling all his mates that Wanyama and Dembele are the two strongest and biggest players he's ever faced. Instead he's able to tell his friends and family how easy it was to bully them.
Getting their chance and taking their chance are two different meanings. Alli got and took his chance, unfortunately there are too many that have notProbably didn't notice that KWP was getting torn apart down his side for 45 minutes, or indeed that we needed to switch to a back 4. I want to see our kids get a chance but I don't want to see them carry the can in a game like that.
Getting their chance and taking their chance are two different meanings. Alli got and took his chance, unfortunately there are too many that have not
For me, especially in terms of development, you need to see it through and at least be able to take something out of certain games from a learning perspective - win, lose, or draw.
Even if it means we lose and go out of the cup? He made a tactical change, we got the draw. KWP deserved to be pulled.
A lot of our players are getting dogs abuse but that was a rough ride.
Only if you think our hopes were teetering on the rookie player's shoulders. He deserved to be pulled no more than any other player.
But in general yes, sometimes you have to lose to learn - maybe you learn the squad isn't good enough, maybe
you learn the academy isn't good enough, maybe the manager learns more about the mentality of the players, maybe you learn things about the manager and his abilities..... I'm not afraid to find things out if you benefit long term.
Said tactical change really did fuck all, eventually we lucked out from them switching off for a moment at a set piece. In any case, I don't see how taking off any other player, say Trippier, Dier, one of the turgid trio in the centre of the park, would have had any different effect. Foyth managed to play through his wobbles and finished strongly, aided by the fact we were more on the front foot as Newport retreated and clung on, who's to say KWP wouldn't have done the same?
It was the easy decision to take off the least experienced player.