It is when you're constantly losing the ball around your box and your winger isn't helping the situation by being too far up the pitch to help out. That sub was absolutely correct in my opinion. It helped shore up the right wing and allowed Doherty to move further up the flank than when he was chasing Terney's shadow. The only problem with the sub was that it was Sissoko coming on, but we don't have anyone else who could do that job.
Like I said, are they being instructed not to win any 2nd ball also? I have no idea what the tactics were but I do see the attacking players that started the game and that wasn’t very negative to me, I don’t think he would have started Bale if the intention was to avoid risks of losing the match, what I do know is that we had been out worked by the opposition and that’s not down to any tactics but the players. And like I said, I do agree it’s a worry that Jose couldn’t motivate the players for a fking derby.
Aurier is attack minded but that is not how we played today. Reguilón hardly got forward on the left flank it's difficult to get down the side of us when we play Aurier and Reguilon in the same side.
Could be any number of reasons, but the selection makes perfect sense. The fact that Bale and Doherty had linked up very well in the last couple of games suggests that perhaps JM was relying on them creating on the right even if Tierney was a threat on that flank. Having Tierney may give Arse some pep higher up their left flank but it also exposes that flank at the back. With their sketchy centre backs being pulled in all sorts of directions by Bale, Kane and Son, it should have allowed us to carve them open time and again.
So you're discarding the chances we had, and bigging up the chances they had.
Please, mark, don't put words in my mouth. I didn't say anything of the sort. What I said was:
Which is precisely what he did. By bringing Sissoko on, it provided more cover on the right and that allowed for Doherty to move up the flank. That made sense. It made sense to choose Doherty and Bale initially as Tierney's adventurousness would leave that flank more vulnerable to Bale's threat. That Bale didn't present any threat bar that one magical cross (which came to nothing anyway), and with Arsenal looking more and more threatening in our defensive third, it was the perfect substitution. The problem with it was that the only player we could bring on was Sissoko.
Sonny is no excuse but PEH plays because the alternative is Sissoko or Winks....
Can you imagine Hank walking into Levy's office? There'd be blood on the floor within seconds!And replace him with Hank
