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samspurs92

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Fucking hell, another half of atrocious football.

Feel like AVB has been manager this past month.

The mentality of the team has been really awful this year.

No one is grabbing the ball and the game and saying let’s fucking score.

Maybe I’m overreacting due to the ratings.

But I just feel like we need a rocket up our arses, no urgency whatsoever.
 

Singaspur

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I don't think we've been bad. Kane still sluggish but at least we look like we're trying.
 

JimmyG2

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Half time.
Feeling jittery, irritable and edgy now.
Need to explode now.
Them, not me
though the latter is much more likely.
 

Haddock

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We are not the first team to struggle to break down WBA. This is what they do and they are quite good at parking the bus.

I'd like to see Son or Lucas coming on. Which seem to be the sentiment in this thread as well. We need one or two players that can take on players and create some space for Kane and the rest.
 

JayB

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A draw isn't enough for them so as long as we don't concede a cheap goal they will have to come out at some point. Just don't play into their hands with stupid fouls near the box and it should open up for us as the game wears on. Then bring on Son or Lucas.
 

wirE

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Bloody hell WBA are parking the bus today. fucking dreadful first half
 

Monkey boy

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Think Klopp was on to something when he complained about how dry the pitch was, the ball doesn’t travel which is effecting our passing.
 
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Don't understand the 3ATB against West Brom to be fair.
When we're just crossing to Hegazi and Dawson - it makes no sense what so ever..
 

SdB

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Must improve next season. He’s got plenty of brownie points to spare, but apart from a slightly better last couple months, he has been poor all season.

Glad someone agrees.

He just slows everything down. When he moves the ball quick he's effective. Hype on how good he is has gone to his head IMO and he needs to get back to basics and be more fluid.
 

Haddock

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...also it's very hard hard to drive up the tempo when the other team refuses to play ball. In a literal sense.
 

SargeantMeatCurtains

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Struggling to work out which team needs a win to stay in the Premier League...:banghead:

West Brom clearly don't fancy staying in the top flight, fair play.
 

seanwhite1961

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I'd have taken a point before the game and we look likely to do more than that. Even if Chelsea beat Liverpool tomorrow it then means needing one win at Wembley v Toon and Leicester, 2 mid-table teams on losing runs.
 

SirNiNyHotspur

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Maybe I’m overreacting due to the ratings.

But I just feel like we need a rocket up our arses, no urgency whatsoever.
Nah, you're just irritated that Brom have closed shop hoping to snatch a 1-0 and they still have a chance of doing that, they deserve shit all but it has put us all on edge.
 

davidmatzdorf

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Jun 7, 2004
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We've dominated the half with some constructive passing and movement, but Moore has West Brom's defence very well-drilled and they are blocking and clearing everything we throw at them. Alderweireld looks like the Old Toby and was joining the attack for the first 30 minutes.

I wrote before the match that West Brom wouldn't come out and attack us until late in the match and so it has gone. They're just going to keep trying to nick one on the break until they have no option but to come out.

We aren't "playing with a back 5", as someone posted above. Rose and Trippier have played almost entirely as wingers. There's been nothing missing from our display other than a bit of run-of-the-ball. Just keep going. We're playing OK away from home against well-organised and desperate opponents.
 

mpickard2087

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Let's be honest, in that half of football we haven't been trying to win the game. Not really. We've just put in the bare minimum of exertion in the hope that a goal will eventually come. That might well be the case, indeed even in that yawnfest of a half we did get a guilt edged chance, but it's a fucking dangerous strategy. I'd like to see us up the urgency.

Pointless really picking out individuals, as it's very much the collective that is playing in second gear, however the likes of Alli need to not drop so deep, be patient, and trust his team mates to find him, and we still need more of Kane, who has minimally improved but still needs to put himself about, offer himself as a focal point, run channels and drag defenders out of position etc etc etc.
 

tiger666

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Jan 4, 2005
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Must improve next season. He’s got plenty of brownie points to spare, but apart from a slightly better last couple months, he has been poor all season.

If you're simplistic and only focus on goals, yes.

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Good Doctor M

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Aug 31, 2010
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Don't understand the 3ATB against West Brom to be fair.
When we're just crossing to Hegazi and Dawson - it makes no sense what so ever..
Think it's more about dealing with their sole attacking option... A punt, high into the box.
 
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