Agree although today wasnt his worst performance I dont see him improving any further, Trippier can go, Erisken is already gone based on his last 4 performances.You’re bang on here. It’s getting to the point we are better cashing in on Eriksen and rebuild a new midfield and style.
Lamela is such a strange player. Has a great attitude and a lot of people really like him, yet he just consistently fails to produce. He flatters to deceive. He could go too.
I’d like to keep Winks involved though. He’s really coming good.
I’m not saying I want him out but we will not win anything with him as our managerdo you want him out then?
It's 2019, haven't we moved on from using the term 'don't be a girl' as a form of insult? There are plenty of other appropriate non sexist terms that are more appropriate lol.We’ve lost two games, one of them in a fixture we’ve only won once in PL history. Don’t be a girl.
The Madrid fans would absolutely crucify him and i’m convinced he does’nt have mental strength to recover from the kind of mauling he’d get in Spain
Not sure we had a shot on target?
We didn't do too badly without him.
We won’t win anything under poch
to be honest the service to them was awful as well, no creativityLlorente and Kane never works, it’s just not balanced at all. Llorente should only be a sub for Kane or playing when Kane is not available.
I agree completely with this, a squad only lasts for around 5 seasons before players age or stars move on. Squad building happens over several windows too so not buying this season looks very foolish. Also I think we lack that magic player, not the fabled pace that everyone harps on about, but a VDV, Ginola sort of talisman who can create magic in tight spaces.Exactly, this run of results has been a long time coming, we haven't been playing well for a long time now, the odd half a game or so excepted. The lack of draws has massively helped mask it and I still maintain the lack of transfer activity has hurt us.
Looking at it with half a knee-jerk eye, Sissoko, Eriksen, Moura, Lamela and Llorente could move on and we wouldn't miss them. Eriksen and Lamela can be superb but it now feels like it's not often enough, it's possible they've given us as much as they are going to and its a shame, Eriksen can be so so much better but he's just not doing it. If we're looking to change the mentality, that's where I'd start. In midfield.
We play too many passes backwards, play ourselves into corners too often, look laboured going forward, the link between defence and midfield is broken, it's to feet and back, to feet and back all the while letting the opposition close you down bit by bit until we make a mistake and the link between midfield and up front is double broken, it's all too slow, too methodical yet there's seemingly no method, we take too long to do anything, it's poor to say the least.
I'm also starting to worry that Pochettino has (and I hesitate to say it) gotten as much as he can out of a number of the squad and with a some of the players starting to age, it's a concern when you consider the apparent reluctance to spend money.
Very worrying times. There's probably so much more to say but it's late and I'm not sure I can be arsed to carry on
You’re bang on here. It’s getting to the point we are better cashing in on Eriksen and rebuild a new midfield and style.
Lamela is such a strange player. Has a great attitude and a lot of people really like him, yet he just consistently fails to produce. He flatters to deceive. He could go too.
I’d like to keep Winks involved though. He’s really coming good.
It's fairly recent. This season, essentially. Yes, we've always been patient in the build up, that's the way we play under Poch. But what I can't fathom is where the incisiveness has gone. It's all well and good being patient in the buildup but there has to be a final objective as well, i.e. scoring goals.Yep, it's worrying how often we look utterly clueless on the ball. The only way we seem to be able to build an attack without individual brilliance is through playing it wide to Trippier for him to attempt a cross. Other than that it's all just hopeful.
And just so, damn, slow. Do we even do anything in training to try and rectify this?