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We need to get Son back on the wing.Disappointed in Son falling into their offside trap way too easily.
Get a quality Striker in.
We need to get Son back on the wing.Disappointed in Son falling into their offside trap way too easily.
They have like double the amount of offsides against them than the next best in the league (us)Disappointed in Son falling into their offside trap way too easily.
Yes. You get people arguing the performance was naive and then arguing that the subs clearly intending to pack the midfield were wrong, because fans are desperate to find The Reason we lost and work backwards. We lost cos Villa are fantastically organised, our finishing wasn't good enough and we're running out of players. That's it.Is anyone doing both?
Disagree that Gil hasn’t been bad. He’s gotten into good positions but has wasted all of them, and his weakness on the ball is the reason Villa is level. I’m incredibly frustrated with him.
They are good enough when you only need to call on 1 or 2 but having to play 4 or 5 from the start is a disaster.I've said this before but a number of 'squad' players we have are not good enough when they need to cover injuries/suspensions for a run of games and with the change in style of play this season, some are completely unsuited.
To keep who onside? Skipp? That's laughable of that's what you mean.In isolation it was a ridiculous sub but I think it was a piece of bigger picture man management to try to keep him on side a bit. He should however have brought Donley on along with Veliz. I'd have taken Son off who was tiring.
Son is awful on the wing nowadays. We just need a second option who offers hold up play.We need to get Son back on the wing.
Get a quality Striker in.
Can't imagine any pressure on Ange. The football is good, the circumstances are clear and the expectations at the beginning of the season were low.Now here's a hypothetical question. If we keep losing let's say the next 5-6 games despite showing attacking intent, will the pressure be on Ange? Or let's say if the losing streak goes beyond 10 games, what will your thoughts be?
You said it was unacceptable if we lost four games in a row so what should happen?Who says sack him? Problem is having only two cbs, of whom one is anil idiot
100% spot on. This all day long.Can't imagine any pressure on Ange. The football is good, the circumstances are clear and the expectations at the beginning of the season were low.
Makes me wonder why he plays him?Hojbjerg is totally exposed in Ange’s system
We were still much the better team today with our B team. Just very wasteful, unfortunately.
Exactly this. Totally onboard with the high tempo approach but, we need to slow ourselves down at vital moments, eg Son continually running offside instead of holding his run knowing he’s quicker than his marker…Get that bit right and we’ll be contenders.Well that's two games in a row we should have won with our 2nd string. Lack of composure defensively and in attack has cost us dearly.
I think he's a decent enough player. I just think like PEH he's a square peg in a round hole in this midfield now.Skipp isn’t the answer. To anything.
That £85m pure profit is going to make our financial accounts look great thoughThat's really the result of selling Kane and not buying a replacement
I’m not saying that’s the only other way to play, just using it as an example based on what we’ve seen recently. But I repeat, there isn’t a way of playing that suits the defensive personnel we had available. So I’d rather we played to a system that gives us a very good chance of scoring at the other end. The goals we conceded weren’t a result of Ange’s tactics - one was a set piece and the other was a great finish after some questionable defending by a right back trying to play centre backAnother one....I'm sick of people keep telling me it's either this or Conte football! It fucking isn't. There are a whole number of levels in between FFS.
I'm not saying don't play this way, or that we need to be more pragmatic. I'm saying if you keep asking the same players who CAN'T play this way to do so, expect the same result. I certainly did.
We didn’t lose this game because of Hojbjerg or Skipp though so your point is moot.Another one....I'm sick of people keep telling me it's either this or Conte football! It fucking isn't. There are a whole number of levels in between FFS.
I'm not saying don't play this way, or that we need to be more pragmatic. I'm saying if you keep asking the same players who CAN'T play this way to do so, expect the same result. I certainly did.