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Was it all in the Diaz goal, because I can't really think of any other point at which we've really been lucky.I think we used all our luck up in the first quarter of the season.
Was it all in the Diaz goal, because I can't really think of any other point at which we've really been lucky.I think we used all our luck up in the first quarter of the season.
Finding it very frustrating today reading journalists wax lyrical over Villa and how they’re the team on the up vs spurs (this just from SSN). Anyone who actually watched the game would realise they didn’t exactly play our B team off the park. Who writes these articles!
Villa were incredibly poor and it was Watkins having his shooting boots on that won it. If Son or others had the same boots we win that comfortably. They were better second half, but I still felt we were the better side creating the better openings.Finding it very frustrating today reading journalists wax lyrical over Villa and how they’re the team on the up vs spurs (this just from SSN). Anyone who actually watched the game would realise they didn’t exactly play our B team off the park. Who writes these articles!
I’m beginning to wonder if VAR delays are a disproportionate disadvantage to Ange's style of football. We seem to start games fast and furious and really build up momentum and then along comes a delay and it gives the other team the chance to catch breath and take stock. And since the Liverpool game VAR delays for even the most obvious decision seem to take forever. It also cools our muscles and has contributed to injuries, but at the very least it curbs our momentum and flies in the face of our ‘We never stop’ style.That and the really long VAR call. There was a period after the goal where it felt like no football was played for about 10 minutes. Were pretty rampant prior to that.
It was more about picking Skipp then it was about the midfielder. Yes, the bench was threadbare but he pulled off an attacking player for a defensively minded mid. Perhaps Skipp has been impressing with forward forays in practice but historically, Skipp and Hojbjerg are not a progressive combination in midfield. To be clear, having one of the two on the pitch isn't a big deal as long as they are with some of the more technical players. The two together are a recipe for nothing that we're supposed to be about now.A lot of the players who came into the starting line up have barely played 180 minutes in the last few months. We looked knackered from 70 minutes
I thought it was quite obvious why. We were losing the midfield battle, and gil was blowing.
I think the key point here is that we started strong in both games and went 1-0 up.Losing to Wolves was really shitty because it makes me feel a lot worse about this. Big (or I guess medium) picture is 3 losses in a row, but the smaller picture is we played pretty well and then gave Watkins too much space for a 1-2. I wasn't too angry about it. Also, with the Chelsea game going how it did, it was hard not to expect things to go wrong. That helped. If we'd played Villa before that Chelsea debacle I'd have been livid to lose yesterday.
If we'd played Villa before that Chelsea debacle I'd have been livid to lose yesterday.
Just watching the game back and on top of what should have been a straight red for Cash anyway, he then fouls Udogie from behind too and doesn't receive a second yellow.
Added to this Kamara then follows through on Porro and catches his ankle but doesn't receive a second yellow either (Romero got a straight red for a follow through!).
Unbelievable. Ever since the Pool game we are getting absolutely nothing.
BBC article said we completely outplayed them and they weren’t that impressive and struggled to get over the line against essentially a Spurs B team.Finding it very frustrating today reading journalists wax lyrical over Villa and how they’re the team on the up vs spurs (this just from SSN). Anyone who actually watched the game would realise they didn’t exactly play our B team off the park. Who writes these articles!
Difficult not to see this as a downward turning point
after 3 consecutive losses.
But we must.
Only a third of the season gone and steady in 5th.
though with City immediately ahead
and a mixed bag of fixtures before Xmas.
We deserved at least a draw against Villa,
Sonny scored a hat-trick of narrow offsides
Kulu hit the post and both Davies and Johnson
had excellent chances missed or saved.
Once again the football was terrific.
but our defence struggled with key figures missing.
Nobody picked up Watkins for the winner
and Pau had warned us earlier before he scored.
The old set piece bogey struck again.
The squad is not good enough but we know that.
I am disappointed but hopeful
though top four might be an ambition too far.
It's a relief that there weren't any decisions to make in the period where VAR wasn't fully functional.
Standard bile spewed by pundits and journalists. Results are everything and performances mean nothing. The team that wins on the day is the best team and it's as black and white as that.Finding it very frustrating today reading journalists wax lyrical over Villa and how they’re the team on the up vs spurs (this just from SSN). Anyone who actually watched the game would realise they didn’t exactly play our B team off the park. Who writes these articles!
It's a relief that there weren't any decisions to make in the period where VAR wasn't fully functional.
Lol... You've slightly missed the point. There has been games that they could have played in, and gained the experience.... But you go on thinking were better off with 2 fullbacks at CB or playing Dier or any others that we clearly want shot of. Were ahead of the curve in this process/rebuild. So why not make more use and blood youngsters we feel may have a future... I thought that was Ange's remit when he laid out his plans....Great idea. Up to City next week with Dorrington and Donley starting. every chance of getting battered.
probably destroy them.