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Actually played okay. Just defensive errors killing us again
And Royal’s wooden boots.
Actually played okay. Just defensive errors killing us again
Okay hypothetical question. If we continue these shocking displays and poor defending who is more likely to go, Conte or the defence? Would the board back Conte to turn it around or would you see them sticking with these defenders? Not as simple as the question makes out just wanted to askIndeed. As I keep saying though it's schoolboy defending with mistake after mistake. Once the confidence goes they are going to keep doing it. It's nothing new, has been happening for years.
& yet Conte still persists with 5 at the back.
It’s shameful & idiotic.
Unless he gets quality defenders in Jan, this formation simply has to go.
Partly agree, but Emerson should have gotten it covered yet he was too easily drifted past. His tackle was not even like an effort to challenge, sadly.I think Hojbjerg and Dier probably need to take the lion's share of the blame for the first goal. Hojbjerg comes in on the wrong side and sells himself short, Emerson reacts slowly to the man running off Dier, but Dier should have still done better.
Lenglet is a good front-foot defender, playing out of his preferred position. And he's been OK, far from the worst.Lenglet has been our worst player by miles. He can't defend at all.
We'll be able to boo England soon. That should make up for no PL footballJust 45 mins to go until we all get a break. I think it is needed from the booing nowadays.
Those fans pay on average the highest ticket prices in the world. Decades without real success , constant excuses why the club can't compete in line with prices and recently, negative manager after negative manager.But do the fans want the team to succeed? It’s ok to moan and complain but it’s unhelpful to get on the players’ backs every time when they are trying to rescue the situation.
We've had too many managerial changes in that time though. We need to stick with one and clear the squad out. Too many players bought in for different types of managers, and players that have survived at the club far longer than they deserve to be.Then those at the club need to fall on their sword for allowing such weak willed players to continue hanging around our club for so long.
But this is also a symptom of keep changing managers. A new man in will always want to see the players himself to see if he can get more out of them. By the time they realise and want rid it's too late and they are gone instead.
Lenglet has been our worst player by miles. He can't defend at all.
It’s been a reasonable performance so far, but I wouldn’t say good. I am in here shouting myself hoarse but it’s hard to keep it up, when you see some of the muck ups that are happening. I was just saying, it’s not enough just to play well, you need to score goals and stop giving them away.How does this equate? I'm pointing out that we've turned in a good display and it's still not been enough for the fans to at least show some support.
Yes, moving dier means we've got two cb's out of position. Dier should stay in the middle and if lenglet is so bad he can't be trusted at rcb play Sanchez or tanganga or my aunt fannie.don't think lenglet is suitable for the middle for me. Likewise with dier on the right. There's a chronic lack of pace in that back 3 atm.
That being said.. going forward we look pretty good apart from you know who on the right...
We'll be able to boo England soon. That should make up for no PL football
Conte didn't refuse to commit himself. When are people going to stop reading the narrative through headline hacks.Levy has some serious thinking to do. If Conte continues to refuse to commit himself to the club I cannot see how we can give him money to spend in January. Otherwise we risk being stuck with players brought in by Conte to play his boring defensive unimaginative football. Let’s be honest, if it wasn’t for his name Conte would have been out of the door ages ago. He is a losing manager who makes ridiculous decisions and plays boring football.
We know it definitely won't help.It probably won't help though.
I stopped going as I was spending most time arguing with boo boys and it became tiresome.Our fans are a discrace, the place is toxic. It hasn't even been that bad if not for Emerson and Dier.
I've finally stopped blaming Royal. This is now on Conte for picking him
Well if he picked Maguire, why are you even surprised? Southgate is on the verge of being sacked if England gets knocked out of the WC early.Given his recent form, I was surprised Southgate took him.