city72 wrote:Blue Jam wrote:Hazy2 wrote:nottsblue wrote:Had last week someone said we'd win the derby 3-0, beat Napoli 2-0 and draw at Arsenal whilst nearly completing a smash and grab, I'd have been more than happy with it.
Donnarumma looks very decent. Khus and O'Reilly look very competent as full backs. Gvardiol and Dias are forming a nice partnership. Doku has had his best week IMO and Haaland has rediscovered his mojo, (if it ever really went away).
It could have been a whole lot worse after the Brighton loss
Fair play
Yep, 1 all at the end of 3 games in 8 days - especially with only 66h rest against a team who had loads more rest, who ate on better form and who were playing at their home.
Wasn't pretty, parking the bus like that, but a point is not a disaster.
Smaller picture, bigger picture played 5 - 7 points sitting bellow Sunderland in the league
Pretty Boy Lee wrote:Gutted to lose the lead and felt it was a poor moment from the back 8 and GK to let them in.
Having said that as a few have said I’d have signed up for these 3 results a week ago. I genuinely feared us losing all 3 with recent derbies, expected Pep to change the lineup mid week and us to just not be good enough at Arsenal.
Pep really showed me something this week and I hope a few on his case here see it.
Firstly so many complain he chops and changes back 4. Well to play the same team 3x in a week was something I never saw coming. More of this please pep.
Secondly we play side ways and backwards and everyone moans we don’t release Haaland. Arsenal actually looked like us from last season and we tried something new. 6 mins longer and it would have been the first real smash and grab of Peps career. It was icky as fuck but sometimes it needs to be and it showed the willingness to adjust and that’s a huge sign for me.
Cmon City!!!
Indianablue wrote:Pretty Boy Lee wrote:Gutted to lose the lead and felt it was a poor moment from the back 8 and GK to let them in.
Having said that as a few have said I’d have signed up for these 3 results a week ago. I genuinely feared us losing all 3 with recent derbies, expected Pep to change the lineup mid week and us to just not be good enough at Arsenal.
Pep really showed me something this week and I hope a few on his case here see it.
Firstly so many complain he chops and changes back 4. Well to play the same team 3x in a week was something I never saw coming. More of this please pep.
Secondly we play side ways and backwards and everyone moans we don’t release Haaland. Arsenal actually looked like us from last season and we tried something new. 6 mins longer and it would have been the first real smash and grab of Peps career. It was icky as fuck but sometimes it needs to be and it showed the willingness to adjust and that’s a huge sign for me.
Cmon City!!!
Nick wrote:He shut up shop FAR too early inviting pressure thr whole game with a back 5 and nobody to get the ball forward. We all knew it was coming.
Nigels Tackle wrote:Nick wrote:He shut up shop FAR too early inviting pressure thr whole game with a back 5 and nobody to get the ball forward. We all knew it was coming.
did we? it was incredibly close to a defensive masterclas. definitely a lot more positives than negatives coming from that game for me.
Hazy2 wrote:Just saying Erling squares it to Phil 0-2
zuricity wrote:PeterParker wrote:zabbadabbado wrote:No idea what some see in him he is fucking shit. Lazy half arsed player, goes down when breathed on, offers nothing. No idea why he brought on a loose Canon who loses the Ball 9 times out of 10 whilst trying to grind out a result where keeping possession was key.Blue In Bolton wrote:Savinho is fucking wank. If Spurs come back in with a decent offer, we should snatch their hands off. Thought we were reasonably comfortable with Jeremy playing up in place of Haaland with his pace always likely to cause them issues. Then Savinho comes on and does his half-arsed routine and invites even more pressure.
I've been a fan, but I said that we made a huge mistake keeping him.
It is strange because Savio was very impressive at Girona. Perhaps the uprade to the premier league is a step too far for him. He shows signs of good play but on the whole he has not played well since he joined us.
Nigels Tackle wrote:Nick wrote:He shut up shop FAR too early inviting pressure thr whole game with a back 5 and nobody to get the ball forward. We all knew it was coming.
did we? it was incredibly close to a defensive masterclas. definitely a lot more positives than negatives coming from that game for me.
Wooders wrote:Nigels Tackle wrote:Nick wrote:He shut up shop FAR too early inviting pressure thr whole game with a back 5 and nobody to get the ball forward. We all knew it was coming.
did we? it was incredibly close to a defensive masterclas. definitely a lot more positives than negatives coming from that game for me.
Yes, apart from conceding a goal it was a defensive master class
Nick wrote:Wooders wrote:Nigels Tackle wrote:Nick wrote:He shut up shop FAR too early inviting pressure thr whole game with a back 5 and nobody to get the ball forward. We all knew it was coming.
did we? it was incredibly close to a defensive masterclas. definitely a lot more positives than negatives coming from that game for me.
Yes, apart from conceding a goal it was a defensive master class
We had 11 players defending with not one outlet to offload the pressure ? Never keeping a team out doing that for 45 minutes
ayrshireblue wrote:Nick wrote:Wooders wrote:Nigels Tackle wrote:Nick wrote:He shut up shop FAR too early inviting pressure thr whole game with a back 5 and nobody to get the ball forward. We all knew it was coming.
did we? it was incredibly close to a defensive masterclas. definitely a lot more positives than negatives coming from that game for me.
Yes, apart from conceding a goal it was a defensive master class
We had 11 players defending with not one outlet to offload the pressure ? Never keeping a team out doing that for 45 minutes
This was exactly the reason we lost a goal. Defenders knew there was no risk to them, pushed further up and condensed the game. Doku and Haaland should have been left on the pitch to pose some questions of the Arsenal defence.
Nick wrote:Wooders wrote:Nigels Tackle wrote:Nick wrote:He shut up shop FAR too early inviting pressure thr whole game with a back 5 and nobody to get the ball forward. We all knew it was coming.
did we? it was incredibly close to a defensive masterclas. definitely a lot more positives than negatives coming from that game for me.
Yes, apart from conceding a goal it was a defensive master class
We had 11 players defending with not one outlet to offload the pressure ? Never keeping a team out doing that for 45 minutes
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