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Well he didn't send Kulu off so it's not all bad.
Whoever scouted him should have his eyes fucking tested
My problem with today was the lack of realisation the plan wasn't working.
Again and again and again and again we played short passes between Dier and Romero, back and forth and then as soon as either one tried to play it into midfield, one of the ever present 4 Brighton players was on it. They had 4 men between our back 3 and middle 4 almost every time. They basically played a very defensive game but did it with their attacking players.
Against Villa it worked for the first half but a tactical switch stopped it. At no point today did we ever switch. It was the same shit, every time.
No wonder Kane, Son and Kulu had poor games, their team mates rarely managed to move the ball as far as the front three.
Conte is gonna need to look at that and realise some teams will have a plan and work out a plan B for us.
Again and again and again and again we played short passes between Dier and Romero, back and forth and then as soon as either one tried to play it into midfield, one of the ever present 4 Brighton players was on it. They had 4 men between our back 3 and middle 4 almost every time. They basically played a very defensive game but did it with their attacking players.
Against Villa it worked for the first half but a tactical switch stopped it. At no point today did we ever switch. It was the same shit, every time.
No wonder Kane, Son and Kulu had poor games, their team mates rarely managed to move the ball as far as the front three.
Conte is gonna need to look at that and realise some teams will have a plan and work out a plan B for us.
You can carry two out of the four IMO with eight other footballers but tip that balance any lower and it’s back to shut perifmeances and not controlling the match
Should try Dier, Davies or Romero stepping fwd into MF and tucking in PEH and Royal as cover, well away from the ball
Or just go over the top. Brighton had 4 players in advanced positions shutting our defenders down. And all we kept doing was passing it into them trying to play it short and low to our mids.
I completely agree with an extra man in the midfield, Brighton overloaded it easily with their 5-4-1. If we played a 3-5-2 with a creative midfielder beside Hojbjerg and Bent I guarantee we would have played much better. Kind of like how Ndombele played in that draw against Liverpool a few months ago. The problem is we don't have a single player that can play that role. Need to address this in the summer.
Games like this when Kulu and Lucas are powerless is where you need an actual playmaking midfielder to connect the midfield to the attack, not just Kane.
They had good shape tho. Going long worked well against the shambolic Villa set up but Brighton always seem to limit chances against. Clever, annoying side
That's what I don't understand most of all. It was clear after half an hour that they had us sussed. As most of you know, I'm a huge Regi fan, we more or less grew up together, but I my god was he anonymous today. Numerous times I kept asking myself if he was actually playing - "Where the fuck is he?".
So take him off, change the system and try to take control of the midfield. Back four, maybe pull off Kulu who was poor as well (lucky to stay on although in fairness, no poorer than Kane and Son) and bring on Lucas and Bergwijn and go at them. But no, best to stay with a tactic that clearly wasn't working.
Davies was head and shoulders our best player today. Romero (more or less, apart from their goal), PEH (maybe) and Dier escape most of my wrath. The rest were shite
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Absolutely. No penetration whatsoever from E-R. Reggie was no better. From my viewpoint, nor was Kane. Bit late now though.
The main issue was our lack of energy, compounded by the fact that Brighton had tons of it.
Please please please find your ring!
All I saw was Dier hoofing it long to our forwards. Brighton was totally ready for it. If we had a very technical gifted AM who could break the high press and create better numbers in the attacking end we could have got after em.
The plan:
Finish work at 6pm, go down the pub and Lord it over all the cunty goonads and spammers after a season defining win.
The reality:
Decided to work late and then have a quiet beer in back garden burning a load of old shite.
Spurs is a fucking sentence, not a word.
Finish work at 6pm, go down the pub and Lord it over all the cunty goonads and spammers after a season defining win.
The reality:
Decided to work late and then have a quiet beer in back garden burning a load of old shite.
Spurs is a fucking sentence, not a word.
Surprised you found 14 seconds!