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Define control of the match by your standards
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Everton too tbf. Everton was probably the perfect example of killing off a game through retaining possession.
Granted Everton themselves let us have the ball a lot, but in the second half they barely got a kick of the ball.
Dominating possession, having lots of goal opportunities, and pressing the opposition into their shells.
In other words what most teams have done to us this season, let's face it, we've been playing with our backs to the wall and only won matches due to set pieces etc so often.
We look incapable of breaking teams down, we are also full of individual errors.
When we pass the ball about at the back I'm peeping through my fingers waiting for the next fuck up in front of our own goal.
Luckily we're playing Bournmouth next, if we can beat them then we might go into the WC break in 3rd but I doubt it.
In general we're looking like a sketchy team ''who got results even when they were playing badly''.
We're nearly 1/3 through the season, when will we start playing well then?
I don’t even pay mind to stats like that.
14th in the stats table, but currently third - possibly dropping to forth) in the table that really matters.
Think I prefer my own simpleton approach when it comes to supporting my team.
The football has been drab in my opinion and our performances haven’t been great but where we end up at the end of the season is what will be meaningful to me.
3-4 windows patience padawan
all things good come in time, just not with us
I think these days teams need to play this way. Players and teams are all better than they have ever been and when you try and sit back and defend for 60-70 minutes it makes it extremely difficult to win.
not to mention soul crushing watching turgid backpasses and sideways passing for 70 mins
I think the quote from Conte was ''At least 3 - 4 windows''.
So if he sticks around we'll be playing ''free flowing attractive football'' in 2024? Or sometime later...
Yeah... I'd much rather lose 4-3 than watch the shit I've been forced to sit through the last month. Even the wins aren't as fun.
almost there just 2 more years
watching the same, can we survive the torture
So it's like Conte says ''I have this very successful way of winning but your players are shit Daniel, so you;ll have to wait at least 2 years to see any success, but don't think that includes ''freeflowing attractive football''.
lets see if levy will actually back a manager when it matters then because i have yet to see it
Everton, Southampton, Fulham?
And I think your complaints should be about the quality we have as opposed to the style of play.
I think we've struggled a bit this season but we saw how effective Conte ball can be last season.
I don't actually have a problem with the style, it's the execution which has let us down.
EDIT - we've won the xg battle in the vast majority of matches which suggests that we've been in control and whatever Conte is doing is by design
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Apart from Romero we need the whole back line including WBs replaced, and it's time for a new goalkeeper even though Lloris has saved our arses during narrow wins and draws so far this season.
So you like the low block counter attacking football and the sideways passing? Yes it would be good to pass it out of defence but we don't have the players to do that, so Conte needs to adapt until said players are in place. 2024
I can't be the only one thinking that has 0-0 written all over it right???
we have to treat Bournemouth with respect
hence the need for sideways and backpasses
If I'm honest I prefer front foot football but understand that this current squad isn't going to play consistent exciting football in many approaches.
So...you just take what you can for the time being and let the man do his job, I don't think Conte's end game is playing like this and I'm sure he will want to upgrade the quality as well but whilst we are still rebuilding I'm expecting bumps on the way, as long as we're winning with a view to improving then I'm okay with it.