How did son go?
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How did son go?
How did son go?
Jeez why are you always so negative?Officially christened as the missing piece of the Magnificent 8
Jeez why are you always so negative?
I believe that was meant slightly tongue in cheek.
Or at least I hope Sammy meant it that way.
Jeez why are you always so negative?
But if we get lucky and win every game we will be champions.So I'm clear, the negativity is because we should have lost yesterday. Sunderland scorned chance after chance while we had one clear cut chance the whole game against a team who will very much be battling for survival. If anyone in here thinks that is good enough then I'm happy to agree to disagree, but we need to be much better in future performances. With all the talks of us dominating everton, we still didn't win the game. If we dominate every game from now until the end of the season but don't win them, we won't be sitting pretty at the end of it.
All in all, a win is a win. But we must improve.
Looked like a decent game on MOTD, good editors on that show I guess.
But if we get lucky and win every game we will be champions.
I see Leicester and Stoke (and so many others since Bale left) as the same issue. Teams sit back and hit us on the counter. We fail to break them down until they tire late on, or get more adventurous. Contrast that with Everton, Stoke for 60 mins, Man U for 20, where they actually try to attack us, and we look great. Unfortunately this is just the way of things, we are not world beaters, but arent shit either. If it makes you feel better, I watched Athletico vs Barcelona, and Athletico did the same to Barca as Sunderland did to us. Barca looked shit and went behind, until Messi came on and changed everything. Maybe we just need Messi. Or more realistically, we need our Messis - Kane and Eriksen - to hit form
Or perhaps we stop relying on players who have hit purple patches for us? Chadli has done very little since his dad died, and as I've said numerous times. If he doesn't score, he disappears. We have players coming in to the team, but I'd like to see us playing with players who always have some impact on the game. The biggest complaint about Lamela is that he doesn't do enough offensively, but at least he is always working back and making a real nuisance of himself. Chadli does very little until he pops up for a goal, which is a great skill to have, but only if you do it consistently.
On top of that, it seems you are suggesting we rely solely on our top players doing well, when really we should be hoping our goals can come from anywhere, just like they did today. Let teams worry too much about Kane and Eriksen while others pop up and steal the glory. That's the way to do it. But nobody can say we were good enough today, because we weren't. Toby should have given away his 2nd penalty in 5 games and he got caught out of position way too often.
No away game in the BPL is easy. Sunderland maybe the easiest, but lots of teams will not come away from Sunderland with 3 pts this season.We were lucky to beat Sunderland. That's not something we should ever have to say.
You can't complain too much when you win but we neither deserved it or showed how we will be able to deal with better teams.
Palace won't play like Sunderland. Neither will Man City. Even Aston Villa had verve about them before Leicester forced the issue.
Can we do that? Not with the evidence so far. Poch still has no discernible game plan.
For as much as people talk about his philosophy, a year on and I don't even see the beginnings of one. Except get rid of senior players.
Like others have said, I only want him to stay because I do not want another clearout and transition but we seem to be in one anyway. Pity that when the league is so fluid we cannot take any advantage.
Sunderland scorned chance after chance while we had one clear cut chance the whole game against a team who will very much be battling for survival.
Jeez why are you always so negative?
Kane x2, Lamela, Chadli all missed very good chances
The game changed when Townsend came on.. He passed at every opportunity so it seems he's listened to his critics and seems to be learning lessons.. He got in some good positions where in the past he would have leathered it into the stands, but yesterday he looked to lay it off..
If he keeps that mentality up he will be a big plus for us..
I think you're the one guilty of being sensitive with that response to be honest. i merely asked you a genuine question.Jeez why are people so fucking sensitive on here....used to be a laugh on here, now its all just graphs, probability theories and heat maps.
Why so fucking serious? Did I insult your mum