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Overall a fairly dull game and perhaps we should of pressed early second half and tried to get the second. However when the draw was made, Monaco away, I'm sure like myself most of us would settle for a point. It wasn't our strongest side with the likes of Son, Walker and perhaps Mason but was very close to being our best staring 11. Monaco didn't show much promise.
We'll take the point, sit top of the group and the fact Carrier Bag beat Anderlecht is a blessing. When we take on Monaco at the Lane in December I would expect to see 3 points. Poch is clearly valuing the competition and let's hope for his sake it pays off. Get behind the lads, 3 points against Swansea this weekend then a couple of weeks to prepare for the bin dippers at home.
COYS!!!
We'll take the point, sit top of the group and the fact Carrier Bag beat Anderlecht is a blessing. When we take on Monaco at the Lane in December I would expect to see 3 points. Poch is clearly valuing the competition and let's hope for his sake it pays off. Get behind the lads, 3 points against Swansea this weekend then a couple of weeks to prepare for the bin dippers at home.
COYS!!!
Without watching it again, I'm thinking Rose closed down the cross, Vertonghen covered near post, Alderweireld was marking the striker and Trippier was on El Shaarawry as the left winger. To be fair it was a good cross, whipped into a perfect area with pace so I don't want to be too harsh on any of them.
Disclaimer, I might be wrong I haven't seen it since the replay during the match.
I'd be surprised if there are many people left thinking Trippier is better than Walker though, only one winner there hands down.
Same way I never understood why people expected him to come in and be first choice. There are still calls for him to be selected for the 'first XI' in the league despite Walker being one of our best players this season...
Wasnt the most exciting game ever but still we created enough to win it and lost the 3 points due to a sequence of sloppy play, not covering the ball that went to Dirar, Dirar getting way too much time to put in his cross (but a perfect cross it was) and Trippier slow to react (but against a player running at the goal, it happens) and Lloris not being his super sharp self.
He has a great cross in him, but his defensive work is average.
Missed the first half as our car fit towed away while costing a beach in tenerife. Looks like I missed the best half for us.
Overall a good draw away from home to a team that played champions league last season and possibly our hardest fixture (on paper) within the group.
Lemela going off changed the dinamics of our attack and let Monaco into the game more.
Overall a good draw away from home to a team that played champions league last season and possibly our hardest fixture (on paper) within the group.
Lemela going off changed the dinamics of our attack and let Monaco into the game more.
Yep I think you may be correct. It makes sense to prioritise the two competitions that lead to a CL place, the LC & FAC only lead to Europa and by chasing hard
for a top 4 finish we will more than likely end up returning to Europa (again) next season.
Confirmation will come when see his line up for the FAC game.
I think Poch should have put Carroll on for Lamela and maybe Njie for Kane. We would have kept the ball better and still had an outlet.
I have to agree, Carol would have provided us with a better option to retain the ball better, we seemed to give it away in the middle and let them attack us 4 on 4 at times.
I'm hoping we get a couple of non league opponents where we can send out our young boys and give the likes of Dier, Toby, Jan, Kane a much needed rest.
Whom would argue at the end of season if we were to get knocked out of both LC and FACUP but finished 4th or a Europa league final.
Do you want him to openly say he isn't satisfied with the squad
A point away from home in Europa is fine. All about winning your home games. Do that and we've qualified.
Thought the first half was excellent, and second half we showed Poch's pressing system in the second half when we had less of the ball. The goal was simply a good cross, excellent header and uncharacteristically poor goalkeeping by Hugo (who'd made a few poor saves to be fair (like when Rose bailed him out not long before)).
Pleased we didn't play kids. First team should be able to play a couple times a week, it's really not that difficult. Would we rotate in CL? Would we fuck. We're in this to win it, and it should be treated with the same importance as the PL in my view.
Thought the first half was excellent, and second half we showed Poch's pressing system in the second half when we had less of the ball. The goal was simply a good cross, excellent header and uncharacteristically poor goalkeeping by Hugo (who'd made a few poor saves to be fair (like when Rose bailed him out not long before)).
Pleased we didn't play kids. First team should be able to play a couple times a week, it's really not that difficult. Would we rotate in CL? Would we fuck. We're in this to win it, and it should be treated with the same importance as the PL in my view.
He needs games to get used to playing with the players around him. Once he has experience of the cover he will or won't get from centre backs and midfielders in front of him, him decision making will improve.
I have to be honest, this was one of the worst away days i've ever been to. The allocation was a fucking joke, we were limited at 950 but the section we were in had a capacity of around 1,500 (we covered 100's of seats with fucking flags!) - and out of the 950 that were there everyone was too focussed in huddling under the 10% of our allocated seats that had a roof over it. Only about 15 people in total that made any noise so the atmosphere was completely wank, the seats could barely see the pitch because they were behind the corner flag and had a running track in the way, and there wasn't even a big congregation of yids the night before because half the people stayed in Monaco and half in Nice. Add to that the match was pretty much a non-event and on the Friday it pissed down with rain all day, and I was left completely disappointed.
Also worth adding that we were held back for 25 minutes after full-time (why?) then marched by riot police all the way back to the train station, meaning we missed the last train to anywhere except Nice, which ws delayed by 30 minutes. In total it was 2 hours from full-time to getting on a train, and the station was a 10 minute walk away.
Also worth adding that we were held back for 25 minutes after full-time (why?) then marched by riot police all the way back to the train station, meaning we missed the last train to anywhere except Nice, which ws delayed by 30 minutes. In total it was 2 hours from full-time to getting on a train, and the station was a 10 minute walk away.
Do you normally lie when someone asks you a straight question ?
Takes all sorts I suppose.