True that. There's more than one rat in the cellar.There's making Eriksen your focal point, which is one thing, but Eriksen's inclusion or exclusion can't make up for centre halves who can't track their men.
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True that. There's more than one rat in the cellar.There's making Eriksen your focal point, which is one thing, but Eriksen's inclusion or exclusion can't make up for centre halves who can't track their men.
last night we saw something really special. Yes it was “only” Red Star Belgrade, but for the first time in a long time, we absolutely put the opposition to the sword with flowing and aggressive football.
He'd need to learn to remember to actually take the ball with him when doing a fancy Cruyff-type turn in his own half with virtually no defence behind him, not leave it behind for the opponent just a few feet awayAnd Red Star's number 10 (Marin) might not be a bad bet as a replacement...
Seriously miss the irreplaceable Dembele, what a great loss that basically occurred after that last ankle injury. He possessed amazing skills and delivered amongst quality opposition and seems to be more impressive the longer time goes by.I’m going to shoot from the hip here and say that I think our poor form seems to have coincided with the demise and then sale of our Belgian Prince Dembele. We’ve huffed and puffed through many games since he went and I think that there was a lack of forward planning in relation to his successor.
I was a huge Moose fan and perhaps I’m looking at things through rosy coloured glasses but he played his last game for us last December and to my mind, our problem this calendar year has been not having anyone close to being able to what he did, & therefore trying new systems (that fucking diamond being one) to fill the hole he left.
We’ve tried a variety of DM alternatives and combinations, but it’s taking a long time to fill the boots of that giant of a man.
I don’t think it’s feasible to find another Moose. He really was one of a kind. We shot ourselves in the foot by not planning for his eventual departure.
lack of transfer activity & Poch trying to put square plugs in round holes caused this.
last night we saw something really special. Yes it was “only” Red Star Belgrade, but for the first time in a long time, we absolutely put the opposition to the sword with flowing and aggressive football.
would love us to really give it a go on Sunday against the dippers. The result is not as important as the performance. Nobody expects us to win. The dippers were even strong favourites to beat united at OT on Sunday. Not many teams down the years have been favourites away at OT.
Poch May just have found the answer...& that answer may well be not trying to shoehorn Eriksen into the team & the team looking shit whether Eriksen plays or not
Maybe it has something to do with that we played...Everton?Also felt we were a lot better defensively today than we were last week against Liverpool - we held our own and were unlucky not to get the 3 points.
I’m going to shoot from the hip here and say that I think our poor form seems to have coincided with the demise and then sale of our Belgian Prince Dembele. We’ve huffed and puffed through many games since he went and I think that there was a lack of forward planning in relation to his successor.
I was a huge Moose fan and perhaps I’m looking at things through rosy coloured glasses but he played his last game for us last December and to my mind, our problem this calendar year has been not having anyone close to being able to what he did, & therefore trying new systems (that fucking diamond being one) to fill the hole he left.
We’ve tried a variety of DM alternatives and combinations, but it’s taking a long time to fill the boots of that giant of a man.
I don’t think it’s feasible to find another Moose. He really was one of a kind. We shot ourselves in the foot by not planning for his eventual departure.
lack of transfer activity & Poch trying to put square plugs in round holes caused this.
last night we saw something really special. Yes it was “only” Red Star Belgrade, but for the first time in a long time, we absolutely put the opposition to the sword with flowing and aggressive football.
would love us to really give it a go on Sunday against the dippers. The result is not as important as the performance. Nobody expects us to win. The dippers were even strong favourites to beat united at OT on Sunday. Not many teams down the years have been favourites away at OT.
Poch May just have found the answer...& that answer may well be not trying to shoehorn Eriksen into the team & the team looking shit whether Eriksen plays or not
Maybe it has something to do with that we played...Everton?