Mason does look shot. I don't think he **scrambles for cover** is starting X1 material. Tries his bollocks off to be fair but that's not enough on its own. We need a power house alongside Bentaleb.
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You are absolutely right. Mason said exactly the same thing yesterday.We always try and beat teams like City, Woolwich and United by playing better than them though, no way would we line up like Burnley or Palace ... 9 behind the ball hope to nick one on the break.
Are you seriously saying that Moussa Dembele is an excellent attacking midfielder?We have played with one up top because Poch prefers that system.
We have dropped the other two strikers from all activity for 6 months because Poch prefers that system.
We have dropped an excellent CM because Poch prefers that system.
So yesterday Poch goes with 3 strikers up top and one AM to save the game.
I am yet to be convinced Poch can change it up for the better.
If we qualified for CL Id be delighted.
We´ll see next year if he can deliver his target and improve on Tim and AVB.
Mason does look shot. I don't think he **scrambles for cover** is starting X1 material. Tries his bollocks off to be fair but that's not enough on its own. We need a power house alongside Bentaleb.
Are you seriously saying that Moussa Dembele is an excellent attacking midfielder?
Please give the facts to back that statement up. This was the man who was going to be the next to go to Real Madrid. When you mention Dembele you invariably hear the words ' potential, unused & frustrating' I somehow don't think Moussa will ever start beating players in the final third, assisting or scoring more than 3 league goals a season. He's stuck in his ways and unable to change.
Since he's been with us he's underperformed or been injured. He usually cannot last 90 mins.
He also cost as much as Paulinho and has given us 3 league goals and 5 assists in 3 seasons. Nobody has really called him a waste of money.
Paulinho has done better with goals, so has Chadli, and Lamela has been more of an asset setting up goals.
Sorry, but we need AM's who can create & score goals, we have to many midfielders in the squad who are goal shy and uncreative.
By all means play Moussa instead of Bentaleb. He's strong on the ball, wins a tackle and will play a simple ball.
We just don't need another C midfielder who will not get into the box, cant pass and move, does not create enough and is goal shy.
Or are you talking about Andros Townsend?
The manager really cannot win. If he rotates the squad each week he will be accused of tinkering and not playing a settled team, you know the kind of settled team Chavs have been lauded for.
If he picks the same team each week he will be accused of not using the other players.
Yet there are the COC, FA, EL and EPL. He used different teams for that and was accused of not taking some seriously because he never picked the same strongest team he did in the EPL?
We will probably finish 6th, no different from last year despite getting to a final and using the 'shittiest players'. We are 6th because we have a squad that is capable of that. Let's not try and kid ourselves that AVB, TS and now MP have all failed to get the best out of these 'world class' players we have.
I suspect the only way of neutralising Aguero's goal scoring threat is by getting him to sign for Tottenham
Jesus Sammy - your gripes have a main part?Thats a long post. Odd how you ignored the main part of my gripe.
The sudden and inexplicable use if playing strikers and one AM.
Jesus Sammy - your gripes have a main part?
they all seem solid, 100% to the core, from first - to full stop.
Eriksen had a bad game, subed with Paulinho, Soldado on because we wanted two strikers to try to get back into the game. In the 85min Ade was subed on as a last desperate attempt to get a goal. Can you please clarify whats so "absurd" and "nonsensical" ?As does playing three strikers and one AM....two of the strikers the manager "doesnt trust"....but he thought they could do a job against City, in a formation we have never played before, after 4 months on the bench)
But join the club and avoid admitting it was an absurd, desperate and nonsensical way to try and get back into the game.
If our team has too many forward players, who gets the ball back and passes it to them?Eriksen had a bad game, subed with Paulinho, Soldado on because we wanted two strikers to try to get back into the game. In the 85min Ade was subed on as a last desperate attempt to get a goal. Can you please clarify whats so "absurd" and "nonsensical" ?
We did play better after Soldado (and Paulinho) came on. In the last 30min Kane was alone with Hart, Soldado had a blocked shot, Paulinho one header and a dangerous shot, Lamela had a good chance(from Rose's cross).If our team has too many forward players, who gets the ball back and passes it to them?
everyone's an expert eh?I have one main gripe and most of our problems boil down to the misuse of the squad.
Rotation and poor meaningless subs fall under that.
As does playing three strikers and one AM....two of the strikers the manager "doesnt trust"....but he thought they could do a job against City, in a formation we have never played before, after 4 months on the bench)
But join the club and avoid admitting it was an absurd, desperate and nonsensical way to try and get back into the game.