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If you think the both NC games were the same then; you genuinely don't have a fucking clue.
I wasn’t even comparing these two specific games
I wasn’t even comparing these two specific games
So you prefer to not compare like for like and instead just foster narrative-convenient conclusions instead?
Sound like a really objective way to go, that.....
Simple fact is; this season we have pressed more, won back more ball and - contrary to popular belief - not conceded due to our CBs being isolated without support on the break.
I prefer to look at performances in a linear way, that was the point of the discussion anyway, not comparing two fucking games that happened months apart and have different circumstances about them.
You: "Our performances have been the same for a while".
Ummmmmmm no they haven't....... And you haven't cared to quantity your claim.
So; i repeat:
"Simple fact is; this season we have pressed more, won back more ball and - contrary to popular belief - not conceded due to our CBs being isolated without support on the break."
They haven’t? So we played good football consistently, for 90 mins, for more than a couple of games, against sides that were better than 15th place?
You’re going to show me some stats saying how we’re best team at x shit, aren’t you? Oh dear.
Here’s the problem. I agree that we’ve looked a lot better than we did in the spring last year. That Wolves home game in February was basically replayed 10 times the rest of the year… uninspired shite, caught on the break, good night. There is progress especially if Solanke can come back firing.
However. We really needed results from these first 3 matches. Why?
We have EL football coming and it’s going to hit our squad like a train.
We rely on pressing and intensity and sprints back for defensive recovery. What happens when we play Thursday and then Sunday? Ange has no experience in Europe yet. It’s a big variable that no one can have an answer to yet, not until we see it. We have threadbare defensive depth and Richy is already hurt meaning our forward line ain’t all that either. Yes, the performances are indicative of something better, but the performances will decline during the EL group stage. And knowing that, I’d much rather be on 9 than 4 points.
However. We really needed results from these first 3 matches. Why?
We have EL football coming and it’s going to hit our squad like a train.
We rely on pressing and intensity and sprints back for defensive recovery. What happens when we play Thursday and then Sunday? Ange has no experience in Europe yet. It’s a big variable that no one can have an answer to yet, not until we see it. We have threadbare defensive depth and Richy is already hurt meaning our forward line ain’t all that either. Yes, the performances are indicative of something better, but the performances will decline during the EL group stage. And knowing that, I’d much rather be on 9 than 4 points.
It seems the system relies on two players being fit (solanke and VdV). Then the team essentially score a hatful before half time while on top, that way when they pump a couple of balls through and they score we should have enough.
If we don't score enough as we have seen, then we don't get the results, it seems to all be a bit of Russian roulette.
Richy is finished ffs
Fuck that mentalist - off to Turkey hopefully
Agree on Solanke
Agree with you and the daft concentration lapses have all been from the same player.
Yeah cause you offered so much…
Same shit - again
ANgeBall is not ideal/suited for the current team/squad.
it is like russian roulette - we might win 3:0 lose 6:4. The backs are not backs but strikers. esp last season with romero in the opp box a doZen times. Udogie spent more time upfront like closer to Vicario.
A hallmark of any good team is SOLID defence.
it is like russian roulette - we might win 3:0 lose 6:4. The backs are not backs but strikers. esp last season with romero in the opp box a doZen times. Udogie spent more time upfront like closer to Vicario.
A hallmark of any good team is SOLID defence.