The picture was fine. Nice to hear old Clive again, as well.
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The picture was fine. Nice to hear old Clive again, as well.
‘Hassle free returns’. Just send the whole match back and get a new one :cloud9:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I was thinking that this is the most appalling team we’ve seen since the early 80s, so maybe things might start to improve now? Then I remembered the 6 years between 1981 and 1987 :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Trent
Someone will surely come to the rescue? Just like George Graham did back then. Somebody get Mikel Arteta a camel coat!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I tried the option where you turn the commentators off but it was just a bit weird tbh. Maybe a better performance and the crowd waking up and it might have worked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
You mean when we had David O'Leary? You know, a proper, world class centre-half? Bet you'd forgotten such a player existed. But in the old days, we had someone with a number 5 or 6 on his back who actually stopped opposing attackers as opposed to stepping out of their way and politely waving them through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I think the midfield is the bigger problem defensively. Opposition players should not be running directly at your back four. It happens pretty much every time we lose the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Sounds like the real problem is opposition players?
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Originally Posted by Peter
We could ask them to stop doing it but I think they would view that as an unreasonable request.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
our entire team think that defending involves running backwards towards our own goal whilst not making a fúcking challenge for the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Leno (and maybe Kolasinac) apart, that team performance was a fúcking shambles. Or indeed, as they pointed out last night, not a team, 11 players.
Right. I'm sure our lads all look terrific in training.
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Originally Posted by Peter
To some extent, the running backwards is the job of the back four. It's the fact that nobody is running backwards (or running at all) that is the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
For that second Norwich goal the back four retreated to the box, in a line, forced the guy on the ball wide and stopped him at the edge of the box. So he turned inside, played the ball into an advancing midfielder who was stood totally on his own outside the box and walked straight through. He must have run past three of our midfielders to get there.
Arguably the back four did its job but the midfield cover was nowhere to be seen.
I've been making the same point, p - no one listensQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Also a very good pointQuote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
It's comical, every time, there's a massive whole in the middle of the park.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter