Big teams win these games and win Tuesday. We aren't there yet and people just accept it.
I really just want this season over with now.
@ me with your man of the match nominations
I bet you he gets moved back to CB eventually, he isn’t that good a CM. We will likely upgrade in the CM area soon and he is now well behind Sissoko....Dier is not a CB
Can play there of course but he is 400% a midfielder now
Eriksen! I made him our MotM.Moura, Foyth, Rose and Sanchez. Anyone missing?
I’m surprisingly calm after that, the performance didn’t surprise me at all, it’s not out of character for us this season.
We’ve kinda got away with it, all I can do is hope this lot get their heads right over the summer and perform to their true level next season.
Could not disagree with any of that we’ve lost 12 league games.
The Champs league run and moving into new stadium are massive positives but we have been very fortunate that those around us have been brick.
It’s not been great on pitch this season for the most part. Need a serious clear up squad wise.
Looks like an error selling Dembele for me.
Let’s hope we can scrape over the line but after today I have doubts.
Agree with all of that. Losing 12 games is scary. We haven’t lost that many for a long time. From 2015-2017 particularly, we were tough to beat.
We’re at the end with this squad of players. Pochs gotten everything he can out of them really. That’s not to see we need to offload loads of them but we definitely need 3-5 new faces of a good standard. Another window sitting on our hands or with Danny reaching for Google and we are fudged.
Are you saying the World Cup has a toll on the players?Will be difficult to get that many quality players in at once but let’s hope something happens.
We’ve looked fragile this season for first time in a couple of years. The fact all the English and Belgian lads went to last weekend of World Cup must of had an effect .
Onwards COYS
We’re at the end with this squad of players. Pochs gotten everything he can out of them really. That’s not to say we need to offload loads of them but we definitely need 3-5 new faces of a good standard
It's not all bad, I had £10 on Spam, won £75.
'at the end' is a bit dramatic, but the end but I agree with. Ignoring replacing any departures, we need a new RB, a replacement for Dembele and then increase our attacking options so that we have 8 rather than the 6 currently (I dont count Llorente, Janssen or GKN, but have included Lamela, even though he's a squad filler rather than actual productive first teamer)
Have to say, I’m also not buying the “weren’t up for it because of Tuesday.” They’re professional footballers. The least they can be is up for it. If they’re tired fair enough but if they just strolled around saving themselves for Tuesday, they should be told to fudge off.
One of the reasons I don’t buy it is because Sonny doesn’t have Tuesday and that was arguably his worst performance of the season.
We need to get rid of disfunctional players... ones that are injured or simply not good enough
That creates space for others to come in
West ham crowded the middle of the pitch which made it hard for our central players, we didn't have anything else to threaten them with - out wide or going long was ineffective
We need to get rid of disfunctional players... ones that are injured or simply not good enough
That creates space for others to come in
Yes, but there two types of problems:
1) positions where we simply don't have enough players - attacking areas (I dont count jansse and GKN as players), and the vacant Dembele position
2) positions where we have players but they're been failing for too long and need upgrading - mainly right-back in my view
Methinks a bit of perspective is called for here. Kane was a big miss today; others have been out for prolongued spells eg Lamela, Aurier, meaning eg Eriksen, Toby have had to play way too many games resulting in noticeable signs of fatigue; others again are battling through a spell of poor form, eg Dele, others again eg Rose, Foyth are having to play out of position.Agree with all of that. Losing 12 games is scary. We haven’t lost that many for a long time. From 2015-2017 particularly, we were tough to beat.
We’re at the end with this squad of players. Pochs gotten everything he can out of them really. That’s not to say we need to offload loads of them but we definitely need 3-5 new faces of a good standard. Another window sitting on our hands or with Danny reaching for Google and we are fudged.