Rose on form, yes. Rose on Big Mac meals, no.Yes..but Rose on form is a strong player and can make those forward runs!
To have played the better, and lost is hard to take. How did we lose that? Answer: they defended better than us and scored with both shots.
Do we miss Toby? We didn't apart from for 5 minutes. Just that lapse in focus. So yes we missed him.
We were by far the better team, but in both games we let them score twice, and that is why we lost.
I can't like this post more than once by a click, so I'll like it in words. We have much to learn and I trust we have the right personnel in place to learn. And improve.So close today. All credit to Poch and the team for being the better side. Poch: sort the defense and be on your toes with subs and changing the team shape. Otherwise we were excellent.
I like your post mate but I disagree with one point which is that we have a few major milestones to overcome. We have one imo, we need our players to keep focussed in the big games. Unfortunately in games like this trippiers’ lack of defensive quality and Sanchez’s inexperience cost us today.
I've been seriously frustrated by the way we have played against Huddersfield and Palace. We took the mindset that we had against them into the match today, expecting Juve to cause us as few problems as those two teams did.
Our forwards might be tinkled with the defenders, but they have to take a look at themselves because a team like Liverpool (yeah that's right, I'm gonna bring them into it), would've finished Juve off over the two legs.
I felt that Moura (if fit) would have been a better sub than Lamela OR Llorente. Lamela, since he came back, has lacked incisiveness and Llorente requires us to play a different style. Moura could have been a direct threat, stretching Juve and possibly picking up a free kick for us in a dangerous area.
Did you not see how they controlled the tempo of the game, knew when to take a risk, when to close up shop, when to press etc. They gambled and it paid off.
Yes we do need to be more clever in knockout football.
The ratio of shots on target to goals against us is unreal
Did you not see how they controlled the tempo of the game, knew when to take a risk, when to close up shop, when to press etc. They gambled and it paid off.
Yes we do need to be more clever in knockout football.
Balls out for FA Cup now.
1 game a week almost every week
4th is in our own hands.
Still a lot to play for.
Hopefully the players will stay fully motivated.
He also knew they had the nouse to kick lumps out of us and get away with it. And he also knew that the ball wouldn't bounce for us when it needed to. And he also knew he could foul Kane as much as he liked and get away with it. I hope he still has pain from where Suarez bit him.
Bit disappointed with that comment. Not very classy.
Good summary Steff, but I am still gutted. The only consolation for me is that Poch will be learning from this experience and to put it into perspective there are far worse things happening in the world at the moment.We were clearly naive, but I think Bartender should’ve seen red for his disgraceful dark arts on Sonny, and Pjanic got away with two second yellows. We needed to score more for what we created.
Not sure what happened with Dier’s arm as he clearly couldn’t move it properly? Poch should’ve subbed Wanyama on right after the first Juve goal to bring a bit of fresh energy into that area of the pitch. For me, Davo made a fatal error pushing up on that second - you have to win that challenge if you push that high.
Lesson in dark arts football tonight, the Old Lady showing that even though she is approaching Grannyhood, she still knows how to swing those hips and get a cheeky twinkle from the youth. That goes for management too. They went 3 at the back and we simply did not adapt quickly enough...a fine run regardless. COYS!
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