redcucumber
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Wtf? I'm flabbergasted that anyone could have watched that and not think Antony was our only outlet in midfield and attack.You can add Antony to that list. Awful.
Wtf? I'm flabbergasted that anyone could have watched that and not think Antony was our only outlet in midfield and attack.You can add Antony to that list. Awful.
Stop down playing it ffs.
Nah, Antony has provided dangerous moments. The 3 mentioned have been absolute zeros, they've provided nothing.
Haha, yesThis will be funny if we can sneak a 1-0 win. Otherwise, well...meltdown if we lose I guess
Yeah, this. Zero control at the moment.Not sure tactically what the plan was in midfield for this match but it’s not working. We seem to have vacated the DM position, Sabitzer popping up on the left at times, Bruno all over the place, McTominay playing high. We’ve had no control. Get Fred on for Weghorst or McTominay, drop Sabitzer in from of the back 4 and try and build from there
He’s league 1 player, and there are plenty of options to work around this issue though. For once you can play Rashford up top and have Pallestri/Sancho on the wing. The guy is beyond hopeless, it’s simply inexcusable persisting with again and again.Mate who are you suggesting instead of him? What other strikers exactly has ETH had at his disposal until now? The only reason Wout was signed in the first place is because we have a striker crisis. Yes he’s shite but Martial is basically made of glass and obviously not fit enough to start today. The fact he’s even on the bench feels like a miracle
Doing what, circling our box? Pretty much.They've been all over us.
AWB is sick.Bring on Martial, Fred and wan bissaka for wout, Sabitzer and Dalot.
Injured.Feel if we had more pace on the break, we'd hurt them. Garnacho on for Wout and Rashford up top, hit them on the break when they commit forward.
When you're shit like he is, the manager has to try something else. I don't see what he is bringing, his pressing is useless as he is slow, can't win headers, can't keep the ball, can't shoot. Just doing cardio and sprintingBecause he came in as a last resort fix for our up front position. He's literally the only healthy striker that we can put out there, if you can call him a striker that is.
dalot's done nothing wrong... if anything it's shaw who's strugglingBring on Martial, Fred and wan bissaka for wout, Sabitzer and Dalot.
It's a special award to the worst forward in the Premier League - guess who is the front runner?wtf is the Papa Johns Cup?
As usual, away to better teams we are outplayed completely.
It's not news anymore but this is what will determine if Ten Hag has serious balls.
He needs to find a controlling midfield at all cost in the summer.
Today, by halftime we should be 3 nil down.
How people don't see Midfield is our biggest problem is a mystery to me.
You can't win football games when you don't control games.
I trust the manager will solve this glaring issue in the summer
He tries to complicate at times when it's not needed. If he doesn't trust McT closer to the backline then don't play him at all
As do I!
Shots on target isn't the only metric to measure if we've been 'battered' Newcastle have been far superior in every measurable way.
You must have read my mindApparently shots on target are the only metric to look at.
1.72 to 0.14 xG. They've had 3 clear chances. We've barely participated in the gameEh? They had 3 and we had 1 shot on goal, hardly "battered" ffs, stop overblowing shit up.
Dalot has been fine. How you pick him and not mctominay to come off beggar's beliefBring on Martial, Fred and wan bissaka for wout, Sabitzer and Dalot.
AWB is sick.
Antony was good, but Sabitzer? Completely anonymous and unable to get a foothold in midfield.Dogshit performance so far from most apart from our CBs , DDG and, to a lesser extent, Antony and Sabitzer. Everyone else was pretty crap so far.
Open your eyes fella. That’s as big a 0-0 battering as you could get. You’re totally missing the fact they should have “easily” scored 3 goals so far.Eh? They had 3 and we had 1 shot on goal, hardly "battered" ffs, stop overblowing shit up.
Yeah let's just use shots on target..that chance Willock blazed over wasn't a clear cut chance because he missed the targetOh yeah, the modern and magical XG stuff, ffs.
Stuart Attwell