[Eurotrash]

Stamp on Garnacho and he blows for HT. Ugh.

Made my blood boil that.

 

[sglowrider]

Surely ball retention/possession is over-rated.

Might be saying something controversial but goals win games. Not ball possession.

 

[SilentWitness]

Is Barkley on loan from Chelsea, or do Luton actually own him?

He left Chelsea in 2022.

 

[Leftback99]

Woeful half. We’re dreadful

 

[kouroux]

What the feck was that? Maguire runs half the length of the pitch, only to pass 10 yards square to Regulion behind him, who then lumps it into the box from the half way line to one man in the form of Hojlund. Is this what we do now?

That pass behind, it's a good point because it should be a simple one carrying the attack forward. It killed all momentum, besides Maguire didn't need to run with it over that distance

 

[Oranges038]

If Maguire could move the ball half a second quicker and play the ball in front of people instead of behind, his passing would be more productive.

 

[JeffFromHK]

Our players have no intensity and urgency. just pure pedestrian football

 

[LDUred]

That looked like a yellow card and a stamp.

We'd probably have someone sent off for that in Europe.

 

[Oldham]

By the same logic that's a red card for stamp on Garnacho

 

[FlapR]

How the feck is that not a foul?

 

[rio's upper lip]

Maguire consistently passes the ball behind his man, killing half the momentum. When done enough times, it really does something to our attacking flow.

 

[HookedOnAPhelan]

At least we're controlling the game. Keep this up and we'll win.

 

[crossy1686]

Very fair thought but this fan base and the club in general thinks any decent youth product is the next big thing.

He possibly can be, but he really needs to improve in some very obvious areas before he should be relied upon.

 

[Ayoba]

Poor on the wings again

 

[amolbhatia50k]

We played in well in that 1st half but final third cutting edge is non existent. Holjund's was a good save but the rest were all hopeless efforts.

 

[GazTheLegend]

Stamp on Garnacho and he blows for HT. Ugh.

Yeah sometimes I wonder if I'm going mad, commentators didn't even mention it, he caught Garnacho there.

 

[crossy1686]

That first half is the definition of 6/10.

A 6!? That's a 4 or a 5 max.

 

[calodo2003]

MEN…

Onana

Terrific save. 7

Dalot

Good cross that McTominay wasted. 7

Maguire

Could be more adventurous. 6

Lindelof

Looks tired already. 5

Reguilon

Erratic again. 5

Eriksen

Came off injured. 5

McTominay

Limited in the play. 5

Rashford

Not at it. 5

Fernandes

Some okay moments. 6

Garnacho

Bright but missed a great chance. 6

Hojlund

Missed the best chance of the match. 6

 

[FerociousCorgis]

Mctominay is an absolute waste of space. 2 fecking goals late at Brentford and now he gets this apparently fecking special role where he can contribute absolute nothing on the off chance he provides a random goal in box

 

[Freak]

Our strikers are really impotent in front of goal. That Garnacho change - I mean how difficult is it to either finish it first time or immediately after you take your first touch.

 

[Yorkeontop]

Thanks for that. I'm sticking a tenner on Luton for the win now.

It's the only wise choice, I saw 9/1 on Skybet.

 

[glasgow 21]

Erikson off is a blow.

you are not watching the match then ? He was useless.

 

[The Hilton]

Do you know how the xG is calculated? It's based on where the shot is taken, it doesn't say anything on how well the player executed the finish.

Which is why we got smashed by the Scouse lot 7-0 off 3 xG. Because they have players that can actually finish their dinner.

The Luton chance was a theoretically hard but it was hit well and Onana made a great save relatively low and in the corner. So try again with your moral lessons.

You stated it was the best chance of the match. That was nonsense, no two ways about it. The statement amounts to nothing more than a tantrum. The adult thing to do is hold your hands up and admit it was frustration, but doubling down and defending it (along with some strange deflection to the Liverpool match) means you lose all credibility when insulting the intelligence of others.

 

[yamo123x]

Maguire's distribution has been superb this half but there isn't a single element of quality to our attacking play, very very poor.

We don't have a single player who can weave some magic, beat a man or play a killer pass. Bruno needs 20 attempts at the latter before one might work

 

[Zed is not dead]

Quite a good half, we’ve been Dominating the game, forcing turnaround and created chances. But as usual we lack that goal that would put us ahead and allow us to develop our game more comfortably

 

[Pronewbie]

Do any of us here think there's something to build on for the future? Just a little improvement here and there from some players, as well as some replacements, and we could be a really good side.

 

[GazTheLegend]

We played in well in that 1st half but final third cutting edge is non existent. Holjund's was a good save but the rest were all hopeless efforts.

He should have scored. Took too many touches when he had all the time in the world to score, just needed one touch and bang and he fecked it

 

[lsd]

At least we're controlling the game. Keep this up and we'll win.

Home to Luton and this is a positive.

 

[ClassOf'99]

Maguire consistently passes the ball behind his man, killing half the momentum. When done enough times, it really does something to our attacking flow.

Still doing better than Lindelof having to wait for Eriksen or Bruno to come make the pass for him

 

[hobbers]

Like how the club thought Rashford and Garnacho were the left wing sorted for the long term

We've never had lower quality wide players than this.

At least Valencia and Young could hit a cross.

 

[predator]

Impressed at how average we are in both attack and defense.

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

feck, I'm still mad at Garnacho for wasting that 1v1 with the goalkeeper. Do they ever teach players how to fire a ball away these days? Why the need for a totally needless extra touch?

 

[Idxomer]

Rashford and Garnacho lack quality, the former is playing on autopilot mode.

Bruno is average and doesn't have the talent to operate in tight areas.

McTominay is nowhere to be seen.

Lindelof is soft and slow in moving the ball, Maguire isn't much better.

 

[Delano]

We're so wasteful.

 

[Ceteris]

Lost count on the number of times Rasmus has trapped the ball in the penalty box and we have no one near him.

 

[crossy1686]

That pass behind, it's a good point because it should be a simple one carrying the attack forward. It killed all momentum, besides Maguire didn't need to run with it over that distance

Exactly, it's all clueless, make it up as you go along, styles of play.

 

[Valencia Shin Crosses]

Surely ball retention/possession is over-rated.

Might be saying something controversial but goals win games. Not ball possession.

Sure but it’s not like we haven’t created chances. We are just hopelessly poor in front of goal. Countless off target shots or failing to get a shot off

 

[Alemar]

Very poor first half again. We need to put on Mainoo for McTominay at half time, and Reguilon is also extremely underwhelming

 

[Sassy Colin]

He left Chelsea in 2022.

He's been missing for about 5 years

 

[Yagami]

man, I want us to shut up those Luton fans. Hopefully with a Rashford goal just because they're booing him.