Never a pen. Piss off Var.
EDIT: Oh potential handball
EDIT: Oh potential handball
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Stupid from ODowda but game should have been stopped for the Greek player faking head injury.
This is as bad as I've seen us play in a long time.
This is as bad as I've seen us play in a long time.
Fecking clown. How do players still put their arms out like that?
Looks onside
Looks on to me
Goal back in this
Looked clearly onside in real-time ffs
Great goal
Feck yes. Great stuff!
We really need to hold on to the ball better. We're just putting ourselves under pressure repeatedly.
Stephen Ireland's regen is a tidy player.
Apparently Greece have averaged 60%+ possession in their campaign so far. You can see why. We’ve been a bit shit though. Boss man Ste-o needs to sort this out at half time.
Think I'd put Obafemi and Knight on for Idaho and Smallbone. Knight might have a bit more bite in midfield.
Kenny got badly out-tacticed (to quote Big Sam) by Poyet in that first half. Our wing backs aren't offering enough penetration (or quality in the case of Matt "lightly floated chip to our wingers that they have no hope of competing for" Doherty) and Greece are creating overloads galore on their left.
Needs sorting out at half time.
Needs sorting out at half time.
Idah’s been one of our best players? (low bar but still…) Agree the game’s been passing Smallbone by
If we play with a midfield in the second half we might do better.
Small-bone has been awful but he's on a hiding to nothing with the Greek shape on his side.
Small-bone has been awful but he's on a hiding to nothing with the Greek shape on his side.
Oh definitely not meant as a criticism of him, he's been good. Just think Obafemi might give us something different with how the game is going and that Ferguson is more likely to get us a goal.
Hmmmm Smallbone doesn't seem the player for the way we want to play tonight.
Shite
L o l
Obafemi’s got goals in him and Idah never looks like scoring. So makes sense from that point of view.
Anyhoo. Johnstone on. Be good to get a look at him.
EDIT: Feck. 2-1.
Feck.
O’ Dowda is having a nightmare. Not a defensive bone in his body.
We're shite.
We lack a proper midfield, and have for years
As Liam Brady said at half time.
“What’s going wrong in midfield? They’re just not good enough”
Matt Doherty is absolutely shite. Kenny should be sacked just for picking him in every fecking game.
He offers nothing.
I don’t understand starting 2 big strikers and no width and taking one-off we still have no width
Our patented donut formation & tactics is on full display here.
He’s been a recent regular starter in the Premier League. Literally the only outfielder you can say that about. He has to start.
He's decent. One of the better ones.
Anyhow, decent performance so far, just lacking a cutting edge, Ferguson seems a little off the pace so far.
Never been impressed whenever I’ve seen him play for you guys or his club. Can’t see him lasting long at Spurs as doesn’t fit into an Ange.P side.
He was released in January
I miss Jeff Hendrick
Jaysus... Things are bad
Good effort from Collins there.
Ahh thanks for the correction. I thought he was on loan to Atletico
How the hell is McClean still getting game time? Offers nothing.