clintdempsey

Not as shit as shipping 3 and losing to Forest and shipping 4 against Luton tbh.

It’s starting to get a bit tedious this. It all seems so avoidable. 😢

To be honest it’s been a real bitch of a season in regards to schedule, injuries and plain bad luck. And it probably always would be after last season’s performances where a lot of things fell our way. I get as frustrated with Eddie and some of the players as anyone from time to time and I do think that mistakes have been made in regards to how we have approached the season. Still it’s important to remember that we as a club and Eddie as a manager (as well as most of the players) are in uncharted waters here. Everyone connected is learning on the go. As frustrating as this season has been from time to time we’ve had a lot of great experiences, performances and results. And it will only get better - it might take a while but if there’s a manager that I’d put my trust in to better himself and find a way it’s probably Eddie. European football is still on the cards in some form for next season as well as a chance at the FA Cup. There are more awesome memories to be milked out of the tit that is this season IMO.

I just realised Højlund is the spitting image of Swedish singer Christer Sjögren. I think we can safely say that we all know what Mrs. Højlund was doing back in 2002. And it sure as hell wasn’t Mr. Højlund. 😮

Whichever way we try to spin it - a draw at home against Luton (however spirited their performance was) is a bad result. Add to that the beating we took at their place and it’s terrible. We were good at Villa (and Villa were a bit rank tbh) but what happened today? So many errors both unforced and due to their press, the decision making both on and off the pitch left a lot to be desired today.

Get in! Kill them off now please.

Absolutely seething here. I can take losing against well drilled sides (as Luton are), but it’s hard to accept us making so many mistakes time and again and when we get pure stupidity like the pen (or the insistence of keeping him on tbh).

Abysmal. What a stupid decision that is.

Well, we could’ve avoided that. Pathetic from Burn tbh. Heart in mouth moment here.

Luton having more possession than us at SJP. Let that sink in for a second. 😂 We’ve stood off the pressing again today from what I can see as well. 😟

We’ve not been good so far. Look OK going forward but far too sloppy in passing and defence. Like night and day compared to the Villa game (or maybe Villa were worse than we thought).

For fucks sake.

Was Canizares and a glass bottle. Got a nasty cut from the broken glass that severed a tendon in his foot. 😱

That’s a fucking away performance! Well done the lads and staff! Let’s get a striker in and finish the second half of the season strong!

Great first half. This feels like the ‘old’ NUFC. Good press, better on the ball and a more solid defensively. Think the midfield 3 has looked good with better balance than the last few weeks. BDB has been monstrous this far. Praying that we don’t concede possession and back off 23/24 away style during the second half. Classic kick to the bollocks with Isak going off - need cover for the forward areas ASAP.

It’s meant to be at this point. Come save us sweet prince.

What’s that saying? Availability is the best ability. For fucks sake. 😫

You beauty! Please keep this up. Don’t sit back. 🥹

Probably the best 15 minutes in 2-3 months tbh. Keep going.

We're clearly trying to play with a flat midfield three. When everyone is on their game, energy levels high and confidence rocketing this is fine. When one or more of these things are lacking we'll suffer from it. To me it looks like we're trying to counter that by sitting a bit deeper - to our detriment in my opinion. But with the options we have we can't really do much. Had we had a DM Howe would surely have rotated and changed things up but none of the three current options have the positional reliability to do this well. And of course we miss our shiny 60 million Italian, Willock and Big Joe. Hell, I'd wager that Anderson would've been awesome to have the last few months as well.

This is more to do with our midfielders being caught too high IMO. We have the same issue (in reverse) with our build-up play at the moment. We're clearly under instructions to build from the back but with the current midfield trio none of them gets into deep positions to pick up the ball, and when Bruno does Longstaff is often in the wrong position (and not good enough on the ball to be considered a safe option to progress the ball up the pitch) and Miley is seemingly still not trusted whilst he often finds himself in good positions. To me we're looking more and more like a result of the piss poor luck we've had with injuries, gambling, tough fixtures and not enought rest time to build. The structure is a bit off as it has been away from home most off the season and the confidence is low after this run. Let's just get Villa out of the way and avoid a blow out. Then we can look forward to a couple of easier games as well as maybe some more players back. Mid- to long term we'll be absolutely fine, it's frustrating as fuck though.

Had a few shaky moments in the first half - mainly some stray passes during a wild 2-3 minute period. Tbf he hardly got any protection from AG10 either. Gets his head on everything (not particularly accurate mind) and lovely to see him get a goal.

I thought we looked really rough until we got the 2nd. After that we controlled the game better. In the end the result is what matters - but the performance didn't really inspire confidence for tuesday night. We really, really, really need to find a new midfielder down the back of the couch before the window closes. Something is off with the balance - though it did look better when Miley and Longy switched sides.

Thought he did very well last night. Seems to be getting better with his positioning as well. He's a gem for sure.

Thank fuck for that.