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Pretty pathetic really, did we have a shot on target? Possibly but can’t remember any ‘big’ chances.

Watching Southgate’s England is painful like.

That Chillwell attempted cross redolent of the Geoff Thomas ‘lob’. Obviously not as bad but the same vibes.

Chilwell a weak link in this England team. Bring in Big Dan Burn!

2 minutes ago, Slim said:

Not sure where you are getting that from.  Says in the interview I knew this would happen when I signed and we overachieving last year basically.

Let’s hope so, maybe the general doom and gloom and uncertainty around how much we can really do within the current constraints will focus his mind. 

He’s a goner IMO. Botman’s injury just adding to PSR issues. I’d be disappointed if he went to PSG though, such a shit club.

On 16/03/2024 at 09:31, Groundhog63 said:

You could taste the cunt in the air man ?

Not sure about misty eyed but they made the eyes water! 

Away crowd doing us proud.

Burn! 

Fucking pathetic.

26 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Good man, loved the club

Classy CB in his pomp.

4 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

It’s a probably not a great game to stick in the memory, but the one which always sticks in my mind is the 1-4 home loss in 89/90.  As a kid I loved Steve Bull as an England player, and was excited to see him at SJP.  Wasn’t quite as happy when he absolutely annihilated us and scored all four for them.  Phenomenal centre forward at that level though.  

Was in the Scoreboard that day. From memory Kevin Brock scored a lovely free kick but we might have already been 0-4 down at that stage.

Burn 50p head as usual.

We look knackered, in body and mind.

No idea what formation we are playing, it’s a total pot mess.

Had two wake up calls in last 5 mins. Need to get a grip of this shit now.

A bit too frenetic at the moment. The wastefulness with the ball continues too.

Just now, buzz said:

I know they were great last season but when you look at Schar and Botman tonight it does seem ballsy to play two centre halves almost totally physically immobile

We normally play three.

6 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

I count two players who I would say aren’t first teamers playing - Karius and Miley.  We are playing once per week.  That’s running pretty thin at this point. 

Willock’s on the bench, arguably only missing Joelinton and Tonali from the first 11.

Defending this season has been shocking.

Just now, Collage said:

We’re not this bad. Really off our game

We are letting in at least 2 goals a game. We are this bad defensively.

7 hours ago, Lush Vlad said:

 

Really?  It's blatantly obvious that he is.  He has even got himself in trouble from being too aggressive or misreading it (Liverpool at home last season, West Ham away). 

 

He isn't coming out and dribbling it about and then playing Pirlo'esque diagonals, no.  But he is quite clearly a sweeper keeper.  Even if he is bad with the ball at his feet.  Pretty much all keepers are going to come out and clear the danger and the ball into touch.  Not come out and start passing it about.  

 

https://fbref.com/en/players/4b40d9ca/Nick-Pope

 

Last two stats regarding defensive actions clearly show he is.  There was a stat on Sky the other day showing similar.  Think it is in the Pope thread, even.

 

 

 

 

Maybe some confusion around the definition of terms. If rushing off your line to blast a ball into Row Z makes you a ‘Sweeper Keeper’ then Pope maybe deserves that monicker. He’s more decisive than Dubs who generally misses the window for action and then has to stay on his line and narrow the angle. Pope’s forays out of the box, or anytime he has the ball at his feet, aren’t contributing to any attacking endeavour though. I’m generally peering through my fingers when he attempts to kick the ball.

Dubs hasn’t had an easy ride and he’s suffering a bit from the structural issues in the midfield and the knock on effect to the defence. We’ve conceded a load of goals recently but not that many can be pinned solely on him. One thing I’m not having is Pope as a ‘sweeper keeper’. Are we sure? He’s probably the least equipped GK I’ve seen for a sweeper keeper role.

Didn’t they court Rafa for a while?

7 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

Happy Arsenal are winning but gutted I have Saliba on the bench

Can’t stand Arsenal but I’ve got Saka and Saliba in my team.

40 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Unfortunately want an Arsenal and Man Utd win today.

Fuck both of them, hope they get hammered.