triggs

Mourinho was sacked last time because he had them near the relegation zone, nothing to do with style of play

Pretty sure he'd be good enough for Malmo tbh

But surely every player wants to play in the Champions League in the future of their career? He's obviously thick in that he keeps giving the interviews but I don't really see anything bad in them

Waiting for everyone to criticise Sissoko for this...despite no quotes from him whatsoever in the article. That doesn't really work since what people criticise him for are actual quotes saying he wants away, that appear in articles quite regularly He never actually says he wants to leave, he says that he wants to play in the Champions League in the future but is happy here. Its the frequency of the interviews that is annoying, not the content

Or maybe he's playing in his best position for once and has the freedom to basically run wherever he wants rather than playing out of position on the left wing Sorry, my mistake. I forgot being asked to play left wing means you are allowed to give up entirely and get a free pass to contribute nothing to your team and amble around like absolutely nothing. Even if he was asked to play in f***ing goal I'd have expected to see more from him this season. He's been nothing better than disgraceful for 30 games this year. No excuses can be made for him. Oh he doesn't try, that must mean full backs have been destroying him all season getting assist after assist as Sissoko stands on the half way line waiting for the ball. Nah what actually happened is that Sissoko always tracked his man and full backs very rarely got any chance to attack down his side. What did people expect of him when playing out wide? To just totally leave the flank and come inside and hassle the centre midfielders and leave the full back free reign to do whatever he wanted? He's clearly played badly in some games this season but when has he not tried when he's been playing on the wing, when has a full back been allowed do what he wanted? The only game I can think of is Norwich at home where he got about 4 assists to cancel it out anyway Sorry like, but F1F0 is correct for me. Sissoko has had a shockingly bad attitude all season and whether he likes playing there or not he has shown a total lack of dedication and professionalism for about 25.5 of the games this season. The one really good half he had was that second half against Norwich, who are s**** and maybe one or two decent games against the better sides in the division. On his day, he can be a beast and almost impossible to handle, whether on the right, left or up the middle shouldn't matter such is his physicality. What we have seen under Benitez is him looking like he gives a s*** and even at full back being better than he has been most the season on the wing, which would seemingly be more suited to him. Sissoko proved last night that he should be played where he was (CM). He controlled the midfield and Colback and Tiote swept up behind him. We looked like we had some sort of balance and some sort of fight. Again though, it's one performance too few still at the moment. If he continues in this vain and we stay up maybe I'll forgive him. Let's also not lose sight of the fact we now have a world class manager, the Euro's are coming up and we're likely to be going down - all great reasons for him to up his game. The one thing I will say is I can understand why the players might have been totally uninspired to play for this shambles of a club until Benitez came in like. At least some of the players remained professional though... If his attitude was so bad then why did the full backs up against him almost never do anything going forward? Why did he create the most chances in our team by a mile for the majority of the season? Why did he put in such a good shift when put left back? Sissoko's been very poor this season but you can't accuse him of being lazy. You most certainly can, if last night is anything to compare it against. When you're playing attacking midfield you have more freedom to run wherever you want and close people down in a way that its easy for supporters to see. People would be going mental if when Sissoko was playing on the wing he went all over the place trying to close down defenders and centre midfielders, leaving the left back do what he wants going forward and rightly so. You see an awful lot more full backs play well against us when they are up against Perez and Gini than you do with Sissoko

Or maybe he's playing in his best position for once and has the freedom to basically run wherever he wants rather than playing out of position on the left wing Sorry, my mistake. I forgot being asked to play left wing means you are allowed to give up entirely and get a free pass to contribute nothing to your team and amble around like absolutely nothing. Even if he was asked to play in f***ing goal I'd have expected to see more from him this season. He's been nothing better than disgraceful for 30 games this year. No excuses can be made for him. Oh he doesn't try, that must mean full backs have been destroying him all season getting assist after assist as Sissoko stands on the half way line waiting for the ball. Nah what actually happened is that Sissoko always tracked his man and full backs very rarely got any chance to attack down his side. What did people expect of him when playing out wide? To just totally leave the flank and come inside and hassle the centre midfielders and leave the full back free reign to do whatever he wanted? He's clearly played badly in some games this season but when has he not tried when he's been playing on the wing, when has a full back been allowed do what he wanted? The only game I can think of is Norwich at home where he got about 4 assists to cancel it out anyway Sorry like, but F1F0 is correct for me. Sissoko has had a shockingly bad attitude all season and whether he likes playing there or not he has shown a total lack of dedication and professionalism for about 25.5 of the games this season. The one really good half he had was that second half against Norwich, who are s**** and maybe one or two decent games against the better sides in the division. On his day, he can be a beast and almost impossible to handle, whether on the right, left or up the middle shouldn't matter such is his physicality. What we have seen under Benitez is him looking like he gives a s*** and even at full back being better than he has been most the season on the wing, which would seemingly be more suited to him. Sissoko proved last night that he should be played where he was (CM). He controlled the midfield and Colback and Tiote swept up behind him. We looked like we had some sort of balance and some sort of fight. Again though, it's one performance too few still at the moment. If he continues in this vain and we stay up maybe I'll forgive him. Let's also not lose sight of the fact we now have a world class manager, the Euro's are coming up and we're likely to be going down - all great reasons for him to up his game. The one thing I will say is I can understand why the players might have been totally uninspired to play for this shambles of a club until Benitez came in like. At least some of the players remained professional though... If his attitude was so bad then why did the full backs up against him almost never do anything going forward? Why did he create the most chances in our team by a mile for the majority of the season? Why did he put in such a good shift when put left back? He was put left back with Benitez and he played well there because he was willing to work for Benitez. I said as much before. I think you're also forgetting the number of goals that have come from our right hand side this season. It's not entirely Janmaat's fault as people would have you believe. Sissoko has been completely inept out there and unwilling to contribute, and unsurprisingly when he has been willing he has been effective, but that hasn't been anywhere often enough yet. Wingers should help out their full backs and likewise. Except half the time Moussa has tucked in this season and shown a lack of willingness to do anything and Janmaat has been found at RM most of the time leaving the back four (three?) totally exposed...and when a back four (three?) is totally exposed it will inevitably leak goals, and lots of them when you field the likes of Taylor and unfortunately the past it Coloccini. You're kidding yourself if you think he has been anything more than a 5/10 for the vast majority of this season. He has been a lot better since Rafa has come in and he was seemingly unplayable last night though - I'll give you that. I haven't said anything about his performances so your 5/10 remark is irrelevant and probably accurate enough. Give me some examples of these goals we've conceded due to Sissoko not helping Janmaat out

Or maybe he's playing in his best position for once and has the freedom to basically run wherever he wants rather than playing out of position on the left wing Sorry, my mistake. I forgot being asked to play left wing means you are allowed to give up entirely and get a free pass to contribute nothing to your team and amble around like absolutely nothing. Even if he was asked to play in f***ing goal I'd have expected to see more from him this season. He's been nothing better than disgraceful for 30 games this year. No excuses can be made for him. Oh he doesn't try, that must mean full backs have been destroying him all season getting assist after assist as Sissoko stands on the half way line waiting for the ball. Nah what actually happened is that Sissoko always tracked his man and full backs very rarely got any chance to attack down his side. What did people expect of him when playing out wide? To just totally leave the flank and come inside and hassle the centre midfielders and leave the full back free reign to do whatever he wanted? He's clearly played badly in some games this season but when has he not tried when he's been playing on the wing, when has a full back been allowed do what he wanted? The only game I can think of is Norwich at home where he got about 4 assists to cancel it out anyway Sorry like, but F1F0 is correct for me. Sissoko has had a shockingly bad attitude all season and whether he likes playing there or not he has shown a total lack of dedication and professionalism for about 25.5 of the games this season. The one really good half he had was that second half against Norwich, who are s**** and maybe one or two decent games against the better sides in the division. On his day, he can be a beast and almost impossible to handle, whether on the right, left or up the middle shouldn't matter such is his physicality. What we have seen under Benitez is him looking like he gives a s*** and even at full back being better than he has been most the season on the wing, which would seemingly be more suited to him. Sissoko proved last night that he should be played where he was (CM). He controlled the midfield and Colback and Tiote swept up behind him. We looked like we had some sort of balance and some sort of fight. Again though, it's one performance too few still at the moment. If he continues in this vain and we stay up maybe I'll forgive him. Let's also not lose sight of the fact we now have a world class manager, the Euro's are coming up and we're likely to be going down - all great reasons for him to up his game. The one thing I will say is I can understand why the players might have been totally uninspired to play for this shambles of a club until Benitez came in like. At least some of the players remained professional though... If his attitude was so bad then why did the full backs up against him almost never do anything going forward? Why did he create the most chances in our team by a mile for the majority of the season? Why did he put in such a good shift when put left back?

Suarez has the odd absolutely shit finish in him

Good goal Suarez after a nice pass by Messi

Ref with an iPad is just too far man

Only saw highlights but twice he made easy saves look difficult, along with the great save from Navas

I'm inclined to think that in a season with 38 games the best team almost always comes out the winner. Spurs are the best team as of right now but they also didn't win in their first four games and they had a stupid loss against us. Leicester will be deserving winners if they can pull it off, the most consistent throughout the season. Leicester also took 4 points off Tottenham like so don't know how you can argue they've been much better

Or maybe he's playing in his best position for once and has the freedom to basically run wherever he wants rather than playing out of position on the left wing Sorry, my mistake. I forgot being asked to play left wing means you are allowed to give up entirely and get a free pass to contribute nothing to your team and amble around like absolutely nothing. Even if he was asked to play in fucking goal I'd have expected to see more from him this season. He's been nothing better than disgraceful for 30 games this year. No excuses can be made for him. Oh he doesn't try, that must mean full backs have been destroying him all season getting assist after assist as Sissoko stands on the half way line waiting for the ball. Nah what actually happened is that Sissoko always tracked his man and full backs very rarely got any chance to attack down his side. What did people expect of him when playing out wide? To just totally leave the flank and come inside and hassle the centre midfielders and leave the full back free reign to do whatever he wanted? He's clearly played badly in some games this season but when has he not tried when he's been playing on the wing, when has a full back been allowed do what he wanted? The only game I can think of is Norwich at home where he got about 4 assists to cancel it out anyway

Or maybe he's playing in his best position for once and has the freedom to basically run wherever he wants rather than playing out of position on the left wing

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Tbf you're as obsessed with them as they are with us

I normally have a bit of sympathy for linesmen as I think its a very tough job but that is literally the easiest decision you could realistically get as a linesman

Only saw last ten minutes but outstanding two headers when Man City put the ball in the box late on

Nice by Gini

think triggs and I may be the biggest Moussa fans on here. Aye definitely I don't even think he's that good. Definitely not good enough for a decent Champions League team. I just don't see this apparent lack of commitment or work rate when he plays and I think the fact that no manager since he's been here has dropped him even when he's been poor in terms of productivity on the attacking side shows this as well.

Everything Rafa is saying about Sissoko basically contradicts everything that the majority of supporters think of him

Nope, keeping Mitrovic fresh to wreck havoc on their tiring defenders is the way to go, keep as is. Mitrovic doesn't rely on tired defenders to succeed though IMO, his form is reliant on how arsed he is to battle with all he has. Besides, by the time he gets brought on the game could be long gone. Can't see why you wouldn't start with your best players. It's not even as though Cisse really helps to keep it tight until later on in the game in this Mitro supersub plan. Mitrovic hasn't played well when starting in ages from memory, every time he comes off the bench he wreaks havoc. I would bring him on a bit sooner tonight though than the weekend as Cisse got very tired after about an hour the other day

wat. What is this based on now? 3 points against Spurs 3 points against Arsenal 3 points against Southampton 4 points against City 6 points against Liverpool 1 point against West Ham with an away game to come (we just won there in the FA Cup) 1 point against Leicester with a game at Old Trafford to come. We are one of the best sides in the league for results against the "good" sides. I probably should watch more football Thought your record was much poorer tbh

Think Leicester could well win all their games. Chelsea are on holidays already yet will probably still want to beat Spurs. Man Utd are poor against good teams. Everton and Swansea aren't very good

Did a shit job like