Yorkie Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 "That was as poor as a performance as we've had all season, the energy level was low, yet this week - after Everton - we gave what we thought was right in terms of rest. We looked leggy and second best. "What we made the point of, all our fans have travelled down here, it's just not good enough - that performance. We need to care more and show more belief in what we do. We came up against a side who gave us a really hard time and we couldn't dig ourselves out of it. "We had no energy, it looked like, as if we were energy-less. It's difficult to stand here and criticise my players - we have to take it as a group and say it can't happen. But it did today, we were really second best. "We definitely won't pick up another point if we play like that. We need to have a good week of work on the training ground and find a formula that works for us. We're not threatening the goal and the other team sees that. If we don't threaten the other end, we won't get the other team on the back foot. we only had a three minutes of decent forward play. "I have to stand here and justify that performance and I'm far from comfortable doing that. "We're under no illusions about the summer. nothing that's happened today will change our thinking. It was a listless performance, best I can put it. "Could give Elliot and Anita a mark of some distinction, but nobody else. We lacked process in terms of ideas of how we were gonna win that game. We still gotta have that threat and that was the big issue today. Not many away games all this season where we haven't offered a threat offensively, today we didn't know how we were gonna score a goal today." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 "The energy level of our team was low." "What we made a point is, all our fans travelled down. It's just not good enough. We need to care more and show more belief." "It looked like we was energyless." "We definitely won't pick up a point if we play like that." "We need to try and find a formula because it's not working, we're not threatening the goal and the other team pick up on that." The energy thing. It's because we played on Tuesday night then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayno Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Potential title decider for 9th place against Stoke in 2 weeks time. though with finances the way they are you can't really expect to compete... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I wish the phone-in was more like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlBYXd8PpfQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 "We was energyless." Wish I was were as well-educated as Alan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 "What we made the point of, all our fans have travelled down here, it's just not good enough - that performance. Some sentence structure that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 "What we made the point of, all our fans have travelled down here, it's just not good enough - that performance. Some sentence structure that. Just typed it as I heard it, you yank imbecile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 6th worst defence in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 6th worst defence in the league. That's the cost of front foot football to be honest mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 "What we made the point of, all our fans have travelled down here, it's just not good enough - that performance. Some sentence structure that. Just typed it as I heard it, you yank imbecile. thought it was a direct quote. Mucho apols hombré. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 6th worst defence in the league. That's the cost of front foot football to be honest mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 6th worst defence in the league. That's the cost of front foot football to be honest mate. true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dontooner Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Looking forward to the dog fight we face next year without , Remy, Cabaye and HBA when he finally decides to leave. Truely struggle to see where our goals are coming from without individual brilliance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Would love to hear his reasoning for starting HBA and then hauling him off when he could have justifiably taken off mist of the team. Unless something was said it makes little sense. Starting him away at Soton was hanging him out to dry. Wonder if MA was bothered about what he saw today - nah, he couldn't give a shit, we're safe and the travelling fans humiliated. Job done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 "We need to try and find a formula because it's not working, we're not threatening the goal and the other team pick up on that." You need to get more than one player in the opposition penalty area for that to happen Alan. You could try watching a video of Pochettino's set up if you missed it first time round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Would love to hear his reasoning for starting HBA and then hauling him off when he could have justifiably taken off mist of the team. Unless something was said it makes little sense. Starting him away at Soton was hanging him out to dry. Wonder if MA was bothered about what he saw today - nah, he couldn't give a shit, we're safe and the travelling fans humiliated. Job done. You've answered your own question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Fuck me he's had 3 years to find that formula. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 He actually thinks he has the right to decide who is intelligent when he speaks like that? This guy man, there's not many I detest more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Would love to hear his reasoning for starting HBA and then hauling him off when he could have justifiably taken off mist of the team. Unless something was said it makes little sense. Starting him away at Soton was hanging him out to dry. Wonder if MA was bothered about what he saw today - nah, he couldn't give a shit, we're safe and the travelling fans humiliated. Job done. You've answered your own question. Reminds me of the 5th season when everyone wanted him in instead of Obertan. Waited three months then picked him against Man City (a), Man Utd (a), Chelsea (h). Dragged him off at half time in the third game then dropped him for the next game against Norwich. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Would love to hear his reasoning for starting HBA and then hauling him off when he could have justifiably taken off mist of the team. Unless something was said it makes little sense. Starting him away at Soton was hanging him out to dry. Wonder if MA was bothered about what he saw today - nah, he couldn't give a s***, we're safe and the travelling fans humiliated. Job done. You've answered your own question. Reminds me of the 5th season when everyone wanted him in instead of Obertan. Waited three months then picked him against Man City (a), Man Utd (a), Chelsea (h) then dropped him for the next game against Norwich. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Would love to hear his reasoning for starting HBA and then hauling him off when he could have justifiably taken off mist of the team. Unless something was said it makes little sense. Starting him away at Soton was hanging him out to dry. Wonder if MA was bothered about what he saw today - nah, he couldn't give a shit, we're safe and the travelling fans humiliated. Job done. You've answered your own question. Reminds me of the 5th season when everyone wanted him in instead of Obertan. Waited three months then picked him against Man City (a), Man Utd (a), Chelsea (h). Dragged him off at half time in the third game then dropped him for the next game against Norwich. That was ridiculous. Then he barely featured until he got himself into the first team with that cameo against the mackems. Even though he'd won us the game against Bolton around Christmas. I'm absolutely miffed by people that say he managed Ben Arfa impeccably that season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Surely we can't be any worse if we didn't have a manager, and just had the players figuring things out themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Surely we can't be any worse if we didn't have a manager, and just had the players figuring things out themselves. If we had any leadership on the pitch at all apart from Mike fucking Williamson I'd agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Surely we can't be any worse if we didn't have a manager, and just had the players figuring things out themselves. If we had any leadership on the pitch at all apart from Mike fucking Williamson I'd agree. Bad players don't always make bad managers though, and Mike looks like a well-educated man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Some random twitter: This is our seventh defeat by a margin of three or more this season. To compare: it only happened on three occasions the year we went down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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