Guest firetotheworks Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Atsu was down the right as well wasn't he? He was our stand out player in the first half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 The plan would have been to go down the right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Atsu was down the right as well wasn't he? He was our stand out player in the first half. No he played centrally and drifted both ways, linked up well on the right side but also had a good chance through the middle into the left hand side of the area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebellious Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Glad we kept Murphy on despite most on here wanting him hooked at half time. It was clear we were really strong down our right. We barely attached down the left. Such a one sided heat map today: I was wondering if it was a tactic to attack down the side Shaqiri wasn`t incase we lost the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Atsu was down the right as well wasn't he? He was our stand out player in the first half. Its what in trying to work out (I listened to it) as some on here are saying he played through the middle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Glad we kept Murphy on despite most on here wanting him hooked at half time. It was clear we were really strong down our right. We barely attached down the left. Such a one sided heat map today: Ritchie was fairly gash again I thought. Gave the ball away loads, crap balls in and too many silly fouls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Glad we kept Murphy on despite most on here wanting him hooked at half time. It was clear we were really strong down our right. We barely attached down the left. Such a one sided heat map today: Ritchie was fairly gash again I thought. Gave the ball away loads, crap balls in and too many silly fouls. He always seems to be chasing games now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Atsu was down the right as well wasn't he? He was our stand out player in the first half. Its what in trying to work out (I listened to it) as some on here are saying he played through the middle. He played through the middle but roamed all over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Atsu was down the right as well wasn't he? He was our stand out player in the first half. No he played centrally and drifted both ways, linked up well on the right side but also had a good chance through the middle into the left hand side of the area. Yedlin was getting into good positions in the first half as well. Glad that Murphy completely changed it around in the second half, particularly with his decision making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Atsu was playing second striker really, he was all over the place. It's clear just how importance pace, movement and dribbling ability are for forwards at this level when you compare Atsu and Ritchie's seasons (this and last). I can't believe how off the pace Ritchie looks. Thought he had enough workrate in his game to compensate but he's driving me crazy atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Ritchie is really out of form, shame as i quite like him. But he's definitely been lacking this season overall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Atsu was down the right as well wasn't he? He was our stand out player in the first half. Its what in trying to work out (I listened to it) as some on here are saying he played through the middle. He played through the middle but roamed all over. Aye Atsu seemed to have free reign to go where he wanted, seemed to start off pretty much as a number 9 I liked it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Atsu was down the right as well wasn't he? He was our stand out player in the first half. Its what in trying to work out (I listened to it) as some on here are saying he played through the middle. He played through the middle but roamed all over. When he roamed did Perez go through the middle ? I love fluidity and one of my criticisms of Rafa is that we are often too rigid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFC Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Havent seen it mentioned but I thought Yedlin did well against Choupo-Moting who is a bull on the ball. He had a couple little runs but all in all I though he frustrated him pretty well and I think that was evident in that yellow card challenge. Always a bit worried when Yedlin is up against a physical power like that. Lacelles of course helps a lot of that tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFlat Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Wins don’t get much bigger than that. Suddenly, we’ve had a very good festive period. That’s despite fielding some truly terrible looking teams. Rafa knows, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Ritchie is really out of form, shame as i quite like him. But he's definitely been lacking this season overall. He needs pace in this league. Just hasn't got it and hasn't got that extra bit of quality to overcome it either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Atsu was playing second striker really, he was all over the place. It's clear just how importance pace, movement and dribbling ability are for forwards at this level when you compare Atsu and Ritchie's seasons (this and last). I can't believe how off the pace Ritchie looks. Thought he had enough workrate in his game to compensate but he's driving me crazy atm. He's been rubbish. Probably the biggest disappointment on an individual level because he was tremendous for us last season, a really massive player in the promotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebellious Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Ritchie is really out of form, shame as i quite like him. But he's definitely been lacking this season overall. He needs pace in this league. Just hasn't got it and hasn't got that extra bit of quality to overcome it either. It looks like last season broke him physically playing nearly every game at 100mph and he hasn`t still recovered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I don't even think Atsu has been that great this season, but when he's on form he's probably our best attacker. He's the most dynamic player we have by some way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Glad we kept Murphy on despite most on here wanting him hooked at half time. It was clear we were really strong down our right. We barely attached down the left. Such a one sided heat map today: I was wondering if it was a tactic to attack down the side Shaqiri wasn`t incase we lost the ball. Well tbf, I wouldn't be running many attacks down that flank either considering it was Ritchie and Manquillo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Stoke had Edwards who looked a pacy fullback with a decent delivery down their right hand side and ahead of him was Shaqiri. Ritchie was very important today in helping to neutralise that threat, and supported Manquillo really well in that regard. He was absolutely critical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Get the fuck in! Huge result - we needed that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Atsu was down the right as well wasn't he? He was our stand out player in the first half. Its what in trying to work out (I listened to it) as some on here are saying he played through the middle. He played through the middle but roamed all over. When he roamed did Perez go through the middle ? I love fluidity and one of my criticisms of Rafa is that we are often too rigid. Yeah, they were pretty much a front 2 with Perez the furthest forward - some nice link up play between them as well, Perez seemed to like having someone with pace and movement to play it on to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 That is great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Yeah I heard that Your decisions are questioned because you lost at home and the team played utter dogshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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