Cronky Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Let’s see how much he’s learned on Wednesday. The WBA/Leeds back-to-back has a similar feel to West Ham/Brighton. Will he adapt to their high energy style or will it be ‘same again, boys’? We'll get men behind the ball and try to hit them on the break, as per. The longer it stays at 0-0, the better our chances. I saw a bit of Leeds-West Ham, and the longer the game went on, the more ragged Leeds looked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Of course it's annoying, yet again, to see a team that's below us in the league, pass the ball much better than us. But ultimately games are decided by what goes on in the two final thirds of the pitch, and Bruce is finding a way of winning games. It's not all down to luck. It's down to the quality of individuals in those moments, just look at how squad compared to West Brom's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Yep, we have some quality here and there, but as a team we look disjointed and poor overall. Should be able to play better with the players we have. League 1-2 teams have looked tons better than us when moving the ball around Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Aye, from what I've seen over the past season and a half, we're a bad team but we've got quality all over the park. It bodes extremely well (in terms of mid-table aspirations) when you've even got your average to poor players like Darlow, Murphy and Gayle digging out moments of brilliance. Add quality like that to the likes of Wilson, ASM, Shelvey (when he goes into the odd spate of 'my foot is a wand', mode) Fraser, Almiron, Fernandez, Dubravka, then as well as steady performers like Hayden and Clark - you're always gonna end up winning a similar amount of games to those you lose. Rafa built a team on a relative shoe-string that was two or three players away from a top 6 challenge. The squad has regressed and then probably got about even since then; but the point is we've hardly got a team of chumps. It's a mid-table squad with a generally excellent temperament, with enough quality and drive to compensate for the utter trash in the dugout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Yeap, I still think we are getting plenty of luck as well. e.g. Teams missing sackfull of chances etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Yeap, I still think we are getting plenty of luck as well. e.g. Teams missing sackfull of chances etc. Aye some of the luck has been daft. Off the top of my head, to have got four points out of the away games at Spurs and Palace was basically laughable. We did nothing to achieve anything from the Wolves game either; only a dubious call from the ref and a well-dispatched free-kick - from a lad who we've deemed not good enough for the last two seasons, and only playing now cos we failed to find a third recipient of his services - meant we got a point. Lord hail the strategy! Fair play to the team for not being out of those games, I guess, which is testament to the likes of Darlow particularly and - like I say - those players who do have that quality. I just wouldn't attribute a great deal of anything positive to the manager. That and of course there's the whole, I can't fucking stand the bloke, thing. We've been saying since the first few weeks that this type of football isn't sustainable but clearly it seems to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 We started well yesterday, but a second goal in the first half would have killed the game. We were too passive in the last 15 mins of the first half, and we let them come back into the game. I was worried after their goal, but the subs worked well, and got us a great goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 We basically approached it almost same as always, sit back behind the ball. We did manage a couple of better counterattacks than normal though, I guess because Miggy was playing in a more effective role and WBA are shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Unsurprisingly had more fret without that shithouse Hendrick on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I've just started designing my CL NUFC-Barca scarf. You'd probably have to redesign it again. Barca won't play in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Our tactics are always the same, stay in the game is the be and end all. Snatch a goal and we're quids in, it's boring but while it keeps working Bruce will get undeserved praise. One and half seasons of it working is killing any fun, but hey at least we stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Was there a game last season where he blamed the crowd for getting too excited which is why we conceded? Think it was Everton at home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Was there a game last season where he blamed the crowd for getting too excited which is why we conceded? Think it was Everton at home Didn't pardew also do that vs Palace? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I just hate the way we are completely out played by EVERY single team we play against, no matter how shit they are. Its fucking embarrassing how we cant take the game to the likes of Brighton and West Brom at home like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I just hate the way we are completely out played by EVERY single team we play against, no matter how shit they are. Its fucking embarrassing how we cant take the game to the likes of Brighton and West Brom at home like. Absolutely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I just hate the way we are completely out played by EVERY single team we play against, no matter how shit they are. Its fucking embarrassing how we cant take the game to the likes of Brighton and West Brom at home like. Absolutely. Would you rather win or outplay them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Are they mutually exclusive? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Are they mutually exclusive? At the moment yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I just hate the way we are completely out played by EVERY single team we play against, no matter how shit they are. Its fucking embarrassing how we cant take the game to the likes of Brighton and West Brom at home like. Absolutely. Would you rather win or outplay them? It would just be nice to play well now and again. That really isn't asking too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 We got outplayed by Newport too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Football is also about entertaining people, something which we don't do at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 We got outplayed by Newport too Blackburn were the better team as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I just hate the way we are completely out played by EVERY single team we play against, no matter how shit they are. Its fucking embarrassing how we cant take the game to the likes of Brighton and West Brom at home like. Absolutely. Would you rather win or outplay them? Who was the last team we outplayed? Bournemouth? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I just hate the way we are completely out played by EVERY single team we play against, no matter how s*** they are. Its f***ing embarrassing how we cant take the game to the likes of Brighton and West Brom at home like. Absolutely. Would you rather win or outplay them? Who was the last team we outplayed? Bournemouth? Arguably Burnley at home this season but I think that says more about them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 We've deserved to beat West Ham, Burnley, Everton, and just about West Brom. Lucky with Palace tbf - should have been a draw. The rest of the games, the standard of football has been poor overall, we were lucky to draw with Spurs, and Wolves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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