Joelinton: will not play against Everton (Howe)

[Kid Icarus]

How about this, even very good teams have unfashionable players that are more important than you might think.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2024 by Kid Icarus

[Yorkie]

Just now, Ronaldo said:

Our ambition is top 4/5 and we lost at home to West fucking Ham because we missed Dan Burn and a 34 year old Kieran Trippier. Surely even you must cringe when you come out with stuff like that in *defence* of the manager.

 

Why does every opponent we face, outside of roughly Liverpool and Man City, have to be portrayed as dogshit? Makes the discourse so much worse. I'm not saying it's a forgivable result but we've not been beaten by some no-marks there; they've had a ropey start but were very good tonight. 

 

The league is extremely competitive this year. Even apparent crap like Southampton are capable of giving the runaway leaders a scare. 

[Kid Icarus]

1 minute ago, 80 said:

Do we know why he came off? Was it just straight tactics?

Really not sure. He did seem like he was tiring a bit, but we definitely lost something when he went off regardless. 

[Ronaldo]

1 minute ago, Yorkie said:

 

Why does every opponent we face, outside of roughly Liverpool and Man City, have to be portrayed as dogshit? Makes the discourse so much worse. I'm not saying it's a forgivable result but we've not been beaten by some no-marks there; they've had a ropey start but were very good tonight. 

 

The league is extremely competitive this year. Even apparent crap like Southampton are capable of giving the runaway leaders a scare. 

If that makes you feel better that we’re 10th and only going one way, so be it.

[Sempiternal]

This west ham team is very very bad. Regardless of the result they are so poor 

[Heron]

3 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

If that makes you feel better that we’re 10th and only going one way, so be it.

Really? Last time I checked we're a win away from 6th and potentially only 2 points behind Man City.

 

 

Edited November 26, 2024 by Heron

[McDog]

Just now, Heron said:

Really? Last time I checked we're a win away from 6th and potentially only 2 points behind Man City.

 

 

 

 

 

Not acceptable.

[Heron]

Just now, McDog said:

 

 

Not acceptable.

[Ronaldo]

2 minutes ago, Heron said:

Really? Last time I checked we're a win away from 6th and potentially only 2 points behind Man City.

 

 

 

With this squad and this manager, do you see us finishing top 6? 

[Heron]

Just now, Ronaldo said:

With this squad and this manager, do you see us finishing top 6? 

I don't see why not. So I'll nail my colours to the mast. Yes.

[Kid Icarus]

1 minute ago, Sempiternal said:

This west ham team is very very bad. Regardless of the result they are so poor 

Honestly, the match still bears that out for me. They gave up so many chances. This wasn't a resolute defensive display or some incredible counter attack trap, we missed huge chances, they took what they had then played well at 2-0. It might give them the confidence to go on a run but there was no sea change in most of that performance.

[McDog]

Just now, Heron said:

I don't see why not. So I'll nail my colours to the mast. Yes.

 

 

I'm sure most are frustrated but there is alot of season left and a January window. If the team finishes midtable at the end of the season Mr. Howe might be out and that is just how it is. That hasn't happened yet so let's see what happens. they can make Europe with the team they have. Have to get more consistent.

 

 

Edited November 26, 2024 by McDog

[Yorkie]

6 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

If that makes you feel better that we’re 10th and only going one way, so be it.

 

I don't feel better, I just feel relatively relaxed about most defeats these days.  It's just very tedious when reality gets ignored in favour of made-up stuff like our opponents being shite, or something. 

 

The table position doesn't even mean that much when it's so tight and our immediate competitors are also stuttering. The teams currently in 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th all dropped bad points this weekend - most giving then away to teams lower in the table. 

[Sempiternal]

2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Honestly, the match still bears that out for me. They gave up so many chances. This wasn't a resolute defensive display or some incredible counter attack trap, we missed huge chances, they took what they had then played well at 2-0. It might give them the confidence to go on a run but there was no sea change in most of that performance.

I honestly thought they were awful. I’m shook we didn’t beat them. I thought they were trash 

[Yorkie]

[KaKa]

16 minutes ago, St. Maximin said:

Maybe I’m not following him as closely in recent times (haven’t seen as much live football this season), but where has the view he’s not a centre mid come from? I get that for the balance of the team he shouldn’t necessarily play there, but the reason he turned his career round here and got himself into the Brazil squad was because Eddie played him there and he became our player of the season.

 

He's been a lot better in possession and as a part of stringing things together in the final third when he plays further up the pitch. He roams and interchanges with other players brilliantly and it just works really well.

 

He had started getting into a habit of dwelling on the ball in central areas and getting dispossessed in dangerous areas. It was just more clunky.

[Kid Icarus]

4 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

What's wrong?

[Ronaldo]

10 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

I don't feel better, I just feel relatively relaxed about most defeats these days.  It's just very tedious when reality gets ignored in favour of made-up stuff like our opponents being shite, or something. 

 

The table position doesn't even mean that much when it's so tight and our immediate competitors are also stuttering. The teams currently in 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th all dropped bad points this weekend - most giving then away to teams lower in the table. 

I don’t see it getting better. That’s the main thing. I see zero answers in regards to the questions we were asking about the midfield over a year ago, a huge reluctance to pick teams based on home / away and opposition a la Rafa, one dimensional game plans and players clearly not buying in to the approach. What are we expecting from Howe? He wakes up one day a different man?

 

 

Edited November 26, 2024 by Ronaldo

[Kanj]

Not buying in? Idk about that brotha. Boys looked bought in the last several games. 

[George Bailey]

20 hours ago, Ronaldo said:

With this squad and this manager, do you see us finishing top 6? 

Not this season now if I was being honest. 
I think we will finish top 10 but we are lacking something and too inconsistent to trouble top 6 for me this season. Unless a truly trans formative January window and major shift in midfield and tactics at some point. 
Sadly I think that will spell the end for our current and lead to a sale of a few players and a reset.

 

[54]

3 years since a beast was born:

 

 

[smootsmack]

 

[SUPERTOON]

Shouldn’t start in midfield anymore if everyone is available. 

[Aiston]

Turns out he is the one that should have been rested.

 

He was knackered from the 20th minute yet somehow stayed on for so long?

[David Edgar]

Dan was right. Should've sold him.