Holmesy Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) I do have a couple of criticisms and they’re valid. 1. We have no plan B. This could be due to lack of options on the bench but time will tell. We’ve become predictable and easy to defend against in recent games and we seem incapable of changing it up 2. Our lack of aerial threat is a big problem and it clearly isn’t being coached/worked on in training. Going more direct could be our plan B if anyone could actually head a ball In general EH is doing better than everyone expected but he’s not beyond criticism Edited February 11, 2023 by Holmesy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Needs to sort out our set-pieces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Howay man he's had two windows where we added 3 first-teamers at a time. One of the windows we were going to have to balance things out a bit. Having a go at any of our transfer activity the last 14 months. Give your head a shake man. Pretty much my thoughts exactly, people love turning on others as soon as things don't go 100% our way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said: so brave of you. Those villagers I met in Niger standing up to the jihadists could use some of your courage. You give TED talks? You ever going to add anything or just bitch and cry about my comments Like my own personal fan over here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 the main concern I have is that our high press and counter-press have all but gone recently. It’s very low energy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Just now, Optimistic Nut said: Howay man he's had two windows where we added 3 first-teamers at a time. One of the windows we were going to have to balance things out a bit. Having a go at any of our transfer activity the last 14 months. Give your head a shake man. If we were serious about sustaining a top 4 push we would’ve done more in the January window. It’s perfectly logical that they see top 4 as a bonus this season and going for it was not their intention and they would be content with us slipping to 7-8 like we may have targeted at the start of the season. But I think January was a missed opportunity and likely a mistake. That is also a logical conclusion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, TheInfiniteOdyssey said: Needs to sort out our set-pieces. Offensive and defensive. Need someone else to take an attacking set piece sometimes man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, Aiston said: You ever going to add anything or just bitch and cry about my comments Like my own personal fan over here. Not really a fan tbh. Your comments somehow subtract Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: If we were serious about sustaining a top 4 push we would’ve done more in the January window. It’s perfectly logical that they see top 4 as a bonus this season and going for it was not their intention and they would be content with us slipping to 7-8 like we may have targeted at the start of the season. But I think January was a missed opportunity and likely a mistake. That is also a logical conclusion. It wasn’t even about sustaining a top 4 push, Howe admitted we needed a CM before Shelvey left, so to let him go and not get anyone in is a really poor decision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Vinny Green Balls said: Not really a fan tbh. Your comments somehow subtract Maybe if you tried to talk about the comments themselves instead making it all about me for once, might help you mate. Everyone else manages it Edited February 11, 2023 by Aiston Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Just now, Aiston said: Maybe if you tried to talk about the comments themselves instead making it all about me for once, might help you mate. Everyone else manages it Where would I even begin with your pile? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: If we were serious about sustaining a top 4 push we would’ve done more in the January window. It’s perfectly logical that they see top 4 as a bonus this season and going for it was not their intention and they would be content with us slipping to 7-8 like we may have targeted at the start of the season. But I think January was a missed opportunity and likely a mistake. That is also a logical conclusion. We're two points clear with a game in hand. We still look like winning more games than we lose. Looking at our squad before the season we had no right to be pushing top 3-4 and yet here we are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: We're two points clear with a game in hand. We still look like winning more games than we lose. Looking at our squad before the season we had no right to be pushing top 3-4 and yet here we are. Yes I agree our squad has no right to be pushing for top 4. We’ve done fantastic to be in this position And I don’t think we will finish there. Our Xg is midtable over the last 6 games or so. We’ve not scored more than 1 goal in the league in 2023. We’ve drawn something like 5 of the last 7 or 8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppy Chop Chop Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 10 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: We're two points clear with a game in hand. We still look like winning more games than we lose. Looking at our squad before the season we had no right to be pushing top 3-4 and yet here we are. THIS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Yes I agree our squad has no right to be pushing for top 4. We’ve done fantastic to be in this position And I don’t think we will finish there. Our Xg is midtable over the last 6 games or so. We’ve not scored more than 1 goal in the league in 2023. We’ve drawn something like 5 of the last 7 or 8. Another way of looking it is that we're having our sticky patch and we're still looking more like winning games than losing. Leeds, Palace, West Ham...we had the better and clearer chances in all 3. We're not going on 2-3 game losing streaks, we don't look like losing at all and we have a threat in us. Edited February 11, 2023 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 minute ago, Optimistic Nut said: Another way of looking it is that we're having our sticky patch and we're still looking more like winning games than losing. Leeds, Palace, West Ham...we had the better and clearer chances in all 3. Still doesn't get us anywhere. We've been found out and need something different ASAP. Not signing a Shelvey replacement in Jan is just weird, and I wasn't his biggest fan at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 41 minutes ago, Aiston said: Dare criticise him even a little? Dropped points against against Leeds, Palace, West Ham and Bournemouth, 4 of the worst teams in form. Poor transfer window hasn't helped him at all mind. The state of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Another way of looking it is that we're having our sticky patch and we're still looking more like winning games than losing. Leeds, Palace, West Ham...we had the better and clearer chances in all 3. IMHO we are reverting to mean. The issues in our side are systemic. We lack ability on the ball. We lack quality in attack. All of our attack comes from the right hand side. We have little quality in depth. These are things anyone following our side could’ve predicted. Im not trying to look at it negatively. I’m not trying to look at it positively. It’s my analysis of our squad and team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Hard to criticise Howe for us looking knackered like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 What would people do moving forward? I'm not expecting anything drastic before the cup final, but if we don't beat Liverpool and we lose the final, how would people attempt to salvage things with the squad we've got? Pope; Trippier, Schär, Botman, Targett; Bruno, Joelinton; Almirón, Isak, Gordon; Wilson in a 4-2-3-1 / 4-4-1-1 / 4-4-2 sort of thing, for me, assuming everyone was fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said: Still doesn't get us anywhere. We've been found out and need something different ASAP. Not signing a Shelvey replacement in Jan is just weird, and I wasn't his biggest fan at all. He hadn't even been a bit part player this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Doesn't look a happy bunny there, obviously he won't criticise, but his mannerism didn't look too impressed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Need a rest. Need to try and attack more through the left. Having Bruno back and fresh will be huge. Due to our thin squad - injuries will play a big role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: He hadn't even been a bit part player this season. And that was extremely fortunate. Again everyone knew, we were unlikely to be so fortunate for the whole season which is why we needed that additional body. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Ah yes, not replacing a player who had played a grand sum of 0 minutes this season was a "horrendous" decision. I'm not saying we don't need a CM, as we do, but Shelvey has had no impact on us this season, so losing him was no massive deal. The club also clear have a policy of signing their first choice signing, and waiting for that player to become available, and not just filling the gab with someone who may be of lesser quality. We did it with Botman, did it with Gordon, and to a lesser extend did it with Isak. It's a policy that has very much worked thus far and served us well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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