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Hoping Eddie gives Dour Egberts a holler before Tuesday for some tactical tips. We need things freshened up. 

 

 

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Just now, Optimistic Nut said:

If it was that predictable, someone would have beaten us in the last 15 games like.

And we could easily have been unbeaten all season. We've played a few games since the World Cup, and the atmosphere on here is already resembling early October again :lol:

 

 

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Howe could shake the lineup a bit but ultimately we are still overachieving for where we are with our squad. 

 

If Isak is fit though I'd be starting him over Wilson who has looked a little lost recently. 

 

 

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We could have won 3-0 tonight if Wilson, Isak and Maxi buried their chances. 

 

That's the fine margins in this league. Not really much more Eddie could have done imo. We dominated possession away from home, pushed them high and kept their creative players very quiet. 

 

Just wasn't our day in front of goal. Still solid at the back though. 

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Just now, Scotty66 said:

We could have won 3-0 tonight if Wilson, Isak and Maxi buried their chances. 

 

That's the fine margins in this league. Not really much more Eddie could have done imo. We dominated possession away from home, pushed them high and kept their creative players very quiet. 

 

Just wasn't our day in front of goal. Still solid at the back though. 


You missed Joelintons 2 chances in the first half which should have been put away.

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I do like the idea of whilst the results are coming in you keep your place. But if we are aiming high you could argue draws against Leeds and Palace aren't good enough. 

 

We are arguing between the difference between very good and very very good. But if you want to be at the top that's the difference maker. 

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It's an interesting conundrum for him.

 

I'm sure he'll know better than anyone that we need a bit more in attack but we still look so damn good defensively that he'll be wary of losing that in the pursuit of goals.

 

It's a shame that Targett is injured as I think bringing him in for Burn would freshen things up a bit. He's defensively solid enough that he could be used on the left of a three like Burn is when we have possession but he'd also be able to offer something different if we want to change it up from time to time.

 

Aside from that the obvious potential spark is playing ASM or even Isak on the left. Joelinton, Willock and Longstaff all being on the pitch at the same time does mean we're lacking in quality in that final third.

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Polar opposite of what was predicted by the media and pundits when Howe came in. The defence is amazing. We rarely give up chances, never mind concede. 
 

But if I’m being critical. We have looked lost and a bit clueless in attack in a good few games now this season. 
 

Ultimately, we are over-achieving and he isn’t spoiled for choice with attacking options. But we are going to have to change something, somehow. As most teams have sussed out how to play against us, up to a point. Sitting deep is effective and nullifies a lot of what we’re good at. 

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I feel like some of the reactions in here are slightly over the top :lol:

 

We are third in the league on +23 goal difference and in the semi finals of a cup, having just had one of the best years results wise in the clubs history in 2022.

 

I Get that we've not scored many in the last 4 games, but its not due to a system error, we've create a fair few chances in each of the last four, it's just players just haven't put away them clear cut chances away. 

 

Every team will have a blip over a season to think otherwise is ridiculous, if this is ours, we're in really really good shape. 

 

I also think people need to remember that we are way way way ahead of schedule too, and 60% of our squad was here in the Ashley era.

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8 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

Polar opposite of what was predicted by the media and pundits when Howe came in. The defence is amazing. We rarely give up chances, never mind concede. 
 

But if I’m being critical. We have looked lost and a bit clueless in attack in a good few games now this season. 
 

Ultimately, we are over-achieving and he isn’t spoiled for choice with attacking options. But we are going to have to change something, somehow. As most teams have sussed out how to play against us, up to a point. Sitting deep is effective and nullifies a lot of what we’re good at. 

Form guide from January 2022 tells us we are where we should be! Eddie will get this right and hopefully an unlocker of the doors comes in before January is out! We are a work in progress. This time last year! Amazing turnaround :indi:

 

 

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42 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

Interesting that his defensive record was what a fair few complained about at first. We are so far ahead of what I expected that it’s just ridiculous. 
 

 But there is a good opportunity this window to accelerate the process even more.

 

 

Totally agree. Main fear was Howe's Bournemouth teams were bad defensively and at the time the Mags were shipping in goals like they were Leeds. Eddie has the team locking down almost everyone so getting in some creative players can push us forward to unlock some of these low block tactics.

Great opportunity here and I trust the business side has been working their tails off to get revenue up to facilitate this.

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1 hour ago, Cf said:

 

Ridiculous he had the title. 

That stretch where we inexplicably had the best defense in the league with Ryan Taylor playing at left back :lol:

 

It’s hard to even conceive of when you consider what happened after, but we genuinely came pretty close to making the CL that year.

 

 

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Just now, The Prophet said:

A club record 15 unbeaten. Woof.

He's great, the fact we went there tonight and he was so pissed off with a 0 0 makes me so happy, Bruce would want an OBE for a 0 0 at the Palace 

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The team needs some tweaks so I expect incremental changes to test the balance going forward. I don't think Maxi or Isak we're ready to start today but Tuesday is a great one to at least get one in the starting XI.

 

I have a feeling he's been keeping the consistency recently for the cup tie as a solid defence is a way to a trophy, despite some of the attacking troubles. Tbh, I wouldn't even call them troubles, we're just not being clinical despite decent chance creation.

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It’s not all on Howes selections either, in the games we have drew lately we’ve created more than enough chances to win. 
 

Today, Joelinton really should have scored in the first half, we had some good headed chances 2nd half. It’s not as though we aren’t creating chances. 

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Still only been trailing in matches for 81 minutes of the season (23 minutes v Man City, 52 minutes v Wolves, 5 v Bournemouth & 1 v Liverpool). That's out of 1800 minutes plus say 100 minutes of stoppage time. That's insane. :lol:

 

Arsenal have trailed for around 90 minutes all season as a comparison.

 

 

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