joeyt Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 1 minute ago, tomlynnherrington said: He’s clearly Eddie’s favourite player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomlynnherrington Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, TRon said: All summer we were worried about where the goals would come from. This is why. Almiron, Fraser and Willock are just not up to it, they never looked like they believed they could score. And chuck in Murphy,Wood and Longstaff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofo Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Thought Willock was the best of the 3 today? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Just now, mofo said: Thought Willock was the best of the 3 today? Funny so did I. I think he's the new whipping boy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 We needed to prioritise a quality wide player last window. I think it was a major error to not bring in an option, even on loan. Our best players have proven to be susceptible to injury, so the lack of squad depth shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone at the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, STM said: Funny so did I. I think he's the new whipping boy. Funniest thing I've read all day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofo Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Just now, Menace said: Funniest thing I've read all day Did you go to the match? He really was like, not saying he was great or anything but he dropped deep and drove with the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomlynnherrington Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, mofo said: Thought Willock was the best of the 3 today? Better than who? Better than Big Joe I agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomlynnherrington Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, mofo said: Did you go to the match? He really was like, not saying he was great or anything but he dropped deep and drove with the ball. Drove and played the ball back you mean.He’s stealing a living Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Not read anything yet but I think that today just highlighted where we are as a football club. In the past Bournemouth have come here realistically thinking they would win (and did on a number of occasions), today they came simply hoping to get a draw. We are stuck between being a very good team and one which will have days like this a struggle. The starting 11 and squad in general simply isn’t good enough to turn up and win these games when we underperform and/or have players missing. Biggest issues today were that we still don’t know how to play with Isak and he is incompatible with any plan B without multiple subs. Personally I’d have taken Fraser off at the break for Wood and also considered replacing Willock with Longstaff to free push Bruno a little higher. ASM on the pitch today also changes things massively as rhey were more than happy to allow us the ball in wide areas given our inept delivery and zero threat in the air. Still no place for major concerns though, it’s just where we are at but we do need to find a win from somewhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarathustra Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Frustrating day at the office, no doubt, but as they say if you can’t win, don’t lose … oh, and preferably don’t boo either. Imo, we’re obviously (and unsurprisingly) still carrying too many limited players in the squad, most of whom (for example, Miggy) can do fine if the overall mix of the team is right, but each of whom look shite if too many of them are on the pitch together at the same time. As far as I’m concerned, from the outset Miggy, Fraser, and Willock was never going to work well, and neither was Murphy, Longstaff, Willock, and Wood later in the game. With the likes of Maxi, Shelvey, and Anderson unavailable, however, Howe isn’t exactly spoiled for choice. On another matter, I love the Isak signing, and remain confident that it will be a very successful one in the end. That having been said, I think that both he and we have a lot to learn to get the best out of him. I thought that some of his positioning today was at odds with his teammates, and that despite his height we need to quickly realise that he’s not that much of an aerial threat - it’s simply not his game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Really frustrating that we look like we heavily rely on ASM and Wilson. Would have wanted the others in the team to show they are also matchwinners but our midefield, apart from Bruno are so uncreative. Have to say it, we do miss Shelvey. When Bruno has his off day or just getting his feet back today, and without ASM, we are toothless. And even then, ASM has his off days too. Shelvey is there to pick a pass. Yes, he will not be doing what Big Jow or what Bruno can do, but he certainly can bring creativity that others in there can't. We should also have gone in again for Maddisson or another CM in the window. What we have, will run its course. Need to freshen it up once a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Watching a live Fan NUFC stream on Youtube and people are calling for Howe's head some of our fans are fucking mental like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 43 minutes ago, Yorkie said: There was those chances in the first half, Trippier fk, Fraser just after half-time, Murphy that was knocked wide, the penalty, numerous times in behind on the right but where the final ball was missing. Not saying it was remotely swashbuckling but on another day we pinch it. Obviously it was frustrating but we still dominated. I'm not a huge xG fan but this shows we didn't particularly create much. Considering a large part of this will likely be the penalty Felt like there was a lack of zip and energy right from the start Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Also another team who have made us kick towards the Gallowgate in the first half. Must be a new away team tactic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) What a game for me to choose to break my 8 year hiatus. Just back now and I have to say that the match didn't feel right to me even before kick off, something just felt off. I don't want to go overboard, it was very flat and despite completely dominating possession we rarely looked like carving anything out. I could single out individual poor performances - Schar, Joelinton, and Fraser were particularly bad, but the truth is that they were all either off it and/or the game plan wasn't doing them any favours. We looked slow, aimless, and without a real clue what to do to break them down. I know I'll probably get stick for this, but Willock was the only player doing anything with any zip and urgency going forward, Burn was probably the only player who didn't really do much wrong. The plan seemed too often to be to go through Trippier, overlap and cross, but the box was too often empty or the ball was poor. We missed ASM but tbh I'm not sure we'd have won with him considering how off it the likes of Trippier, Bruno, and Joelinton were compared to their usual standards. Having said all that, as poor as we were we still had the chances to win, hitting the post, the bar, and working the 'keeper all in that period at the end of the first half. It could have so easily been another one of those days where it was a 1-0 loss as well though, the penalty decision was extremely lucky and absolutely not a clear and obvious error by the ref who was fucking shit throughout. A bad day at the office and a lot of work to do on how to break teams down. Pope 6 Trippier 6 Schar 4.5 Burn 6.5 Targett 5 Joelinton 4.5 Bruno 5.5 Willock 5.5 Fraser 4 Isak 5.5 Almiron 4.5 Longstaff 5 Murphy 6 Edited September 17, 2022 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) 28 minutes ago, mofo said: Did you go to the match? 🥴🥴🥴 Thought we had gotten rid of this shit. Edited September 17, 2022 by cubaricho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Brave Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, Numbers said: Watching a live Fan NUFC stream on Youtube and people are calling for Howe's head some of our fans are fucking mental like. I agree 100% Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Can't believe anyone could have watched that match and singled out Willock as the problem like. Absolute fairytale stuff but not at all surprising from the usual suspects. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, cubaricho said: 🥴🥴🥴 Thought we had gotten rid of this shit. He's right though. If you can see a player doing things off the ball that the camera can't it's totally relevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 That game Needed a Paqueta to unlock doors… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Just now, kingxlnc said: That game Needed a Paqueta to unlock doors… To be honest I think Anderson would have made the difference, as much as I like Almiron the 2 wide men are bog standard at this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsonsWonderland Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 To be fair under Howe we play with more possession and typically work harder then the opposition. However if you look closer at the players, we are not a squad full of natural goal scorers outside of Wilson and hopefully Isak. So we have to hope for pens, free kicks or balls bouncing in of players knees. Fingers crossed we get a bit of luck on injuries before the winter transfer window can kick us on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Quote opportunity lost big style for me See so many people uttering this without providing any context. Opportunity for what exactly? We lost an opportunity to win the league by not spending 3 billion on new players, same as every other team in the league. It doesn't mean anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofo Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 16 minutes ago, cubaricho said: 🥴🥴🥴 Thought we had gotten rid of this shit. It was a genuine question, not digging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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