joeyt Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 1 minute ago, Smal said: mad to me how Hall hasn’t had a minute in midfield like, given how he’s played the majority of his career there. Isn't that majority in youth/reserve games though? I've only seen him play left back when he played for Chelsea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_uk Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Our midfield Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave s Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Yeah everyone can see it. We need to shore up that midfield .. too strong for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordshola Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 1 minute ago, andycap said: How about hall coming in for miley or Longstaff? He's quicker than them two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 6 minutes ago, Disco said: As bad as we’ve played under Howe. Midfield is static as fuck on and off the ball. Arsenal dropping the extra man in there and not playing with a proper striker has fucked us. Think you have to factor in quality of the opposition I think. Brighton are the best team we've faced this season because we didn't play badly but they were great. Arsenal aren't that far behind and they're playing a big part in making us play badly. For me our worst performances are when the opposition aren't all that and we fuck it up. Spurs away in his first season is still the most ridiculous thing I've seen from him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubteam Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 We need to start improving or players like Isak and Bruno will be off in the summer and we will be starting from scratch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo123 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 2 minutes ago, JUICE690 said: Not comparing this performance to Bruce ball too heavily but it sure is giving me unwelcome flashbacks.. I thought the same. No pressing, no anything, really. Just a really poor half. We'll be better second half, though...please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingArthur Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 25 minutes ago, GEFAFWISP said: Defo six in one hand and half a dozen in the other, our shape in possession is rotten. We really don't have an out ball from the back. Miley and Longstaff are not open and and asking for the ball, so Bruno is easy target. Botman's switch to Almiron might be only one. Tino, Miley and Sven have been awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubteam Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Just now, dave s said: Yeah everyone can see it. We need to shore up that midfield .. too strong for us. They go to two at the back at times our attack if offering so little threat then we get overrun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Just now, TheBrownBottle said: Honestly don’t think they’ve needed to play well at all. Schoolboy defending from us, amateur with the ball. They haven’t needed to turn up - in fact I’d say that they haven’t played well, a good performance would see us 5-0 down at the break. Disagree. Their press and passing has been perfect. Everything we're missing at the moment. My Arsenal supporting mate also said that's the best half he's seen from them this season fwiw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 They have been really good, the whining twa* has really wound them up for this one. On our side we have been lame, shaded and looked line we admitted defeat from the 10th second Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Arsenal have been good but I doubt they'll get an easier 45 minutes of football all season, it's almost unbelievable how off the pace we've been, Trippier, Schar and Botman passing from the back has been absolutely suicidal stuff, made even worse by the midfield hiding and all of our attacking players suddenly having the first touch of a trampoline. Isak is isolated but is running around in jeans. Looks miles away from being fit enough to start, Gordon up top would have been better. You expect them to be better than us, but they've looked much hungrier and that isn't acceptable. Karius our best player. Damning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe1984 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Just now, Pablo123 said: I thought the same. No pressing, no anything, really. Just a really poor half. We'll be better second half, though...please Wouldn't take much to be fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I will be very disappointed if no changes at half time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingArthur Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 27 minutes ago, duo said: So were we - once. That was our strength - where it gone? You can't just sit against this team. We don't have legs in the midfield for it. Jorginho and Rice are so press resistant and Miley and Longstaff are not players who win their duels there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said: Think you have to factor in quality of the opposition I think. Brighton are the best team we've faced this season because we didn't play badly but they were great. Arsenal aren't that far behind and they're playing a big part in making us play badly. For me our worst performances are when the opposition aren't all that and we fuck it up. Spurs away in his first season is still the most ridiculous thing I've seen from him. Yeah, Arsenal are good and you can tell they’re out for revenge. Our players have no time in the ball. We need a miracle now, to get anything from this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave s Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Just now, pubteam said: They go to two at the back at times our attack if offering so little threat then we get overrun. yup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 1 minute ago, LiquidAK said: Disagree. Their press and passing has been perfect. Everything we're missing at the moment. My Arsenal supporting mate also said that's the best half he's seen from them this season fwiw Fair enough. I do think we’ve been utter gash mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Honestly don’t think they’ve needed to play well at all. Schoolboy defending from us, amateur with the ball. They haven’t needed to turn up - in fact I’d say that they haven’t played well, a good performance would see us 5-0 down at the break. This feels like an extreme version of the common view that we control our own destiny in every match. We’ve been bad with the ball because they’ve pressed relentlessly, and then we’ve made bad decisions to make it worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 2 minutes ago, joeyt said: Isn't that majority in youth/reserve games though? I've only seen him play left back when he played for Chelsea true tbf, but we’re playing Miley in midfield every game at the moment and he’s only ever played in youth teams before this season too. You’d think Hall would’ve at least had some minutes there given the circumstances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 7 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: We haven’t been in the game but that first goal was incredibly unlucky. Botman should have cleared it, wasn't really bad luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Why are they playing Kane’s WWE entrance music? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Just now, TheBrownBottle said: Fair enough. I do think we’ve been utter gash mind. It's probably both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Anyone figured the game plan first half? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Ok, let’s turn this around Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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