Maggies Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Bournemouth reminded me a lot of the team we were in 22/23 season. Our defence was awful today - sloppy, slow and couldn’t pass through the press. Midfield then drop deep leaving the forwards isolated. Nothing available from the bench to change things up - really need Barnes and a fit Wilson back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I don't think today was fatigue, more likely that we just tried to over-manage the game and/or got complacent. It was like there was no urgency or sense of danger in anything we did. On the rare occasions the pitch opened up, it all felt like it was being done at .50 pace. Everything just felt seconds slower, both attacking and defending. I suspect we were wary of their transitions and wanted to manage the pace of the game, especially with their 'weakened' bench, but it became too safe & too predictable. It then was a case of pressing for us to make mistakes - we made plenty. Weirdly, it was all so crap that I don't feel too bad - feels more like you can put it down to a bad day for all and move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLC Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Can't complain. Well played Bournemouth. They were the better side from the off. We weren't at the races; maybe Sandro aside, the whole team had an off day. We've been on an astonishing run, which has provided high after high after high. We'll bounce back from a disappointing day - every team has them. We have a coach who will analyse the shit out of this game and I totally believe in him and his staff to reflect and react. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Maggies said: Bournemouth reminded me a lot of the team we were in 22/23 season. Our defence was awful today - sloppy, slow and couldn’t pass through the press. Midfield then drop deep leaving the forwards isolated. Nothing available from the bench to change things up - really need Barnes and a fit Wilson back. Agreed on the first sentence. Actually felt our front 3 were terrible rather than isolated and tactically we didn't supply them with enough too which further compounded the issue. We looked very stretched today and un-composed. Edited January 18 by Heron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 32 minutes ago, JUICE690 said: Murphy was awful for their first. He knew it aswell. the whole team was awful today - I don't think we can single any one player out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUICE690 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Just now, duo said: the whole team was awful today - I don't think we can single any one player out I'm not. Just noticed his face on the replay. It was a, 'that was my man' face (probably). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUICE690 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 11 minutes ago, Heron said: Appreciate your concern but also think like...we have had numerous clean sheets recently. Each opposition poses a different threat and certain teams are better suited against certain opposition. That's why top teams need more than one plan of action. Again, not concerned . I'm just pointing out folk will go over the top becuase of the score line and the fact. we were at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 22 minutes ago, Geogaddi said: Still can't believe people losing their head over one result wake up lads it was a one off. Agree that it's not a disaster, but Bournemouth have beaten or stymied us too often IMO to call it a one-off, or a bad day at the office. We only play them twice or three times a year, thankfully. But that doesn't give me that much comfort. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Pundit Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 As much as anything, the recent busy game schedule has shown the difficulty we have with rotation, or lack of it due to strong and familiarity of tactics in depth. I'm still blaming PSR/FFP for that and the corrupt cartel clubs for rigging against us being able to rightfully spend to bring us to a level playing field in terms of the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) battered by the best team we've played this season imho. but obvious mental and physical fatigue. clear to see. first 3 goals from us giving the ball away in defence. and a couple of possible sliding doors moments when we were 1-2 down - keppa's worldy save from tonali.... and the one that really pissed me off - isak taking a freekick from just outside the box with tripps stood next to him. wtf? Edited January 18 by huss9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 One positive of this game, come league cup 2nd leg, the players will fully know 2-0 is not safe and we have to treat it as 0-0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Bournemouth played it brilliantly to be fair. We've done the exact same to plenty of teams ourselves. Caught us cold out of the blocks and then never really allowed us to settle. Pressured us extremely well and capitalised on our errors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) Looked miles off it. One game too many for some of the lads maybe after a quick turnaround from the last game. Bournemouth's athleticism as I thought it would before the game caused us seriously problems defensively. Forced us to play through Burn, who kept playing poor passes into midfield that caught us out on both the first 2 goals. Hall got done for pace badly early on and never recovered. Trippier is finished at this level and his defending for their 4th was horrendous. Rest of the team just not on it and were a yard off it all over the pitch. Playing crazy cross field passes straight to them multiple times until it finally cost us on the 3rd goal. Not able to give our inform striker a sniff of a chance until he wrongfully took over a free kick near the end. Maybe the team needed this game to humble them into not getting ahead of themselves and knowing we need to be switched on for the rest of the season. But ultimately I think it just showed as we have all said the squad isnt deep enough and as soon as this first 11 drop their levels even slightly, we will get undone. Credit to Bournemouth. Battered us. Edited January 18 by alexf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 The kind of result I can't even be annoyed about tbh other than being cake walked at home. We were nowhere they were everywhere. Atwell was shit mind. Adams should've been on a yellow from the 10th or so minute which could've changed the dynamic a least a degree. On to the next etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 B’mouth were excellent. Whereas, we looked like a herd of Hippo’s, with ingrown toenails, sludging through a lagoon of custard. We knew it had to happen sometime; we've broken some spectacular runs ourselves. Move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenMag Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Aye was really impressed by Bournemouth today, fair play to them, maybe we helped them a wee bit but they didn't put a foot wrong all day, they are a team going through walls for their manager and their club, I can't fault them their win today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, huss9 said: keppa's worldy save from tonali.... The one at the end of the first half? Never a worldy save Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Disappointing to lose so badly between two in form teams. Interesting to see if it’s a bad day, or we’ve just been on a hot streak. Fingers crossed it’s the former, but hats off to Bournemouth showed us and our big name players up big style today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Beren said: Agree that it's not a disaster, but Bournemouth have beaten or stymied us too often IMO to call it a one-off, or a bad day at the office. We only play them twice or three times a year, thankfully. But that doesn't give me that much comfort. It was more the manner of the defeat than the defeat itself. We didn't just get beat, we got mauled. I said at 2-1 down that we needed to not get beat because they were European rivals and someone gave me the "come on man" line. But they are one point behind us now, and look a very decent side. Of course they are rivals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 4 hours ago, Beren said: Same, joke's on the Bournemouth fans. Suckers! I've repotted (and subsequently bought) some plants, changed air filters and I think I'll paint a bit. Ha ha take that @cherryred and your gracious victory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 It's the manner in which we were beaten is the sickener, not just a tactical mugging but individual battles lost all over the show. They were sharper, stronger,more athletic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Armchair Pundit said: As much as anything, the recent busy game schedule has shown the difficulty we have with rotation, or lack of it due to strong and familiarity of tactics in depth. I'm still blaming PSR/FFP for that and the corrupt cartel clubs for rigging against us being able to rightfully spend to bring us to a level playing field in terms of the squad. Exactly this. Our squad is still pretty thin to me in terms of who can come in and rotate particularly the front 3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 The wolves game should have been the warning. That could have been 3-3 due to our lackadaisical approach. The cherries were 100% focussed and we were resting on our laurels. If we are not on it we will struggle against any PL team. The start of the season showed that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 2 minutes ago, Holloway said: It's the manner in which we were beaten is the sickener, not just a tactical mugging but individual battles lost all over the show. They were sharper, stronger,more athletic As disappointing as that is so many of our recent games and wins been the exact opposite to this. It’s extremely frustrating to lose like that today but we were so off it does also feel like a massive off day. I’m more interested to see how we respond v Saints which is a must win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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