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robc84 14,944 posts
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TheSaint 20,280 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThe reverse psychology is strong in here tonight. -
Baihu1983 13,130 posts
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Registered 9 years ago0 reason for son to run offside then. No one was near him -
Frogofdoom 17,220 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI think we are probably the worst team in the top half when we are winning but if his carries on you will be pushing us hard for the honour. -
You-can-call-me-kal 22,315 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAnd just to rub a little salt in the wound, Poch just won his first trophy. -
Baihu1983 13,130 posts
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Registered 9 years agoWorst thing this team can do is score early now days. We need to be kept at 0-0 till around the 75th minute -
SolidSCB 14,596 posts
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Registered 11 years agoEven City are turning into sit on a lead merchants this season. Think the early mullerings some of the big teams got, combined with the season being so truncated and things being so tight is making everyone a bit twitchy. -
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Registered 14 years agoImpressive that from Fulham, especially considering the weird build up to the game. Lots of points dropped from winning positions for Spurs, especially with 3rd place having been up for grab tonight.
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SuperCoolEskimo 11,833 posts
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Registered 14 years agoWhat’s happening with Bale? I assumed he’d be fit and firing by now. -
simpleexplodingmaybe 16,065 posts
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Registered 5 years agoThose Ryan Fraser fouls were so blatant you’d think he was trying to get sent off -
Baihu1983 13,130 posts
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Registered 9 years agoSuperCoolEskimo wrote:
Don't think he's a sit back for 86 minutes football player so Jose doesn't use him
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SnackPlissken 2,607 posts
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Registered 3 years agoCrazy season. Fulham had 3 days to prepare for this and get a point? Pretty good going. -
Trowel 24,077 posts
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Registered 17 years agoCeltic have put their Under-18 squad on furlough.
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JYM60 18,661 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI see Mourinho is blaming the players...saying there's no ambition to get another goal. Nothing to do with his tactics then!?
Trowel wrote:
It's as if Celtic are doing absolutely anything to make excuses for being absolutely shite.
Celtic have put their Under-18 squad on furlough.
Good PR move, a week after sending the first team on a £250k trip to Dubai to catch Covid.
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fontgeeksogood 11,986 posts
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Jono62 26,345 posts
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Registered 13 years agoHope the street food was worth it. -
Jono62 26,345 posts
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Registered 13 years agoVilla Vs Everton postponed. -
Rum_Monkey 1,959 posts
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Registered 12 months agoHeh, saw a good tweet.
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robc84 14,944 posts
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Registered 8 years agoBaihu1983 wrote:
I’m not sure he is fully fit after his recent injury to be fair. But yes, understandable he doesn’t play against the likes of city, Liverpool etc., but you’d like to think we’d see enough of the ball against the likes of Fulham for him to be effective.
SuperCoolEskimo wrote:
Don't think he's a sit back for 86 minutes football player so Jose doesn't use him
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robc84 14,944 posts
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Registered 8 years agoJYM60 wrote:
He seems to do this every time. I do find it strange that we sit back so much on 1 goal, but the fact it keeps happening must come down to the manager. It was obvious Fulham were going to score yesterday but he didn’t make any changes to try to alter the flow of the game until after they scored. It’s very strange.
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mikew1985 15,164 posts
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Registered 14 years agoIt's not strange though, this is jose now. I do think it's sort of incredible that he seems to just get caught out all the time with these tactics now though.
Opposition are probably overall stronger than during his best spells as a manager as this seemed to always happen when he managed us too. It feels unlucky sometimes but it's deserved for his approach.
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Rum_Monkey 1,959 posts
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Registered 12 months agoHe doesn't have the defenders to pull it off anymore. Dier and Sanchez aren't exactly top tier.
If he had prime vertonghen and Alderwierald he'd grind at so many cleansheet wins. -
You-can-call-me-kal 22,315 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWe still pretty much have the best defensive record in the league. We’re conceding a lot of late set pieces. That’s less about the quality of our defenders and more about how they’re being trained and/or concentration. It feels like a specific issue that you could target and address, although we have not done so, so perhaps not. -
You-can-call-me-kal 22,315 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI say a lot. It’s still not actually a lot relatively speaking but tots specifically set pieces where we struggle. Our in play defending is really excellent. -
Rum_Monkey 1,959 posts
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Registered 12 months agoWhen the team is set up to defend as a unit it helps obviously. Then the individual errors will be exposed at setpieces. -
Rum_Monkey 1,959 posts
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Registered 12 months agoAnd it must be exhausting to play like it. -
Rum_Monkey 1,959 posts
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Registered 12 months agoIf he gets someone with end product on the right wing and another hjoberg type, Spurs will be super effective with the way he sets them up. -
robc84 14,944 posts
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Registered 8 years agoWe generally defend well, but that’s not the issue. The issue is that we are unable to take the sting out of a game when winning either by scoring a second goal or controlling possession. We seem to sit back deep, concede possession at 1-0. And it’s costing us lots of points. -
SolidSCB 14,596 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt seems to me he realised there was a genuine crack at the league this year and got a bit more pragmatic.
Again though, City are doing the exact same this season and aren't getting shit for it. Along with the narrative that they have a threadbare squad and totally haven't hoovered up three quarters of the defenders in the northern hemisphere over the last 5 years to cope with that. -
robc84 wrote:
While certainly true of other games, I honestly don’t think that’s a fair assessment of yesterday. We had quite high possession and we’re definitely going for the second goal. We just didn’t get it.
We generally defend well, but that’s not the issue. The issue is that we are unable to take the sting out of a game when winning either by scoring a second goal or controlling possession. We seem to sit back deep, concede possession at 1-0. And it’s costing us lots of points.
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