eskimo joe wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 3:40 pm
andyginbrasil wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 3:03 pm
You are one of the few who will give credit where and when its due and cunt them off where and when its due. Respect for that
Who do you think is to blame deep down for our abysmal displays, I use displays because there are many. ?
Is it the players , not giving a fuck or is it the horrendous tactics they are asked to perform?
I have my suspicions but have only been able to watch it on the TV.
Are the players really that bad.....all 11 of them.........or are the tactics just unplayable.......various players played out of position cant help either but thats not the players fault.
I am interested in your opinion
I will give you my opinion for what it is worth and no doubt there will be some that think it's utter bollox.
I think the players have to shoulddr some of the blame because no matter what you should at least show some pride. Unfotunately they have to do the same thing week in week out knowing, probably , that his tactics are as old as the hills and boring and unaffective to boot.
It must be monotanous to play the same way every game just waiting to pick up some scraps instead of actually playing football. Remember Moyes said we don't need the ball often. So there they are hardly any possession trying to win a game on slim pickings.
Then you got Sundays game, doing the same but with our backs to the wall just to make sure they kept the score line down. Well they only scored two in the second half so i guess there is some kind of futile arguement that it worked. Maybe it didn't occur to Moyes that you can narrow the deficit by actually attacking and scoring a goal or two yourself. We basically got a team who arent allowed to play football.
I just wonder now which team will turn up in the Europa Cup, because i think the players thoughts towards the league at the moment are secondry in their minds.
All opinions are justifiable Joe, I mentioned this because I was watching Bowen yesterday, a right winger who was a regular goal scorer in his preferred position, now playing as a striker/centre forward......running round like headless chicken to try and pick up scraps now hasn't scored for 6 PL games whereas whilst playing Right wing his dry periods would only last 1 match ( this season ). I feel for him
Ben Johnson, playing left wing........one of the few shining stars the last 2 or 3 games.....but a left winger he isn't .....put there no doubt for his defensive abilities ........ that didn't go too well did it .......why not start Cornet and show some sort of attacking intention.
Bringing on Phillips for Alvarez ........maybe he did have a yellow card...... but one of our better players
Bringing on the Greek in place of Zouma .........IMO he should of started against Arsenal ..... lot quicker than Zouma
Bringing on Cresswell for Emerson .........was he injured .....FFS we were already 6-0 down
Playing at home with less than 30% possession against one of the best teams in the PL and allowing them 25 shots is never going to end well with our defensive capabilities, so all in all my blame is swinging towards the management side of our team.