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That was a £#%&!ing awful performance. I think Ole is doing a great job but he got it badly wrong today.
We clipped our own wings by not playing Rashford, Martial and Bruno in their normal positions, IMO. I don't understand why they were not substituted after we got the second goal against Palace. They all played a further 20 minutes or so. Also, can't think of any good reason why The Scottish Player didn't play. It was a perfect game for him. To be fair to the lads, the advantage of the extra 48-hours rest for Chelsea was very much apparent and the ref didn't help matters by allowing them to kick us at will - another reason The Scottish Player would have been handy. For all that, there was nothing in the game until our keeper threw 2 goals in - both of them at the perfect time to score as well - £#%&! me. When you think about it, if it wasn't for De Gea, we might well have won the game 1-0. In the overall scheme of things, I wouldn't read too much into it. We didn't learn anything new - De Gea is on a downward trajectory, Lindelof needs upgrading, Pogba's attitude stinks, Fred and Matic can do a job but they're not first team material. Beat West Ham and we'll be grand. |
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he can't seriously not play matic, but The Scottish Player would be far preferable to fred. even allowing for chelsea's midfield sometimes being young, lightweight and defensively awful - and that wasn't the team they picked today. kovacic was allowed to get away with kicking and fouling all game.
wan-b is barely serviceable as an attacking fullback. playing him as a wing-back with three centre-backs is just nonsense. williams, understandable, but wan-b? £#%&! off. and with james ahead of him... who is just... nothing. bad team, bad tactics, late changes. still... blame de gea. |
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Bad game all round. Finishing the league with another two wins and hopefully going all the way in the Europa would be a decent season imo. In January it would've looked almost impossible.
However, Dan James will never ever be a Premier League quality player. He is shit. I'm still not sure what to make of AWB. He can be very good, but his positioning is generally terrible, and his ball control is Smalling-esque. Definitely need another CB, and it's time to wave goodbye to De Gea. He's a liability now. Other than that, I really couldn't give a shit about today's result. It didn't feel like a proper game at all, and certainly not a cup semi final. |
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Maybe he’s seeing something in training to suggest AWB can play wing back; I’ve certainly seen nothing. It’s irrelevant anyway, because he didn’t even try. We were just five across the back with two in front of them. Odd tactics from a manager who was a cf and stated clearly he wants his team on the front foot, taking risk and playing entertaining football. These were Mourinho tactics.
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3/5 at the back doesn't work for us, but, if wan-b is playing, he has to be one of the three. timmeh did more than him in a cameo. dalot would do more. pereira would do more. and... james? wtf, ole? wtaf? |
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If it hadn’t been for Monday’s equaliser I think he’d have played something more like today’s team on Thursday. Of course that was scuppered.
Bad day at the office and De Geas stock falls yet further. Shame as it was a real opportunity to win a decent trophy. Onto the league.... |
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