phips wrote:
good to see that Mangala's passing is still just as shit as it was last season.
Oh ffs! He had a couple of loose ones but no more than any of our other defenders.
Edit: Just checked, 89.1% pass accuracy, same as Vinnie.
phips wrote:
good to see that Mangala's passing is still just as shit as it was last season.
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:phips wrote:
good to see that Mangala's passing is still just as shit as it was last season.
Oh ffs! He had a couple of loose ones but no more than any of our other defenders.
Edit: Just checked, 89.1% pass accuracy, same as Vinnie.
Original Dub wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:phips wrote:
good to see that Mangala's passing is still just as shit as it was last season.
Oh ffs! He had a couple of loose ones but no more than any of our other defenders.
Edit: Just checked, 89.1% pass accuracy, same as Vinnie.
Are you surprised by his post mate?
john@staustell wrote:Doug, I thought the free kicks were given away because there was a conscious effort not to let them near our goal. Also hack anything that moved in the penalty area. Seemed to work so far
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:john@staustell wrote:Doug, I thought the free kicks were given away because there was a conscious effort not to let them near our goal. Also hack anything that moved in the penalty area. Seemed to work so far
Not really buying that. I agree with others that Fernandinho was excellent but one of his strengths is also a bit of a weakness when he is determined to get in front of players and nick the ball he does give free kicks away and they can be very dangerous.
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:john@staustell wrote:Doug, I thought the free kicks were given away because there was a conscious effort not to let them near our goal. Also hack anything that moved in the penalty area. Seemed to work so far
Not really buying that. I agree with others that Fernandinho was excellent but one of his strengths is also a bit of a weakness when he is determined to get in front of players and nick the ball he does give free kicks away and they can be very dangerous.
carl_feedthegoat wrote:Douglas Higginbottom wrote:john@staustell wrote:Doug, I thought the free kicks were given away because there was a conscious effort not to let them near our goal. Also hack anything that moved in the penalty area. Seemed to work so far
Not really buying that. I agree with others that Fernandinho was excellent but one of his strengths is also a bit of a weakness when he is determined to get in front of players and nick the ball he does give free kicks away and they can be very dangerous.
You cannot give free kicks away outside that pen area..its playing with fire ffs !!. Kompany gets slated, by me mostly, when he fuckign does it and the same applies to Fernando.....cut it out !
getdressedmctavish wrote:Wasn't at all surprised by Fernandinos inept tackling. For the avoidance of doubt he CANNOT TACKLE AND WILL NEVER MAKE S DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER AS LONG AS.......... As Ted told us years ago he's an attacking central midfielder who can break quickly and link up play. He showed with his brilliant pass to Sterling that he has quality. But our problem has always been that, when teams stifle Ya Ya and Dave and get in behind us, the defence does not have an effective screen. If you cant cope with Gardener and Fletcher except by fouling how will you cope with Messi and Iniesta et al?i am sure that was the point of the Pogba bid. I think Delph will be better at it but its a big ask. As another poster says, it looks like Pellergrini has decided to risk conceding with a view to outscoring the oppo. Swap Navas for de Brune and we should be unstoppable in the Prem. But will we be good enough to take on the top five in the chumps league which is our goal?to me, Fernandinho has always been a square peg, too similar to Ya Ya in terms of his attributes. so it will be interesting to see whether we can swamp Chelsea with our skill and pace or whether they can cynically stifle us and get behind our midfield and catch us on the break as Mourinio will doubtless try to do.Just for a marker, I still think Hazard is vastly overrated and easy to send down blind alleys. Think Sagna will keep his place.We are well equipped to get the big lumps turning and floundering but we need a tough ref willing to book the early Chelsea attempts to kick Dave out of the game.
Hazy2 wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:Douglas Higginbottom wrote:john@staustell wrote:Doug, I thought the free kicks were given away because there was a conscious effort not to let them near our goal. Also hack anything that moved in the penalty area. Seemed to work so far
Not really buying that. I agree with others that Fernandinho was excellent but one of his strengths is also a bit of a weakness when he is determined to get in front of players and nick the ball he does give free kicks away and they can be very dangerous.
You cannot give free kicks away outside that pen area..its playing with fire ffs !!. Kompany gets slated, by me mostly, when he fuckign does it and the same applies to Fernando.....cut it out !
Ferna was briliant at times, but a red card waiting to happen and the Chelsea cheating cunts will milk that on Sunday.... last night, however if a clumsy player like Joleon can thread ball through the middle of the pitch I fear we could get done by a side with say with Hazard running through last night was full of positives just big holes in the MF again. Sorry to be a nitpicker. The top teams in CL will see that all day.
carl_feedthegoat wrote:Just watched the highlights and Id like to say this :
The first goal...Tyler was absolutley gutted it went in,,,he didnt even raise one decibel to describe the goal.
Bony had a wicked shot and just missed.....TYLER virtually said NOTHING..not even a raised whisper to describe the shot.
And LESCOTT was fuckign PAP........take it Ted Take it !!!
Yffi_88 wrote:Regardless, IMO, that gap will be exploited by better sides, and people with a bit more ability and quick feet will draw Fernandinho into more and more silly tackles where we can easily find ourselves with 10 men and an even bigger gap between the midfield and defence.
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Yffi_88 wrote:Regardless, IMO, that gap will be exploited by better sides, and people with a bit more ability and quick feet will draw Fernandinho into more and more silly tackles where we can easily find ourselves with 10 men and an even bigger gap between the midfield and defence.
I don't think we'll be as risk averse when playing better sides, at least I hope not.
Nigels Tackle wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:Just watched the highlights and Id like to say this :
The first goal...Tyler was absolutley gutted it went in,,,he didnt even raise one decibel to describe the goal.
Bony had a wicked shot and just missed.....TYLER virtually said NOTHING..not even a raised whisper to describe the shot.
And LESCOTT was fuckign PAP........take it Ted Take it !!!
where is ted?
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