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Why what's happened to him?
Mickey
Player Valuation: £35m
It's a myth he was attacking. He used to just have the back three pass it around in the hope the opposition got bored.
That lot would have done the job better than our three centre backs!Special delivery........
Even Evertonians!
dannyboy
Player Valuation: £60m
You're probably right. We could adopt whatever tactics we want in these games but we're likely to lose because these teams are better than us.
R934
Player Valuation: £1m
Why do we feel the need to make excuses?
Take your pick out of this bunch:
-There better than us
-We're tired
-We're still miles away from the top 4/6
-They're the champions of England
-They've spent more money then us over the years
-We've played 3 games in a week
-We don't have that elusive 'targetman' (which I don't see solving anything as we have no runners from midfield who'll offer support)
- It's a 'transitional season'
So on, so forth.
If we'd have won the game and/or taken a point I can't imagine anyone would utter any of the above;
"I can't believe we beat and/or drew with the champions of England, after playing 3 games in a week, if you look at all the money they've spent, and how tired we're it's such a surprise, and yet we still haven't closed the gap to the top 4 and/or 6"
If the above sentence is not apparent already, I'm taking the piss. For some strange reason we seem to buy into small time mentality when playing the so called 'big clubs' and throw out a list of cliques as to why we we're always going to loose.
If we want to challenge at the higher echelons of this division, none of the above washes - its making excuses to hide the deficiencies in the actual performance. Nobody is standing here saying we should win everything, and its understandable not all results/performances will go our way, but there is little wrong with fans demanding we show some hunger, maybe complete a pass or two, and generally make a impact on the game without 1-to-11 wilting throughout. The results we've got -in all competitions- have been far from convincing, but its easier to brush them aside because an excuse doesn't need to be found. This isn't to say i'm right or wrong, but merely an a personal observation/opinion. Then again who am I to post such a message, i'm clearly 'wetting the bed', 'my heads gone' and 'Ronko' is the bee's knee's, best thing since sliced bread.
Take your pick out of this bunch:
-There better than us
-We're tired
-We're still miles away from the top 4/6
-They're the champions of England
-They've spent more money then us over the years
-We've played 3 games in a week
-We don't have that elusive 'targetman' (which I don't see solving anything as we have no runners from midfield who'll offer support)
- It's a 'transitional season'
So on, so forth.
If we'd have won the game and/or taken a point I can't imagine anyone would utter any of the above;
"I can't believe we beat and/or drew with the champions of England, after playing 3 games in a week, if you look at all the money they've spent, and how tired we're it's such a surprise, and yet we still haven't closed the gap to the top 4 and/or 6"
If the above sentence is not apparent already, I'm taking the piss. For some strange reason we seem to buy into small time mentality when playing the so called 'big clubs' and throw out a list of cliques as to why we we're always going to loose.
If we want to challenge at the higher echelons of this division, none of the above washes - its making excuses to hide the deficiencies in the actual performance. Nobody is standing here saying we should win everything, and its understandable not all results/performances will go our way, but there is little wrong with fans demanding we show some hunger, maybe complete a pass or two, and generally make a impact on the game without 1-to-11 wilting throughout. The results we've got -in all competitions- have been far from convincing, but its easier to brush them aside because an excuse doesn't need to be found. This isn't to say i'm right or wrong, but merely an a personal observation/opinion. Then again who am I to post such a message, i'm clearly 'wetting the bed', 'my heads gone' and 'Ronko' is the bee's knee's, best thing since sliced bread.
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CerberusFX
Player Valuation: £950k
One thing is for certain, unless things change against the top 6 we have no chance of bridging the gap, just have some belief at least, that's all the fans want at these grounds because they know realistically a defeat is probable, the term 'go out on your shield' should be the mantra.
Dead right mate. People seem to have somehow confused an inability to organise a team with being completely gung ho. He was never the all out attack merchant he was painted as, he was just tactically inept.
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
The lack of pace in the side today all over the pitch was quite alarming. I've changed my mind, I wanted a target man as our striker, but I'd just get Vardy in now, to get some pace into the side.
Rather have Josh king younger and has potential to score loads along side DLC!
John Bailey's wine glass
Player Valuation: £225k
In all honesty I didn't expect anything from today's game . The one thing I do expect , regardless of the opposition , is to put in a perfomance which includes effort and competitiveness . The latter were sadly lacking today and apart from Pickford and Calvert -Lewin nobody else came through the game with any credit . The system of 3 centre halves allows the wing backs to push on in support , I never once saw Holgate or Baines with any real attacking intent for a sustained period . The form of Calvert -Lewin in recent games has been encouraging so to leave him on the bench from the start was baffling . Being 2-0 down at half time should have brought a more attack minded policy and , at least , have more of a go in the second half . All I witnessed , apart from the last 7-8 minutes , was a damage limitation attitude . What is the point of that ? May as well have thrown caution to the wind and tried to push them back , to be a threat , and who knows what would have happened if we had managed to score one early in the second half . The only plus point I see is the saving on water .......a simple "quick wash" will suffice due to the sheer lack of sweat on said garments !!
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