A Season Littered with Errors

[GhostOfDixie]

Lets be honest the Blues have/are having a tremendous season. We are still a general short in midfield, but generally its been great. Why? because we are defending better and we have a goalscorer.

But...

The majority of the goals we concede are unforced errors. Two today, three against Arsenal, two against Liverpool and one against Man U.

I have noticed this habit as an ongoing problem for the past twenty years almost. Its starting to get on my [Poor language removed] nerves. Is it concentration? I would probably say it is. Our players seem to lack concentration. So regardless of whether or not we sign quality in the summer, there is still this lack of concentration that is letting us down in vital areas.

 

[Bainsey]

Howard looked [Poor language removed], either carrying an injury or his confidence from the arsenal mess up has got to him.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Well I'm not just talking about tonight. I'm talking about errors our teams seem to make in crucial areas. We give the ball away far too cheaply and stand off attackers. Really annoys me.

 

[The Sandman]

Lescott seems to make far too many errors for my liking. yes he is a brilliant defender, but every match there is at least one error, a misplaced pass or a poor header. if we're going to win at goodison he had better cut out those errors, because a team like chelsea will pounce on them, as we saw tonight.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Lescott seems to make far too many errors for my liking. yes he is a brilliant defender, but every match there is at least one error, a misplaced pass or a poor header. if we're going to win at goodison he had better cut out those errors, because a team like chelsea will pounce on them, as we saw tonight.

I think out of all our players he makes the less errors. Is this a knee jerk reaction because of tonight?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It's all that's stopping us breaking into the top four. Over the past two seasons we've had all of the top four on toast at various points and blown it. Against Man Utd last season when 2-0 up only for Hibbert to gift them one, Neville to score an own goal etc. We outplay Arsenal in the first half and gift them three really soft goals. Liverpool is well documented. And here tonight. Even last season against Chelsea we had them only to let Drogba and Lampard score long distance goals.

You could say it's simply bad luck or bad refereeing but it happens too often for my liking. I don't know the cause of it, whether the players will improve the more the play in these big games, whether this ability to shut out games is what seperates the good from the great. I don't know, but if we can sort it out then we have the talent to really do some damage in this league.

 

[benj_1878]

Let's be honest though, it may be a knee jerk reaction, but there's a [Poor language removed] need for it. I mean, how tall is Wright-Phillips? Smallest player on the pitch and he managed to beat him in the air, unacceptable.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Let's be honest though, it may be a knee jerk reaction, but there's a [Poor language removed] need for it. I mean, how tall is Wright-Phillips? Smallest player on the pitch and he managed to beat him in the air, unacceptable.

Yes, but not talking about Lescott, I'm talking about Everton and errors they make. I don't think Lescott makes that many mistakes.

 

[benj_1878]

Yes, but not talking about Lescott, I'm talking about Everton and errors they make. I don't think Lescott makes that many mistakes.

Neither do I, I personally think Yobo is more prone to mistakes than Lescott, but I can understand where the point is coming from based on the evidence of their second goal. I thought Lescott was fine apart from the goal, and then having a touch like a rapist at the end when he perhaps should have scored.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Well he's not a striker is he. I thought tonight there were mistakes leading up to their second goal, Faddy gave the ball away, Carlsey never got close. Hibbert never got tight, Howard should have claimed and Lescott should have found row z.

 

[benj_1878]

Well he's not a striker is he. I thought tonight there were mistakes leading up to their second goal, Faddy gave the ball away, Carlsey never got close. Hibbert never got tight, Howard should have claimed and Lescott should have found row z.

Evidently not.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

It's all that's stopping us breaking into the top four. Over the past two seasons we've had all of the top four on toast at various points and blown it. Against Man Utd last season when 2-0 up only for Hibbert to gift them one, Neville to score an own goal etc. We outplay Arsenal in the first half and gift them three really soft goals. Liverpool is well documented. And here tonight. Even last season against Chelsea we had them only to let Drogba and Lampard score long distance goals.

You could say it's simply bad luck or bad refereeing but it happens too often for my liking. I don't know the cause of it, whether the players will improve the more the play in these big games, whether this ability to shut out games is what seperates the good from the great. I don't know, but if we can sort it out then we have the talent to really do some damage in this league.

He's to blame for our keeper dropping an easy catch?

I wouldnt include the chelsea home game because we lost to 2 brilliantly took long range strikes. But with the others, and with a lot of other goals we concede the team seem to fall asleep and let in a really sloppy goal that could and should of been advoided.
Why does it happen against the bigger teams? Because we have a team that can match them but when we do and the players begin to think that we could pull off a "shock" result they panic. They are not experienced enough at beating those kinds of teams and so they get carried away and lose concentration and BLAM we lose.

Then our heads drop, we need leaders who are going to lead by example and be solid and professional for the full 90 mins safe in the belief that they are good enough to beat any team. Its great having that belief at the start of the game but you need to have it when you're losing as well, not just think that its the inevitable happening.

We need big game players, players who have been there done that, who have played in the top teams and beaten the top teams. How many do we have now? Phil Neville?

 

[SuitsBlue]

howard didnt play against arsenal.

 

[The Sandman]

I think out of all our players he makes the less errors. Is this a knee jerk reaction because of tonight?

no, he gives the ball away at least once every match, that is not good enough for a CB. i'm not taking away anything from his ability or overall performances, just saying that there are some errors there that will be punished by top teams.

 

[Neiler]

Ghost i disagree with your first post, in the sense that i think we have defended poorly all season, im sure the stats will back me on this and beleive it or not i think we miss stubbs. Ill hold my hands up and go against publuc opinion and say i dont like Jags at centre half, hispostitional play is good and he can block shots and make a good tackle, but for me he is not strong enough and to often he has misjudged long punts forward or missed runs of strikers duning same punts.

I find it mystifying that we have two International Left backs available andones on the bench and the other is in the stand. While we have possibly the best centre back in England playing at left back. And a right back playing at centre half.

On the Lescott point, he has proven not only that hes the best centre back at the club, but the best winger too, im tempted to say left back but i want him in the centre (he really is a fantastic footballer).