I think this is harsh. 2 points dropped - no doubt about itBut the result counts and we have already fallen behind by 2 points and there is no sign of improvement of the performance
In a physical sense there's (relatively) not a huge amount of running involved in sitting on the edge of your own box and shuffling 10 yards side to side. This is the modern way of playing. 20 years ago that game would have been end to end and with only three subs legs would have gone after 65 minutes.it was weird, our players looked like they were running in mud by the 70th minute where as Leicester went into overdrive. shouldn't happen when we are the ones putting mental and physical pressure on em for like 70% of the match
I think you will find there will be other scapegoat candidates such as Johnson and even Sonny before a clear winner is announced. Davies could be a potential Europa League scapegoat too.Sorry but following the sales of Dier, Skipp and PEH, Werner has been allocated the role of scapegoat. As such he will be blamed for everything bad this year.
Funny thing is, had Bergvall and Kulu started I reckon we'd of won it in the first half.
He’s blocking Moore which ever way you look at it. Moore plays much better on the right than Werner- that can’t be disputed from what we’ve seen. Moore has made a name for himself on the left, and we don’t know what his ceiling is in that position in actual senior gameplay. Ange talks about being brave but he bottled having Moore on the bench - it looked like the perfect match to have him available. We went from having a lovely balance in the first half to looking totally disorganised in the second.The criticism with werner is unfair but think it stems from the fact he is blocking Moores path on the bench
I’m sorry to pick you up on this but we shouldn’t be expecting to lose at home to Arsenal, full stop ! Even when we were bang average in the mid 90s and early 2000s and they had that unbeaten season we weren’t losing regularly at home to them, so a 3rd successive home defeat in 3 seasons is not acceptable. We must literally fight tooth and nail and give it everything to make sure that doesn’t happen….I’m still annoyed because we should have won, and instead we’ve allowed ourselves to be trolled by a player I loathe. It also makes the Everton game a very significant one because with Newcastle and the NLD to follow, we can’t expect to get anything from those two games.
However, I really enjoyed our first half performance and the only issue with us in the 10 minutes before they equalised is that we weren’t clinical with our own chances. Everyone needs to be a bit sharper in and around the opponents penalty area to make us more ruthless, but there was a lot to like about our performance last night.
I’m still annoyed though.
Thing is it keeps happening.. The same thing. Ive never been so scared to go 1.0 up early on in the first halves as I have with Ange as you know if we get to HT 1.0 the other team is going to come back...Its 1 game. They created 1 chance afterwards, it happens
Its football, not the end of the world.
As usual, it’s too early to tell how we’ll do this season, and by the time we know, it’ll be too late. The needle returns to the start of the song and we all sing along like before…
Depends who Bergvall is in place of? Personally thought the midfield three were very good first half.
Not so sure about that. 4th is obviously going to be competitive but 5-6 poor results is a bit of a harsh benchmark.But two games like that and you're not champion, 5-6 of them and you're not top 4.
I haven’t said we shouldn’t fight for a result or accept anything, I’ve said we shouldn’t expect anything. There’s a massive difference. It doesn’t make a defeat ‘acceptable’ or mean we won’t fight for a result, but we’ll be underdogs going into that game, and so - like with our trip to SJP based on recent performances there - defeat is currently the likeliest outcome. There’s a difference between hope and expectation.I’m sorry to pick you up on this but we shouldn’t be expecting to lose at home to Arsenal, full stop ! Even when we were bang average in the mid 90s and early 2000s and they had that unbeaten season we weren’t losing regularly at home to them, so a 3rd successive home defeat in 3 seasons is not acceptable. We must literally fight tooth and nail and give it everything to make sure that doesn’t happen….
No. He is not up to it. Nothing to do with Mikey. Having said that if you want a sub for 15 mins to make something happen, It’s Mikey, not Timo.The criticism with werner is unfair but think it stems from the fact he is blocking Moores path on the bench