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Right there on BBC sport.Where do you see that chances stat, out of curiosity? Hadn't heard of that before.
Right there on BBC sport.Where do you see that chances stat, out of curiosity? Hadn't heard of that before.
Where do you see that chances stat, out of curiosity? Hadn't heard of that before.
Do you mean intact?Ah balls to that, my pride is in tact.
So, Zuzzée Mourinho...
Bournemouth had 20 chances against us. That's not a simple case of our defenders not defending well, but more our midfield not protecting them well enough.
Infact intactDo you mean intact?
Personally, I never felt as though Bournemouth were going to score until they actually did, but any opposition is going to have a chance or two in the PL - they're all good teams.I agree we shouldn't be conceding 20 shots to Bournemouth, but that;s a bit misleading in all honesty. Most of those shots seemed like they were from 25+ yards, and in situations where they had no other options so they hit one and hoped. Your midfield point is spot on though.
Agreed.Certainly this to an extent.
I think one of the things that Poch got himself all in a pickle over, was trying to find the right balance between attack and defence, in order to solve that elusive "winning a trophy" problem. Jose is already finding that he can let our attacking players off the leash, and they will score bags of goals. But there's this balance in midfield that he needs to figure out to stop the tide of conceded goals. I don't think its as simple as just our defenders needing to be better, but that the midfield isn't stemming the tide further up.
Bournemouth had 20 chances against us. That's not a simple case of our defenders not defending well, but more our midfield not protecting them well enough.
"It's a multi-year squad evolution analysis"
"It's hard enough to get three players done in a transfer window. To get six or seven done is extremely difficult if you are getting proper talent.
"If you choose to churn every player because they are not good enough and you're not extending contracts, you are putting yourself at risk of execution. Sometimes you have to take a broader view."
Also true. As well as that tactical balance, we are definitely having problems with dropping energy levels and concentration when closing out games.Personally, I never felt as though Bournemouth were going to score until they actually did, but any opposition is going to have a chance or two in the PL - they're all good teams.
Also true. As well as that tactical balance, we are definitely having problems with dropping energy levels and concentration when closing out games.
Maybe the old Spurs complacency in microcosm. We've lost that toughness that Dembele inspired in us. José needs to work out how to get it back.
My point precisely! Very silly on my part and I feel nothing but shame and regretDo you mean intact?
I take back everything I said about Jose before he signed. I'm ball deep in now guys. Love the guy! ???
Unless there’s a post that’s almost impossible to understand, I don’t get the need to criticize grammar, spelling, punctuation, or whatever as long as the idea is communicated.I had a pm from one poster having a go at me for correcting his grammar the other day, and he disabled the reply option so I couldn’t come back to him.
To my mind correcting grammar is a staple and time honoured SC tradition and should be taken in the spirit with which it is usually intended.
I don’t speak proper English, it’s actually quite poor, the whole grammar militancy bit is an injection of flippancy into an otherwise heated situation with the intention of taking the sting out. I can see that this is not always apparent, so I’m going to stop doing it. Actually, I’m going to go one further, I’m not posting any more. I’ve just spent that last day being rounded on by a group of you over the most trivial thing, I’m clearly a poster who seems to cause irritation, I don’t want that, so I’m fucking off. TaraaaUnless there’s a post that’s almost impossible to understand, I don’t get the need to criticize grammar, spelling, punctuation, or whatever as long as the idea is communicated.
There are different levels of writing ability as well as a variety of communication styles among the myriad of posters on this and any other Internet forum.
You actually criticized my grammar and punctuation and went as far as saying I had an “inability to speak proper English” in that Everton match thread a few weeks back. Now, that’s not a very nice thing to say, and who knows what “proper English” is?
Was I offended? Not much. Irritated? Yes, but I got that you weren’t thinking straight at the time, and your anger was compromising not only your judgment, but your comprehension as well.
That much was evident with the “Aurier is a monster!” line among others. I was more offended by the content of your post rather than the grammar attack BS, which didn't pass muster anyway.
Couple of tips on your own, personal pilgrimage to “speaking proper English” just from recent posts; compound adjectives should be hyphenated before a noun, and the word “intact” should stay, well…pretty much that.
A more important point is, people who feel less confident about their use of language in the written form…grammar, spelling etc., just want to express themselves like the rest of us. Some of the best content posters on this site fall into that category.
I don’t speak proper English, it’s actually quite poor, the whole grammar militancy bit is an injection of flippancy into an otherwise heated situation with the intention of taking the sting out. I can see that this is not always apparent, so I’m going to stop doing it. Actually, I’m going to go one further, I’m not posting any more. I’ve just spent that last day being rounded on by a group of you over the most trivial thing, I’m clearly a poster who seems to cause irritation, I don’t want that, so I’m fucking off. Taraaa
Balance in midfield, with a very good DM, would sort most of the other stuff out.For me we are most vulnerable when we turnover the ball in attack are transition from attack to defence constantly fails.
The question is why?
Do we over commit?
Is our attacking formation too fluid to recover our defensive stability?
Oh and we are shit at set pieces.