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As poor as we’ve been Lille have been very strong. They’ve shut us out.
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Can we please keep in mind that Lille had the weekend off and are playing at home? Thank you.
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If Digne is on the outgoings list he should be the last name on it. I wish we had an insight into the finances; even moreso if (big if) we manage to shift on all of Coutinho, Sanson, Dendoncker, Lenglet, Chambers and Hause this summer.
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Lucky for us we don't even have to think about what he'll be doing next season yet. There's a lot of games to play and we'll have an even clearer picture of Zaniolo and where he fits, if at all, come the end of the season.
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If we do rest legs I just hope it doesn't get ugly. No-one wants a 6+ nil loss at this stage of the season.
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I'd wager playing our best 11 needlessly, tiring them out and still getting smashed would be even worse. It is what it is, let Emery cook, there are far more important and more winnable games on the immediate horizon.
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I wish it were that simple.
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Sack MacPhee.
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Aston Vill, everybody.
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I hope we switch to a back 4 soon so we can win easi- oh.. sh**..
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Has no options.
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You're reaching there mate.
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I'd love to agree with you but the simple fact is we're now without our captain and one of our few CM options for the next 3 games because of a mindless challenge.
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Far too many miserable, old farts complaining about formations for there to be any half decent atmosphere.
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Can we all agree that it's a challenge that is at least open to interpretation and could warrant a sending off depending on how you understand and enforce the rules. That for me is what the issue is. Don't give the ref the opportunity to pull a red by making such a foolish challenge.
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We must've watched a different game, friend. There's nothing wrong with playing deep and direct in one half while you try to figure out what the oppositions game plan is. We had multiple attacks on the break where if not for one block or overhit cross we at the very least test the keeper and then the perception of the first half is entirely different. It was a tentative first half with a lot riding on it.
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I don't see how either playing Cash in midfield (who has more legs than any other player in the squad) or having Pau push up into midfield to supplement our attack with his passing range means we're playing this naive, 'pls don't lose' way. I just don't see it. That's even before we talk about who we'd have played in midfield instead. How we were set up and how we were playing was working just fine until a freak cross and a mistake by Konsa.
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I'd have liked to have seen how he'd have done in the 2nd half if we hadn't shat the bed. He wasn't great but Tottenham defended brilliantly and we just couldn't create a clear cut chance when we were on the break.
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Cool. So in your example Konsa theoretically could've passed to Moreno, Pau, Cash, Tielemans, McGinn, Douglas and Bailey (7). During our actual game, based on the formation you're using as a stick to beat Emery with, Konsa had Digne, Pau, Lenglet, Cash, Tielemans, McGinn, Bailey and Douglas (8) to pass to. Even if you remove Tielemans, who I'm including because he was the one who actually 'received' the ball, it's still even. Could you please explain to my monkey brain how your formation prevents that second goal?
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I'd love for you to explain.
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You've lost me. So playing a 2 man defence of Tielemans and Diaby is better than your perceived 5atb because there'd be more options in midfield? In the game Konsa technically had 4 other defenders and 5 midfielders to pass to and it's still not enough? Another silly assumption is that our 'hoofing it' means we had a lack of options. We were intentionally playing direct, and it was working. We broke through multiple times, I recall at least 3 identical attacks with Watkins on the ball, Tielemans to his left and Bailey to his right and each time the attack broke down because of brilliant defending by Tottenham. On another day we pick a better pass and rip the net out.
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Personally I think we should play a 3-5-2 when the opposition GK has the ball, 3-4-1-1 when their RB is taking a throw-in, 1-4-5 when we have the ball (Steve Bruce line of thinking classic) and a 5-5-5 when we're 1-0 up to protect the lead. Anything other than the above and we're throwing the game away.
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'Captain' my arse.
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I was happy to see Pau on the ball in midfield, I thought it was a great idea. That, and our 'formation' is not the reason we lost today.
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Torres was often in midfield during the first half. Watch it back. As for Konsa - how about the option of booting it? It's ridiculous to assume one less 'defender' (I don't agree we were playing a flat back 5) would've given Konsa more options. There's more to a match than the formation you're assuming we played. Oh and by the way the player he passed to was Tielemans. Based on your criticism you 're expecting Emery to field a player in addition to our 5 'defenders', McGinn, Douglas and Tielemans just so Konsa would have someone to pass to. What?
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