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1 hour ago, mottaloo said:

"You should be arsed. F*** off Ross, f*** off man !"

If this true surely has to be the end for him 

Smith can't be playing players who are not arsed 

9 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Good point you know.

You might get the odd mistake but if we play like at the start of the season you can forgive it

47 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Yeah he looked a man possessed getting forward after the mistake.

I actually think our bad form has coincided with mings not dictating the play or bringing the ball out from the back after he got hounded for his last mistake 

Only thing missing from the last 15 minutes was a kienan goal maybe next time

8 minutes ago, villa89 said:

It proves the point though, you are just looking at stats not the 90 minutes on the pitch. He's crap, doesn't matter what stats he has. 

You say he is crap which stats did you get that from

9 hours ago, LxYoungAVFC said:

Sam Allardyce, Gareth Southgate and 1 other cabbage like this.

Well what's your solution then cause not working without Jack also tuchel uses this as well and they are 2nd best team in league since he took over just because some shit manager uses it doesn't mean it's a bad formation 

I think we probably should change tactics when Jack isn't there

Maybe 3 5 2 

                   Martinez 

     Konsa     engels/hause   mings

Cash       Nakamba  luiz        targett 

                       Mcginn

           Watkins      Davis 

I think with this it also makes us more dangerous on set pieces because of extra height 

I think we probably should change tactics when Jack isn't there

Maybe 3 5 2 

                   Martinez 

     Konsa     engels/hause   mings

Cash       Nakamba  luiz        targett 

                       Mcginn

           Watkins      Davis 

I think with this it also makes us more dangerous on set pieces because of extra height 

19 minutes ago, deeps said:

Barkley almost had 2 assists, don’t get the hate. 
 

Shocking performance 

That's the point he would have 2 assists if he makes the right decision but he didnt

To honest it's all a moot point Elmo had the back post covered he just let the ball go, if he is not sure that there is nobody behind he should be clearing it, if he does that everything else is irrelevant 

1 minute ago, andym said:

Had McGoldrick run right past him into the box for the goal

Either go with him or make sure the defence know you are passing him on

He did neither

Mcginn was bad for the goal but all the blame goes to Elmo( unless your sure there is nobody behind you ) you have to play the ball not leave and hope nobody's there

Probably needs a rest but when you only have one striker what do you do

Might be time for Hayden Kessler 

I like Elmo but this season seems to be a step to far, a good signing for the money and time but times up now I'm afraid 

2 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Just get Grealish back fit again and things will be ok.

Doesn't matter what the rest of the team is.

Yes but you have to pick a team that makes him more influential than he already is

1 minute ago, Villaphan04 said:

I definitely want to see Anwar-Jack-Traore at some point again. 

 

I really thought we had found stumbled onto something but as soon as ross was back Anwar was left out also because it is so interchangeable they can't double up on jack

Just wondering what do people think our best team shape and personal is

When you look at the way we played at the start of the season to now what had changed?

To me at the start of the season we had Barkley grealish and trez with mcginn and luiz behind, I think for Barkley to play we need trez instead of Bert to do the donkey work 

To me our best spell was December when Jack, Anwar and Bert were playing with mcginn and luiz in behind, that attacking trio is more interchangeable thus causing more issues for the defensive team

To me we can't have Bert and ross at the same time as they are both luxury players

If you were to pick our strongest 11 what would it be?

Funnily enough we could do with him now that the goals have dried up for his set pieces 

We really need someone to step up in this facet of play maybe sanson can take one 

If you look at the end of last season it was set plays we were most likely to score from

1 hour ago, Keyblade said:

Plus I'm sure VAR would have loved any excuse to bring out the lines and overrule the on field decision. This is the 3rd time this season he's fluffed a gilt-edged chance.

I must have missed this when did he miss another sitter

Think i would like to see a midfield while grealish is out

Luiz      Nakamba     Mcginn 

  Sanson/Ramsay   traore 

Like a Christmas tree formation 

I understand your point and agree from the start 

What is they say about doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result

Anyway good night have a good evening 

2 minutes ago, nick76 said:

Because we’ve all watched football for years and we know.  We don’t always need to have seen something to know it’s not better.

As I’ve said the problem is midfield not upfront. I understand saying play Ramsey and Nakamba instead of Barkley and McGinn or Sanson instead of one of them for example but focusing on (not the problem) upfront rather than the problem in midfield is bizarre especially moving our scoring striker out wide to make us weaker makes no sense. Especially for a striker that can’t score historically and an even poorer assist record is crazy!

Again as I said before I'm not saying start him but if it's not working during the game like today we need a plan b  not swapping like for like player's when the opposition clearly have our number on that front

At least make the opposition think about something different 

33 minutes ago, nick76 said:

I don’t think he’ll have more headed chances from out wide coming in than he would as a central striker...sorry I just can’t agree to that.

How do you know he wouldn't get more chances as we have never tried it until we do we'll never know

That's my point we are doing the same thing with no end result why not try a plan b as they say

Shouldn't be in the squad next week after his reaction to being taken off today 

I wouldn't mind if was playing well but he looks a guy that doesn't give a **** and is happy getting his money and thinks he is Billy big bollocks 

2 minutes ago, nick76 said:

Can’t agree with that!

Why not how many chances did he have today playing through the middle or when was his last chance for that matter must have been the arsenal goal which was defensive mistake by them

33 minutes ago, TRO said:

That what makes team selection difficult too many players with limitations.

Unfortunately but that is what we have at the moment so you have to work out a system that works 

Our set pieces our woeful this is definitely somewhere we need to improve because you can get cheap easy goals this way, this is why hourihane was important last year for us as he is the only one who can take one, maybe sanson can improve us here