lexicon Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Mantis said: I'll get behind him if he can deliver some consistent performances. That's all I ask. We'll never get anywhere by following up good performances like today with abject capitulations. Why don't you just get behind him anyway? What have you got to lose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Why take off Samatta when chasing a goal? Didn't look tired nor did he look injured. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 The thing is we don’t really seem to have a plan. We don’t really play it short. We don’t really play it long. We don’t really play it in behind. We don’t really press. We don’t really play compact. It just seems that there isn’t a plan. For what it’s worth I would stick with the formation. Play Konsa at right back to help with defending set plays. Play Davis, Samatta and Grealish as a front three. Press really high and look to get the ball up to Davis early and win the second ball high up the pitch. Short term fix only but we need to mix it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Just now, villalad21 said: Why take off Samatta when chasing a goal? Didn't look tired nor did he look injured. Can't sacrifice anyone in midfield against this City side. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Micah Richards making a clown of himself in the studio Heaton seems to agree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) The team pushed them to the final whistle - give that level of effort we will be fine - lots of positives against a truly great side. should maybe have left trez on bench and brought Davis on for el ghazi with 2 up top rather than take off Samatta . down to dean to get that level of effort and desire from the last 11 games Edited March 1, 2020 by Eastie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Just now, gwi1890 said: Micah Richards making a clown of himself in the studio Heaton seems to agree He was always a clown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Eastie said: lots of positives against a truly great side. What positives were there exactly? The only positive today was how well taken the goal was. We defended set pieces poorly. Hoofed the ball aimlessly everytime we got it. Didn't seem to have any game plan whatsoever and were sinking without trace until Stones **** up. Dont get me wrong, I'm not laying into the team but the praise the performance and indeed Smith is getting is utterly baffling. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 We didn’t capitulate, we almost got the equaliser at the end. City were full on panicking at the end. Plenty of positives. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 14 minutes ago, lexicon said: Why don't you just get behind him anyway? What have you got to lose? Depends what you mean by get behind him. I'm behind him in that I want him to be a success, but that doesn't mean I think he's right for us long-term. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I agree, over to Dean now. Team have proved again to the doubters they have enough to stay up. It feels like we can kick on from this, if not, Smith's not the man to take us forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, R.Bear said: What positives were there exactly? The only positive today was how well taken the goal was. We defended set pieces poorly. Hoofed the ball aimlessly everytime we got it. Didn't seem to have any game plan whatsoever and were sinking without trace until Stones **** up. Dont get me wrong, I'm not laying into the team but the praise the performance and indeed Smith is getting is utterly baffling. Desire effort and commitment was there - Engels a far better option than Hause or Konsa . midfield competed and luiz and nakamba both played well against world class players , Samatta scored a cracker , thought we looked better with a back 4 . far better than the 6-1 last month at villa park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DCJonah Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Big defender of dean. But.. Poor decision to not go 2 up top today. And I think its poor that we keep switching formations. We should know the best way to play by this point in the season. The board have absolutely killed him with the signings they've made though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, Eastie said: Desire effort and commitment was there - Engels a far better option than Hause or Konsa . midfield competed and luiz and nakamba both played well against world class players , Samatta scored a cracker , thought we looked better with a back 4 . far better than the 6-1 last month at villa park That's the minimum requirement expected. Desire and effort isn't a game plan. Like he said all we did was brainlessly hoofing it whenever we got hold of the ball. What was the tactics? Trying to nick a goal in good old fashion Bruce style? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Eastie said: Desire effort and commitment was there - Engels a far better option than Hause or Konsa . midfield competed and luiz and nakamba both played well against world class players , Samatta scored a cracker , thought we looked better with a back 4 . far better than the 6-1 last month at villa park I would expect desire, effort and commitment from a Sunday league team in a cup final. The midfield didnt compete. They passed us off the park and the only time we would get the ball was after a missed shot or them putting it out of play. Basically the only positive I see people coming up with is that we didnt get hammered. Edited March 1, 2020 by R.Bear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, avfcDJ said: Problem is we see completely different the performances in the league where it matters. Lacklustre, slow, lethargic, tactically poor. Next premier league game I expect a performance like today. What does this even mean? Are you praising today’s performance? Edited March 1, 2020 by KentVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Farlz Posted March 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2020 1 minute ago, R.Bear said: I would expect desire, effort and commitment from a Sunday league team in a cup final. The midfield didnt compete. They passed us off the park and the only time we would get the ball was after a missed shot or them putting it out of play. Basically the only positive I see people coming up with is that we didnt get hammered. Man City pass most teams off the park, what exactly were you expecting? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, villalad21 said: That's the minimum requirement expected. Desire and effort isn't a game plan. Like he said all we did was brainlessly hoofing it whenever we got hold of the ball. What was the tactics? Trying to nick a goal in good old fashion Bruce style? I’m no great fan of smith and think he is lucky to still be here but I’m not going to call for his head for losing 2-1 against city who have one of the best teams in Europe . ‘I am ok with today’s game - it was the display v saints and Bournemouth that he should have done much better - we are better with a back 4 - let’s see how we go from here . ‘I don’t think a back 5 will return Edited March 1, 2020 by Eastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) Yes why didn't we get Nakamba and Luiz to play through City's maniacal press? Poor tactics from the manager to not play toe to toe with the team that already put 9 past us this season. Edited March 1, 2020 by Keyblade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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