Turamber Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Will we ever play a good game of football this season??! The nearest we got was against Liverpool and we didn't even play that well then.... Seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prmort Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 442 - should have gone to specsavers......muppet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 i actually think for the first time I want MON out inept performance again from the team baffling substitutions baffling just baffling and i think people are right he is clueless and wont take us where we want to go He screwed up today but....breathe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Poor performance against a shit team who were there for the taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Heskey for Delph WTF! as if he was ever going to score, all he's done there if cut out our midfield so we have to hoof it! disgusting tactics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sled Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Really missed Sidwell today. Very unfortunate result, but it is way too early in the season to call it a disaster. Ask Chelsea if they're losing today is a "disaster".Would it be too anti-PC to say we missed NRC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 i actually think for the first time I want MON out inept performance again from the team baffling substitutions baffling just baffling and i think people are right he is clueless and wont take us where we want to go After 5 wins on the trot. The run was always going to end. Yes today MON had gotten it wrong tactically but how many times have we seen him get it right? E.g. vs Brum Give the man who has never failed at any of the clubs he's managed a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olejniker Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 We looked like shit offensively in the second half against a 10 man Blackburn side. MON's tactical change made us worse .... ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ricardomeister Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I think this game should be a big reality check for some people. We are a pretty good team but we do not have the quality that the sky 4, Citeh, Spuds...and arguably Everton...have. I still think 7th or 8th is our likely finishing position. A shocker from Dunne today...he seems to have a few of those, these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I was wrong, i thought 4-4-2 would be the right formation for todays game. So did MON, the difference is he'll get slated for trying it. We lost to what seemed like a very strange penalty decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Carew was terrible today. And that substitution baffling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o'lbs Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 i don't care who we play away from home we've got to go with 4-5-1 at least for 60 minutes. it's just so obvious that it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Petrov in a 4-4-2 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted September 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2009 we lose one game - a poor performance by the sound of it It wasn't bad performance though, the players did their best, we were set up wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowandlow Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 has MON ever made a straightforward sub i.e. one for one?? petrov terrible in a 442 again - if we're gonna persist with this formation **** him off to the subs bench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted September 26, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted September 26, 2009 Blackburn don't deserve to win this, but we certainly deserve to lose it. We've left ourselves with one lonely midfielder who is expected to control the game, despite the fact he's a player of very limited energy. We have two wingers who are at their best as attacking forces who seem unsure as to whether they should be playing as Ryan Giggs or Roy Keane. They've been confused like the rest of us by our line up and substitutions. We have one centre forward who is in great from as a lone striker alongside a John Carew who hasn't sprinted for three weeks and looks about as dangerous as a bag of leaves and Emile Heskey who scores once in a blue moon. To win games against ten men you first have to have some semblance of control of those games, to do that you need more than one man in midfield. We've got better players than Blackburn and they're more than capable of winning games like this, but our manager has lost this for us today through a combination of his own ego and how clever he'd like us all to think he is and his spite over having that pointed out to him by anyone else, be they fan or player. He's a very good manager indeed, and we might still equalise in this game, but in some ways it might be better if we don't. The answer to why we'll lose this game will be in the there in the tape. I would suggest the manager watches it on his own. Absolutely spot on. Well said, OBE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguinius Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Happy with the result, we have a shocking run in coming up so we needed some points. From what i saw it was pretty even, unlucky. All the best for the rest of your season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilGibson Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I have not seen the game so cannot comment on the performance with my own eyes, but from the sounds of things Martin has made some bizarre moves again today. He really does move in mysterious ways, one day he gets it absolutely right against Liverpool at Anfield and then a few weeks later we go to Blackburn and he brings on Heskey for Delph after starting the game 4-4-2 with Petrov in a midfield 2. This formation has not worked since the beginning of 2009 but he continues to push it. Absolutely bizarre. Chelsea losing 3-1 to Wigan! Today is a very strange day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted September 26, 2009 Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2009 It's not Petrov in a 4-4-2, it's Milner and Young in a 4-4-2. You can't have those three playing in a four man midfield! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turamber Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Really missed Sidwell today. Very unfortunate result, but it is way too early in the season to call it a disaster. Ask Chelsea if they're losing today is a "disaster".Would it be too anti-PC to say we missed NRC? We win (usually) when Sidwell plays. I like NRC but he doesn't bring much to the team, other than a lot of clenched fists and running about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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