by Colly » Mon Apr 08, 2019 12:18 pm
Remember Colo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:33 am
Heisen wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:43 pm
Yedlin clearly to blame but Almiron needs to learn just to release the ball sometimes, we had a good chance of a counter and instead he pissed about with it, lost it, they sprint up the pitch and win a penalty. Hopefully learned a lesson there.
I'd also add Schar to the list of players to blame on that play. He also wildly attempted to tackle and missed Zaha in the box, and had he done better Yedlin wouldn't have been in the position to stupidly bundle him to the ground - or had he done even worse, he'd have collected the foul first.
What a frustrating match to watch though. At least played on the front foot, but missed every chance created. Highlighted the lack of striker depth and not having a real plan B, because when things weren't working, I really didn't know of any available change that could be made.
We had £10m worth of Muto still not getting a kick. I know it's easily forgotten during our good run, but one of the biggest criticisms of Rafa is his squad use, with Ki, Hayden and Longstaff only getting on the pitch thanks to injuries to Shelvey and Diame. If nothing else he could have come on instead of Atsu to give us a bit of attacking intent when Rondon wasn't producing.
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Yedlin clearly to blame but Almiron needs to learn just to release the ball sometimes, we had a good chance of a counter and instead he pissed about with it, lost it, they sprint up the pitch and win a penalty. Hopefully learned a lesson there.
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I'd also add Schar to the list of players to blame on that play. He also wildly attempted to tackle and missed Zaha in the box, and had he done better Yedlin wouldn't have been in the position to stupidly bundle him to the ground - or had he done even worse, he'd have collected the foul first.
What a frustrating match to watch though. At least played on the front foot, but missed every chance created. Highlighted the lack of striker depth and not having a real plan B, because when things weren't working, I really didn't know of any available change that could be made.
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We had £10m worth of Muto still not getting a kick. I know it's easily forgotten during our good run, but one of the biggest criticisms of Rafa is his squad use, with Ki, Hayden and Longstaff only getting on the pitch thanks to injuries to Shelvey and Diame. If nothing else he could have come on instead of Atsu to give us a bit of attacking intent when Rondon wasn't producing.
