by omegaprimevkm » Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:55 pm
originallad wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 7:51 pm
I honestly don't think we were THAT bad. Maybe I missed the Southampton match thread where everyone was trying nooses after the game. I watched that match though and we were shocking, like literally the worst I've seen us play in eons! Some people say we are getting worse. No. We're not, this was better, still wasn't good, but there were glimpses of some sort of effort there today.
On the contrary. We were piss poor again. Not competitive, hoping to batten down the hatches and not play a competitive game of football. It's sickening. Jake Humphrey was forced to point out we don't expect Champions League or whatever rubbish the majority of the media believes - it's merely a good game of exciting football we're after. We shouldn't be comprehensively beaten by the likes of Brighton and Southampton. This was Chelsea's second win at SJP in 8 years...it was pedestrian. Opposition teams are able to get the ball 2/3 the way up the pitch in a third the time it takes NUFC to do the same. Darlow's overworked, Longstaff's a passenger, not involved. Joelinton needs to be loaned to the Championship, or sold for £10m to some overspenders in Turkey. Ashley needs to write off that 20m he claimed he'd fund from his own pocket and give it back to the club. I'd rather play Matt Titchie up front - he's not 6ft2 but he knows where the f***ing net is and if he was told he was playing up front, he'd know what that means.
Some of the BBC quotes from the match reporter regarding the first half today:
"So, Newcastle have had 15% of possession so far. If you're new to this, that is not good"
"How early and how low a scoreline can you get out the Simpsons 'stop, he's already dead!' gif?"
"The way this is going, Newcastle might not get another kick, let alone a chance"
There's an awful lot of ostriching going on again around these parts. At what point does a bulbous and ungainly vegetable need to be thrown so that the message is clear to those above that Mrs Doubtfire isn't up to the job? Does he even run sessions looking at pressing, recycling the ball against defensive opposition, creating space in the pitch? It's like there's 10 Danny Simpsons outfield...backing off every attacking opposition player perpetually.
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I honestly don't think we were THAT bad. Maybe I missed the Southampton match thread where everyone was trying nooses after the game. I watched that match though and we were shocking, like literally the worst I've seen us play in eons! Some people say we are getting worse. No. We're not, this was better, still wasn't good, but there were glimpses of some sort of effort there today.
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On the contrary. We were piss poor again. Not competitive, hoping to batten down the hatches and not play a competitive game of football. It's sickening. Jake Humphrey was forced to point out we don't expect Champions League or whatever rubbish the majority of the media believes - it's merely a good game of exciting football we're after. We shouldn't be comprehensively beaten by the likes of Brighton and Southampton. This was Chelsea's second win at SJP in 8 years...it was pedestrian. Opposition teams are able to get the ball 2/3 the way up the pitch in a third the time it takes NUFC to do the same. Darlow's overworked, Longstaff's a passenger, not involved. Joelinton needs to be loaned to the Championship, or sold for £10m to some overspenders in Turkey. Ashley needs to write off that 20m he claimed he'd fund from his own pocket and give it back to the club. I'd rather play Matt Titchie up front - he's not 6ft2 but he knows where the f***ing net is and if he was told he was playing up front, he'd know what that means.
Some of the BBC quotes from the match reporter regarding the first half today:
"So, Newcastle have had 15% of possession so far. If you're new to this, that is not good"
"How early and how low a scoreline can you get out the Simpsons 'stop, he's already dead!' gif?"
"The way this is going, Newcastle might not get another kick, let alone a chance"
There's an awful lot of ostriching going on again around these parts. At what point does a bulbous and ungainly vegetable need to be thrown so that the message is clear to those above that Mrs Doubtfire isn't up to the job? Does he even run sessions looking at pressing, recycling the ball against defensive opposition, creating space in the pitch? It's like there's 10 Danny Simpsons outfield...backing off every attacking opposition player perpetually.