Ger_Leon 13 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 2 hours ago, tm91 said: We changed a winning formation in the biggest game of our season so far to play an unfamiliar formation the players were clearly uncomfortable with. Not having a genuine winger meant we didn't have width or an outball when they chose to pressure us high up the pitch. This is probably the big one. We couldn't stretch them or get the ball up the pitch in any other way than booting it up. We set up with five midfielders seemingly to try and nullify Christie and Forrest, with Kamara and Flanagan doubling up on the latter and the former chased down by the other three. Instead of being confident, we chose to be fearful of them. You could literally see them suss this out at about the 20-25 minute mark and begin to grow more confident themselves. Wrong mentality. Booting the ball up to a 5'7 Defoe and hoping for second-balls off him when their defender is 6'5. Alternatively, dropping Morelos for Defoe and then playing in a way that Defoe is completely ill-suited for. Putting Ojo on when he was clearly fucked from Thursday and apparently has bruising instead of Jones. Shoehorning Aribo in when he is clearly exhausted and has been off it the past few games. Any more? This is pretty much spot on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedrick 8,048 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 2 hours ago, pcbear said: The 2 nil game last season was the template that should not have been tampered with, he was schooled by Lennon today. Bang on , press high , put pressure on they buckled , absolute no sign of that today at all Bristol loyal 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 4,658 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 I'd love to hear what the fuck he thought he was playing at picking that line up today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze 14,713 Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 2 hours ago, StaunchLondonGer said: Gerrard bottled fuck all. He got it badly wrong today granted and hopefully that's the last time we fail to go for the jugular against these unwashed cunts from the first whistle. But he's got bottle in spades and will rise to the challenge against Lemon any day. Just not today though eh? he bottled it it because he set us up defensively. That’s how not to play against that lot. Blue Avenger 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueKnight87 17,475 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Cedrick said: Bang on , press high , put pressure on they buckled , absolute no sign of that today at all The worst part, is that is what they done to us in the first half. We has zero width to counter their press with no winger to play the outball too. Management screwed it big time with the team selection today. Cedrick 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearInTheToon 1,577 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 3 hours ago, pcbear said: The 2 nil game last season was the template that should not have been tampered with, he was schooled by Lennon today. Na mate, he wasn’t schooled at all. Not at all. Lennon set them up exactly as would have thought. No surprises. Lennon didn’t beat us today We however, beat ourselves. Namely, Gerrard with his tactics, and the message that sent to the players, beat us. We cowered to them and that’s completely unacceptable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,568 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Bad Robot said: Morelos and Jones should have started and if he couldn’t trust Morelos today then we need to sell him. He also fkd up the sub bringing Ojo on instead of Jones (was this another Worral situation, I fkn hope not) Should have tried a short corner to change the angle of the ball. The only good thing is that no cunt wins the league four games in but fkn awful. Maybe they’ll think they have enough to win the league but we still need a left back and another striker, and also Kent but I think this is a wish list on my part Barisic is good enough, but today Flanagan was immense in snuffing Forrest. For my money it's put Flanagan on the right and he will be even better. Tav's had his day. Been a mare since returning this season for all the reasons I've said on other threads. Another striker and Kent yes, but the passing competition at the back needs to end and the midfield need to actually provide forward passes and feed the front men. We are so ponderous, paint dries quicker than is getting box to box. Foster will be bringing his iPhone in goal with him next time, so he can send texts to stop him from falling asleep. Bad Robot 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEH 83 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 3 hours ago, eejay the dj said: He won't He has. Rangers 0-2 celtic: Steven Gerrard says he's 'part of why' side lost https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/49542393 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1690tamRFC 5,001 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 3 hours ago, pcbear said: The 2 nil game last season was the template that should not have been tampered with, he was schooled by Lennon today. He wasn’t “schooled by him” at all but he did play into their hands and he got it wrong. Schooled is far wrong though ffs. Bad Robot 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze 14,713 Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 That golemboli cunt has been getting pelters from the media as being shit we should have had Jones on terrorising him all game. But we didn’t we chose to ignore that fact fucking sickening Ivybank, Bad Robot and BlueAvenger 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 4,658 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 1 minute ago, KeyserSoze said: That golemboli cunt has been getting pelters from the media as being shit we should have had Jones on terrorising him all game. But we didn’t we chose to ignore that fact fucking sickening He didn't even struggle today. He had fuck all to do! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivybank 4,643 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Not to worry,barker and Stewart will be our strike force at the tattiedome Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassaaaa 11,406 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Its not the first time hes done it either. The tactics he played on Thursday were exactly the same as today . That mob on Thursday could have played for a month and never scored against us and we go out and play defensively. The mob we played in the previous round were a far better side. We should have played the high tempo, quick passing and attacking in numbers against shite like that at Ibrox , the goal in injury time saved his arse big time. When I seen he was starting with Davis Kamara and Jack in the middle you knew exactly how the game was going to go. Thats one of the worst pape sides I have ever seen and we should have destroyed them today. No good blaming the players here , the manager set them out to sit back and be defensive. Rusty117 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 4,658 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, Ivybank said: Not to worry,barker and Stewart will be our strike force at the tattiedome No chance! He'll probably drop Defoe and squeeze Andy King in for next game. Surely can't go wrong with another midfielder?! Ivybank 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivybank 4,643 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Supersonic said: No chance! He'll probably drop Defoe and squeeze Andy King in for next game. Surely can't go wrong with another midfielder?! No doubt! The money we spent on helander,plus the wages of barker and Stewart for 6 years( 3 years each) could nearly have bought us Kent! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedrick 8,048 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Sitting here raging he gave us no chance of winning that game , I like him but that today was a fucking disgrace Supersonic, BlueAvenger and Rusty117 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eejay the dj 31,964 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, STEVEH said: He has. Rangers 0-2 celtic: Steven Gerrard says he's 'part of why' side lost https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/49542393 Read that but I've not heard him yet Not in interview I seen Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boybluesy 3,835 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 The thing is, bad enough the game plan and team selection were woeful, but we couldn't have much time to have practised it in training after Thursday. It seemed to me that the players had no fucking clue what the system was. A fucking shambles Stevie G. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al 55 9,323 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Yep formation was disgrace Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueVanguard 7,082 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 i agree with everything you Posted but the better team won on the day. We where shocking. they won the battle we will win the war Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven33jackie 1,972 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 4 hours ago, GA1972 said: Nail on the head just missed that Arfield has been an empty jersey for weeks and Goldson has been needing a kick up the arse for that dwelling on the ball shite for months Spot on about Goldson, dwells on the ball for far to long. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA1972 9,848 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, steven33jackie said: Spot on about Goldson, dwells on the ball for far to long. Superstar in his own mind on the ball, mind folk on here not too long ago claiming he was miles better than Katic on the ball His passing is woeful as well, absolutely sick of seeing him attempt that diagonal ball to no one Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassaaaa 11,406 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, steven33jackie said: Spot on about Goldson, dwells on the ball for far to long. Against better players hes an accident waiting to happen but the manager thinks hes the best defender in the team. Should be dropped and try the other two with Katic........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 31,329 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 People really sticking the boots into Ojo, Aribo & Arfield today. Who should have played instead - Docherty? Stewart? The team were simply exhausted from an emotional win against Legia. And Jones has gone from the whipping boy to Ronaldo in a matter of weeks. He is a 6 out of 10 player. James Rolle 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Big Al 55 9,323 Posted September 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2019 Our management team could not have fucked up more had they deliberately tried. Bad Robot, eejay the dj, Supersonic and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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