Yeah, I read it this morning & then @Tomh111 posted it in another thread too 👍🏻
I said at the weekend it was the perfect tactic & the front 2 executed it well.
The only issue came once they were in front as we had to be a little less patient!
The Blackburn & Norwich ones were clearly correct decisions, nothing lucky about them.
QPR I agree we got a bit fortunate, but the guy has punted the ball about 10 yards ahead & wide of goal removing any chance of an "obvious goalscoring opportunity" therefore it should have been a free-kick &...
Didn't hear MR but I was going to say this. It was clearly tactical & we completely nullified them, it was working brilliantly.
The only problem was, once they were in front we had to take more risks & press with more intensity, which naturally would leave us more open & the strikers were then a...
Can't recall a team coming here with less attacking intent than Norwich today. Time wasting before they'd even scored & not just permitted by the referee, seemingly encouraged. Infuriating.
Don't think we were at our best but it would have been a travesty not to get a point &, in fact, I think...
Yeah it's never a penalty but depending on ref's view I can kinda see why he thought it was.
Watch the 2nd angle on this, WBA player slips too & it looks like he's dived in with both feet (he hasn't).
Since their takeover...
Net spend £330m
2nd highest net spend in the Premier League, only eclipsed by Chelsea's bonkers transfer policy.
Higher net spend than Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid & PSG combined.
Most Tackles
Most Interceptions
Most Blocks
2nd most Clearances
Clean sheet
You can see why he would get in based on the way Whoscored do their ratings but also shows just how flawed it is.
Got to be pleased with that. Blackburn are a really tough team to play against when they dominate the ball like that. Whilst they don't really have an out & out striker their fluidity of movement in the midfield & forwards can be really difficult to pick up & track runners etc. so whilst...