Brighton Sky Blue
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Fair, I have bookmarked it.
Fair, I have bookmarked it.We'll score there. Everyone can bookmark this too. Will we avoid gifting them another though? I'm not so sure on that.
What have you seen to suggest we can go up there and get a result?
Can just see them sitting in again and hoping to hit us on the break.
We get a goal it changes the tie again but not sure how we go about doing that.
They'll do that, they might hit us on the break or we might go 1-0 up first forcing them to do something else. You really think this is done with what you saw fron Sunderland?
Emc anonymous and hardly surprising the clamour for him to come on was bizarre
I think they are favourites now don't get me wrong but if we go 1 up that crowd of morons can quickly turn.I don't think it's done but I've been saying for weeks, teams have sussed us.
They're happy to let us have possesion, and that's when they haven't got a goal head start.
In general that hasnt hampered our effectiveness at home but I think we've only win once away (Oxford) since reverting to a 4so that's a worry.
Said on another post Lampard has probably been in this position as a player and he over turned a deficit at Derby against Leeds so he has that experience to draw on. Hopefully he has something up his sleeve for Tuesday.
I think they are favourites now don't get me wrong but if we go 1 up that crowd of morons can quickly turn.
The balls Rudoni consistently gets to completely disprove the theory that they just don't get the service, we actually get quite a few reasonable quality balls into the box every game, our strikers just have no desire to properly attack them.Hopefully we do.
Whatever Lampard does, (and I hope it's not the same formation as last night but think it will be), he needs the front men to turn up because you're on a hiding to nothing the way they're preforming.
The formation can be the same, but the focus needs to be on getting the ball into the box more quickly and more often.Hopefully we do.
Whatever Lampard does, (and I hope it's not the same formation as last night but think it will be), he needs the front men to turn up because you're on a hiding to nothing the way they're preforming.
What have you seen to suggest we can go up there and get a result?
Can just see them sitting in again and hoping to hit us on the break.
We get a goal it changes the tie again but not sure how we go about doing that.
The balls Rudoni consistently gets to completely disprove the theory that they just don't get the service, we actually get quite a few reasonable quality balls into the box every game, our strikers just have no desire to properly attack them.
Given that both are absolute units it's incredibly frustrating. Used to let Haji off because of the other stuff but he's been dire generally recently and Simms just needs moving on.Haji isn’t a striker in that sense. Him and Simms have no sense of timing or are particularly great in the air. I think our issue was summed up when Rudoni put a great ball in behind the defence to exactly where Rudoni would be if he wasn’t crossing the ball.
Ben Sheafs shooting from the edge of the box has gone beyond a joke now too. It’s Ellis Simms trapping level of why the fuck can’t a pro manage that?
He scored that superb goal at Hillsborough and has been sending balls into orbit ever sinceGiven that both are absolute units it's incredibly frustrating. Used to let Haji off because of the other stuff but he's been dire generally recently and Simms just needs moving on.
Sheafs shooting is a meme at this point. He's the footballer equivalent of a Storm Trooper.
Given that both are absolute units it's incredibly frustrating. Used to let Haji off because of the other stuff but he's been dire generally recently and Simms just needs moving on.
Sheafs shooting is a meme at this point. He's the footballer equivalent of a Storm Trooper.
He scored that superb goal at Hillsborough and has been sending balls into orbit ever since
Nick has a few of those for saleId tell him the top corner is off limits and have him practicing against two foot high goals.
ffsProper deflated this morning. Feel like I did after the United game last year. Such a great build up. The ground, the pubs, the concourse were rocking. The atmosphere was incredible and generally happy with the performance of most players.
So proud of the club. It is remarkable after all the years of being the worst club in the country to support. We should all be proud.
The mistake is such a sucker punch and for me has completely turned the tide. The the records, dreadful Sunderland form and hoodoo's seem to have been broken.
He plays that HB role every game though?
Completely agree with this. Last few weeks we’ve looked so strong at home because Grimes and Sheaf have been playing in a proper midfield two. It’s let us slice through teams.
Grimes taking up the 3rd CB position last night absolutely killed us. Meant Sheaf was 1 vs 2 in midfield and couldn’t do anything and we just ended up hitting diags to our 5’7 full backs.
Against Boro they played like a real duo though. Swapping who was the deepest and the other making a passing lane.He plays that HB role every game though?
I hear Doug has a shipment of barn doors and banjos arriving at Ryton today. Interestingly my ITK contact tells me the banjos have a repeat order arriving tomorrow but the barn doors are expected to be quite safe.Id tell him the top corner is off limits and have him practicing against two foot high goals.
Is it a must win?Right. Enough for me about last night, I should really put it from my mind. Hopefully we’ve got an answer on Tuesday, it’ll need to be something we haven’t seen from the team recently.
Not in the 1st phase of build up, he will move forward once we have solid possession and he did that last night but virtually all of the time when we are building from the back he will drop deep alongside the CBs. It helps us try and play through any press and also it means our CBs don't have to try and play balls they can't play.Against Boro they played like a real duo though. Swapping who was the deepest and the other making a passing lane.
The defeatism, it's 1-0 at half timeWhat now?
Simms wouldn’t have done any better than BTA - can’t believe people are moaning about that
[/QUOTserIt was obvious Assante would struggle. Terrible decision from LampardDisappointing for sure but when you shoot yourself in the foot you have to accept it, move on and recover.
The mistake from MVE was uncharacteristic and one he will recover quickly from, becuase he is a very god player.
But Sunderland played well defensively, and never looked like doing anything bar a mistake from us.
Credit to Sunderland for getting away with it though, and having the good fortune of our own mistakes.
But while we bossed possesion we did little with it. Their two banks of 4 made life difficult and needed someone to open up their defensive lines, and play through them. Torp is a miss in this area. For us Sheaf was just not contributing enough, and on Tuesday I would make a change there. Asante proved to be a bad decision against a strong centre back, and Simms would have given him more concern and added ariel power on crosses. Tuesday we have to look for goals and EMC must start with Wright and Simms down the middle. A busy Allen can give Sako and Rudoni time to create. Grimes is excellent. I'm just not sure about Kitching. Would Latibeaudiere be the energy to clean up and have pace alongside Thomas and give Grimes more opportunity to stamp out their midfield?
Not over by a long shot. We got it wrong, and we have a chance to put it right. I really don't think Sunderland are tough oposition if we bring our A game.
He would have done a lot better and won some headers, terrible decision by LampardSimms wouldn’t have done any better than BTA - can’t believe people are moaning about that
Is it a must win?
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