Fixtures Sunday December 8th - Fulham - Craven Cottage - 2:00 Pm

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Post #395521  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:50 pm 
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Such a good ball in - but Martinelli doesn't need to be off there


He has drifted offside a few times

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Post #395522  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:50 pm 
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5 minutes added time is pathetic - 2 long var checks - all those subs. it should be 7+ easily here.

We've lost 5 minutes alone to var checks


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Post #395523  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:51 pm 
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game restarted at 91:30 - should go to 96:30 minimum


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Post #395524  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:52 pm 
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Should be at least 8 minutes of added time, with Var and sub.

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Post #395525  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:52 pm 
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Oh Rice, you have such a good set piece and in added time you'd just ballooned one probably 15 yards too far - goal kick - too easy


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Lucky to get one point there really ...

Martinelli needs a chill pill.


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2 dropped points
An off day for us

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Post #395528  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:58 pm 
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Poor 2 points dropped. That should have been a comfortable win with the amount we dominated the game. 1 chance for Fulham all game. Our injuries in the back line causing re-shuffles every single game are killing us, as is our inability to take guilt edged chances, and for all the domination and pressure we build we simply don't get enough shots at goal.
left wing and CF are hurting us right now - we channel all our play to the wings and only 1 wing is effective. Nothing goes in to Havertz feet or for him to spin behind on a straight run


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Post #395529  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:59 pm 
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Lucky to get one point there really ...

Martinelli needs a chill pill.


Started quickly but no cutting edge. Once they got an early goal they had something to fight for. Had we scored first I think we'd have run out easy winners.

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Poor 2 points dropped. That should have been a comfortable win with the amount we dominated the game. 1 chance for Fulham all game. Our injuries in the back line causing re-shuffles every single game are killing us, as is our inability to take guilt edged chances, and for all the domination and pressure we build we simply don't get enough shots at goal.
left wing and CF are hurting us right now - we channel all our play to the wings and only 1 wing is effective. Nothing goes in to Havertz feet or for him to spin behind on a straight run


A well earned point at a very difficult away ground.


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Post #395531  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 4:01 pm 
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2 bloody shots all game for Fulham - we restricted them to xG of 0.14, we missed 3 big chances today. Utterly dominant but not enough killer instinct.
Title winning teams find a way to win that and often the way that game is won is a 25 yard blaster in to the top corner - did we even try to find the space to even try anything like that? Do we have anyone capable?


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Post #395532  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 4:02 pm 
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We're not far off the end of our 'easy run' - we have to win the next 3 no excuses. Then its a seriously tough run again starting with back to back away games v Brentford and Brighton.

We desperately need something in attack in January


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Absolute *%^@. Can’t convert from open play to save ourselves and just handed the points back to Liverpool. Excuses have been made for some of the other dropped points but that wasn’t good enough.


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Post #395534  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 4:06 pm 
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We have no centre forward. We knew this in the summer.

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Proper striker badly needed. But then everybody, except Arteta apparently, has known that for some time.


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Post #395536  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 4:07 pm 
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dec wrote:
We have no centre forward. We knew this in the summer.


Indeed.

Is Jesus being deliberately rubbish? That chance today….

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Hindsight is easy but moving Partey and Timber to accommodate the loss of Zinchenko felt like too many moves away from the last 3 games where we smashed it. Maybe MLS wasn't fit enough to start.

Also, just when it feels like the squad is getting really good and competitive we see players outside of the starting 11 seriously drop off and make no impact even as subs. Along with constant niggly injuries you can make a case for a number of these players to be moved on - Jesus, Zinchenko, Tomiyasu, Kiwior....and neither Trossard or Martinelli are doing enough to be considered starting 11 quality right now, and there are games that Havertz is just non existent for a top side who dominant the ball, he should be getting loads of touches and shots


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Now we need (and I will wash my mouth out with soap after this) a Totteringham win.

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Proper striker badly needed. But then everybody, except Arteta apparently, has known that for some time.


I think we have tried for a striker, I just don’t think they wanted to pay the 100M for Gyokeres and Šesko decided to stay put. When Havertz was knocking them in it looked fine. Martinelli falling off a cliff and sadly dying but his corpse still getting minutes has hurt us just as much.


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Rich wrote:
We're not far off the end of our 'easy run' - we have to win the next 3 no excuses. Then its a seriously tough run again starting with back to back away games v Brentford and Brighton.

We desperately need something in attack in January


These types of performances have become too frequent and we’ve been riding the stats machine for too long.

Title is gone. Focus on the CL and cups.


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Post #395541  Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 4:14 pm 
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Very frustrating. It was a good result for top 4 but an unconvincing one for a team trying to win the league. We missed some great chances though, Partey particularly with a free header 5 yards out and also Jesus who inexplicably let the ball bounce with the keeper rooted to the spot. It was a real chance to put some pressure on Liverpool but instead we’ve given them a boost.


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Now we need (and I will wash my mouth out with soap after this) a Totteringham win.


I’ve always *gag* liked Tottenham Hotspurs and respected their ability to *gag* play football and personally I think to dare is to do is not stupid and wanky at all. Come on you knobs, pretend it’s City!


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Rich wrote:
Hindsight is easy but moving Partey and Timber to accommodate the loss of Zinchenko felt like too many moves away from the last 3 games where we smashed it. Maybe MLS wasn't fit enough to start.

Also, just when it feels like the squad is getting really good and competitive we see players outside of the starting 11 seriously drop off and make no impact even as subs. Along with constant niggly injuries you can make a case for a number of these players to be moved on - Jesus, Zinchenko, Tomiyasu, Kiwior....and neither Trossard or Martinelli are doing enough to be considered starting 11 quality right now, and there are games that Havertz is just non existent for a top side who dominant the ball, he should be getting loads of touches and shots


Unfortunately it’s not hindsight. I’m seeing a pattern and it’s not a good one.


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Timber at left back is a valid tactic in a big game against a top class winger - he had Salah in his pocket. But in games we dominate we lose some left side balance. When its coupled with Partey at RB we lose the verve that Timber gives us from RB. It's neither player's fault they're doing the best they can in an unfamiliar position.

4th choice right back, 1st choice CB, 5th choice CB, 2/3rd choice LB.

We really missed the balance Calafiori gives us and the aggression Gabriel give us. No chance Jimenez scores with gabriel in the team - gabriel wouldn't have let him have the first ball unchallenged for a start.

Games like this still feel we're lacking a lot in attack, creativity comes down to Ødegaard and Saka, and Ødegaard was off his game today. Too many others thrive as continuity to keep the ball moving or as players who arrive on the end of things with a first time finish.


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