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[Albion] we all knew it…
- Thread starter macbeth
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Checked by VAR - but it did seem a nasty one of studs into the achilles. And given that it was an 'orange' card really - lucky to stay on after his next 3-4 niggly almost yellows.
Inidividual by individual, our players did well today. Martin won them a point with his use of the wing backs today, creating trouble for us in defence and preventing us from taking high enough risks in attack.
Ayari and O'Riley dont know much about covering spaces in the defensive third of the pitch so whenever Southampton overloaded, they were elsewhere than they needed to be for us to work it out.
The signs were there in first half. 0-0 would have been a better result for us at that point as that would have forced changes, but we went on the same way and they exploited it.
Too bad because Mitoma, JP and Rutter all looked rather hot today.
Ayari and O'Riley dont know much about covering spaces in the defensive third of the pitch so whenever Southampton overloaded, they were elsewhere than they needed to be for us to work it out.
The signs were there in first half. 0-0 would have been a better result for us at that point as that would have forced changes, but we went on the same way and they exploited it.
Too bad because Mitoma, JP and Rutter all looked rather hot today.
Given we only seem to have one good half these days we spent half time trying to g to work out if that was our good half or not. Split decision. Turns out it was.
Maybe. Or he was just a bit invisible. The disadvantage of playing him, Rutter and JP at the same time is that it makes him a much more peripheral character because they kind of all want to do the same thing.
Uh_huh_him
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Home record
UNITED/CITY/SPURS. 9 pts
WOLVES/FOREST/IPSWICH/SAINTS. 4 pts
Ridiculous
UNITED/CITY/SPURS. 9 pts
WOLVES/FOREST/IPSWICH/SAINTS. 4 pts
Ridiculous
Thunder Bolt
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We’re still unbeaten at home, and it’s almost December.
oldboyroy
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Fulham away next. We nearly aways get walloped there so maybe, they'll surprise us with a win and the saints result will be forgotten about!
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Time for a change of sports psychologist methinks
Martin’s HT team talk would’ve highlighted the glaring weaknesses, and they certainly exploited them.
If only we had a manager with a degree in 'Emotional Intelligence'.
Oh.
oldboyroy
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It beggars belief doesn't it? It's got to be a mental block where we take the lead and expect to win.
Cordwainer
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I thought those 3 didn’t work well together today and MoR kept getting in the mix as well..all a bit disjointed and deffo some leggy performances, though to be expected from some coming back from injuries.
Ridiculous and also logical at the same time.
The teams we beat spend most time working on dissolving tight defences. They struggle against us.
Bottom teams spend most time working on defending against dominant teams. We struggle against them.
The rock-paper-scissor thing is not optimal for us in these types of games.
Sure, would have hoped or even expected a bit more given the game solvers we've brought in. But then again I didn't expect as good results against the top teams so it evens out I guess.
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Dunk didn’t put a foot wrong when he came on however putting JP in a 3 seemed to open us up down the right
We were lucky to get a point in the end
The Wookiee
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We should have scored at least 3 in the first half.
Also Downes IMO should have got a second yellow
Maybe Rutter should have been subbed instead of Pedro? I think Pedro still had something up his sleeve.
Rutter looked shattered, put in a real shift our MOM I think.
Weird game, we never really took it by the scruff of the neck and kicked on making the most of our dominance in the first half.
They did their homework, whilst being 1-0 down and the weaker team, you will always be in with a chance against us. We just haven’t learnt to deal with that type of game yet, it will come
Also Downes IMO should have got a second yellow
Maybe Rutter should have been subbed instead of Pedro? I think Pedro still had something up his sleeve.
Rutter looked shattered, put in a real shift our MOM I think.
Weird game, we never really took it by the scruff of the neck and kicked on making the most of our dominance in the first half.
They did their homework, whilst being 1-0 down and the weaker team, you will always be in with a chance against us. We just haven’t learnt to deal with that type of game yet, it will come
Did you have money on the draw too?
Kalimantan Gull
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If we had won those four we'd have 31 points and be joint top in a 2- horse race.
Now THAT would be ridiculous!
We're not that good yet, ergo we will drop points, ergo we will have frustrating results
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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Makes it worse. Engrained in club culture imho. On the plus side at least it saves the country from Barber doing the podcast rounds this week having spent £200m to watch that shite
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