Totally wrong.
I was describing passages of our play, at times, as tedious, when played at too slow a tempo, in front of a massed defence, with no hope of breaking it down. You, clearly don't see this and must imagine that we play at the same tempo all the time. We don't. When we quicken we are...
It should still be that way, but you are right. We now expect to roll over and expose our soft underbelly.
I feel the views of a lot of fans have been slightly clouded by the seduction of a more expansive style. If CH was still in charge, playing a more pragmatic style of football and achieving...
Reading what some fans say, you would think we are on a one way ride to entertainmentville.
I think they choose to forget the many lengthy passages of possession based football, played at too low a tempo, with the opposition grouped in front of us. Tedious, uninspiring, ineffective football...
If you are going to play a passing game like ours, the tempo is paramount. You cannot allow the opposition to keep settling behind the ball. Quicker movement of the ball is the only way. If you are going to play...slow,slow,slow...quick, quick.....then you need high class strikers to move...
Good players don't keep making the wrong decisions. If you watch Lallana, he gets it right a lot of the time. He plays the percentages, keeps it simple. Welbeck runs into good positions but its wasted because of poor service. Potterball has, somehow, encouraged a lot of our players to '...
He has clearly improved under Bielsa. Top coach/manager who has instilled more confidence in him, taught him to find better positions and generally, improved his all round play. Enough said.
You get a. few moments against teams like this and Maupay had one. City keeper miles off his line. Quick look up and chip it. Unfortunately, we have a hesitant, out of form striker. Chance gone.
Why oh why is he still taking them. Two late chances to threaten their goal and get a brilliant point and firstly he doesn't beat the first man and secondly can't even keep it in play. Utterly hopeless.
' Lunatics '....' Halfwits '.......surely I've seen that sort of language somewhere else before....let me think....aaah yes.....thought this sort of intellectual preening, smug arrogance and left-wing wokeness had a special home in the ' Bear Pit '
Yes....that would be a dream game right now. Imagine if they had a bloke sent off as well. Surely to god we would beat them. Got to be a gimme 3 points.
Aaaah.....I am going to start the ball rolling with this little response. I would suggest that this is the type of game where Albion NEVER spring a surprise. Away games against potential title contenders since we got promoted to the PL.......
Man C................LLL
Liverpool............LLL...
This game couldn't have come at a worst time. City are just getting into their stride and we could be demolished tonight. I went for 4-1 but on reflection I feel it could easily be 6 or 7.
We are currently 100/30....and rather surprisingly, Burnley are 9/4 and Newcastle 5/2.
I am going to have a covering bet on us now. Our odds could be considerably shorter in 5 games time, particularly if we don't beat Fulham.
Why are they pathetic?
They are only voicing an opinion. We all have different criteria for measuring how well or badly our club is performing. Some speak from a platform of relative inexperience, others have a much longer and different experience. BHA has spent 70% of its existence in the...