spot on, we saw exactly this with the cucurella deal. city spend big, but like us only do so when absolutely convinced, and will not exceed their decided value of the player.
chelsea on the other hand are just utterly out of control
bad omen perhaps not, but absolutely an awful referee.
have never forgiven him for allowing schelotto to be knocked unconscious by that thug kolasinac (who was already on a booking) in our first win over arsenal, without awarding even so much as a free kick, or the time he missed a...
getting the ‘blame the ref’ thread in early doors, but with good reason imo.
https://www.premierleague.com/news/3656889
it’s stuart attwell, of last seasons Spurs (A) infamy…
aware naylor has posted that he’s not leaving, but that aside, to me he’s just not the same player anymore. can’t string together a decent run if fitness, has lost a yard of pace since the injury, which was his big weapon. he’s never been that much of a great dribbler or crosser, and he’s...
rest of it is spot on though. we cannot deal with big physical strikers. but this isn’t a new thing. toney, mitrovic and kane have given us issues for years. it’s a personnel issue i feel, and a weakness of dunk and webster’s. that’s not me calling them bad, i just think we need to partner one...
just based on my observations… they’re not pressing too aggressively, they’re stronger in all the duels and they’re lightning quick on the counter. recipe for disaster as far as we’re concerned
sorry but it simply cannot be the case that we have to pray to score first and if we don’t then everything goes to pot. obviously i see your point, it will be challenging with our playing style to come from behind against low block teams, but we have to be finding solutions for that, and in no...
right back was not one of the positions de zerbi mentioned in his presser, which is concerning to me. maybe if we get left back cover it can be someone versatile enough to cover both sides?
saw another stat which said we only created one big chance (chance with an xG of over .35 i believe), so definitely something in that.
that’s the fundamental difference between teams like us and city. they a) aren’t really prone to the mistakes which saw us concede and
b) their delivery is...