Iovan The Sweeper
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- May 16, 2016
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I thought we showed plenty of character tonight - the results will come soon
Confidence is understandably on the floor.
We failed to win games when playing at our best and gradually the team have lost any faith in their ability to score/win.
Whatever happened after the West Brom game, has not been resolved, IMO.
That was our first poor performance of the season and it seems to have derailed us ever since.
I keep referring to the tracker, where we are (i believe) just 1 pt off par.
That is incredible and does point to the fact that we aren't anywhere near as bad as it feels...
but, we need wins badly. 3pts at Leeds and it's a different story, but I can't reeally see it happening.
I thought we showed plenty of character tonight - the results will come soon
Maupay and Trossard aside I didn’t see anyone not giving their all this evening.
Maupay not looked right since that incident that saw him dropped out the starting 11
I suspect they're still with the manager because he's a facilitator not a leader, he's too nice, too non-confrontational and needs to be liked too much.
No, I see plenty of fight in this side. I just think we have some fragile players who have come here with big price tags and who are making a big step up in class, and those guys seem to play with pressure on their shoulders - Maupay, Ali J, Trossard, MacAllister in particular.
It's no coincidence some of their best performances have been against the top 6 when the pressure is off as we are not expected to win.
They are not going to be the men who will deliver and lead, and this is why we need a striker with big shoulders who can do what Murray did in our first 2 Prem seasons.
I suspect they're still with the manager because he's a facilitator not a leader, he's too nice, too non-confrontational and needs to be liked too much.
I can't see it's "obvious" . If we played say 442 would that suit our players, certainly wouldn't suit Lamptey as the three gives him cover to go forward, probably the same with March.It's obvious that most players don't believe in the system.
Potter needs to switch things up.
I think they are playing for the manager.
It's only Trossard who might not be. But he is a surly type, so hard to tell