[Albion] De Zerbi got it badly wrong today

[Littlemo]

I still think he should not have dropped Enciso and Gilmour. They have been playing well, not too many minutes ether so were fresh enough, and should have started.

 

[Simster]

Playing Welbeck in the Attacking midfield role does t work either as passing is probably his weakest attribute.

He gave the ball away as often as anyone - as bad as Undav in that regard. Absolutely shocking performance from him (and about 4 others).

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Very surprised he went Undav rather than Gilmour and Buannotte rather than either March or Enciso. Odd call.

Yes, though to be fair he’s got most things right so far…..

Re Undav, out of an extremely poor bunch in the first half I felt he was trying to create space, what the feck Welbeck was on I don’t know.

Buononotte has looked out of his depth so far, and did again. Doesn’t mean he’s not a reasonable player or anything like that, just needs a bit more time.

Substitutions did well, just gutted for Solly…..

 

[LamieRobertson]

I still think he should not have dropped Enciso and Gilmour. They have been playing well, not too many minutes ether so were fresh enough, and should have started.

Always easy to say in hindsight

 

[Weststander]

He gave the ball away as often as anyone - as bad as Undav in that regard. Absolutely shocking performance from him (and about 4 others).

(Friendly request), which other 4?

I’d add Dunk, Webster, Estupinan and flattered to deceive Mitoma (repeated high crosses to a 6 yard box rammed with giants).

 

[albionalex]

What do I know? It’s all about opinions, I would have liked us to have been a bit less gung ho and a bit more patient. I don’t like the conservative (or big ’C’) approach but we‘ve all seen the Dyche game enough times to know not to set out like we did today.

Were we gung ho?

 

[Littlemo]

Always easy to say in hindsight

I said it before the game in the match thread as well

 

[Wozza]

Were we gung ho?

Yes. We always are. But we usually get away with it.

Playing defensive and hitting on the quick counter is the obvious way to beat a RDZ team.

Hopefully Soton will have nothing to play for. All our other opponents will have a go at us.

 

[brighton_tom]

Wouldn’t have started Undav or Buannonotte. Or maybe Welbeck. Some or all of Enciso, March, Ferguson, and Gilmour should have been involved from the start. & it was pretty obvious how Everton would set up… crowd the midfield, low block when needing to defend, and lots of counter attacking football. So for that reason I would have made it clear to the players that there will be times when we need to mix it up. Go long sometimes, put crosses in, play to the wingers. & not just rely on our quick passing through the midfield as that will be difficult to do & they’ll be ready to pounce on. But hey, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

 

[Weststander]

Wouldn’t have started Undav or Buannonotte. Or maybe Welbeck. Some or all of Enciso, March, Ferguson, and Gilmour should have been involved from the start. & it was pretty obvious how Everton would set up… crowd the midfield, low block when needing to defend, and lots of counter attacking football. So for that reason I would have made it clear to the players that there will be times when we need to mix it up. Go long sometimes, put crosses in, play to the wingers. & not just rely on our quick passing through the midfield as that will be difficult to do & they’ll be ready to pounce on. But hey, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Exactly.

 

[Hornblower]

Were we gung ho?

Well I thought so. But on reflection I guess that’s not an entirely acceptable thing to say, so I would like to amend it to ‘unnecessarily and perilously adventurous’.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I thought CL gave one of the best CF displays at the Amex this season

 

[Weststander]

Were we gung ho?

8 upfield, sometimes including Estupinan and Webster!!

Leaving 60 yards for Everton to run into, from the kick off.

 

[Mike Small]

Gutted we weren't prepared for Everton's tactics. Blindingly obvious they would really sit in. We didn't need to force it and leave ourselves over exposed time and time again. We must have known this was coming but we strolled in and played Undav and Buonotte when maybe we should have them against a team we're less likely to get points off. Terribly poor from the coaching staff and the players lacked leadership on the pitch. That result wouldn't have happened with lalanna and/or Milner on the pitch. Take your time lads.

 

[Zeus]

Playing Welbeck in the Attacking midfield role does t work either as passing is probably his weakest attribute.

He actually played that role fantastically v Wolves but they were clearly on the beach and he really should be leading the line. Their centre backs will never have an easier afternoon than they had in that first half today.

 

[AlbionBro]

It’s his first season in the PL and against Dyche.
Yes he got it wrong but made changes at half time so we improved.
It’s football, it happens when relegation teams are fighting and referees are useless.

Agree, but the ref was okay tonight,.

 

[BNthree]

He actually played that role fantastically v Wolves

Agreed, Welbeck was great in that position in that match

 

[BN41Albion]

8 upfield, sometimes including Estupinan and Webster!!

Leaving 60 yards for Everton to run into, from the kick off.

Yep. Didn't fall for our trap once - just let us maraud up the pitch freely. We fell for it time and time again. A horrible watch

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

The strikers giving the ball away is not really the issue, the problem was we weren't winning it back quickly. Normally we're one of the best in the league at regaining possession, but that requires bodies in midfield and today with Welbeck, Undav and Buonanotte sitting ineffectually upfield we didn't have the usual numbers there to overwhelm our opponents. And so that happened.

To be honest I've been expecting that kind of result for a while now, considering how open to the counter attack we are.

 

[Zeus]

The biggest problem today was picking up runners and marking the correct players. They had players arriving into the box completely unmarked or drifting into space completely un noticed. We will never win football matches if we are that undisciplined.