No way can we make judgement until 10ish games. Maybe a language issue but saying result unfair and we were better side for 70mins misses the point that although having possession, passing was poor and rarely looked like scoring. Chasing the game crying out for somebody to play close to Welbeck yet leaves it to 85 plus minutes to bring 2 subs on. Thought only time it was left this late was to waste time when defending a lead.
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[Albion] De Zerbi Thoughts?
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Arthritic Toe
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I like the increased emphasis on attacking through the middle - its great to watch but does result in losing possession if the passes aren't crisp enough. The attack with 3 successive back-heels so nearly came off. In my book, its a price worth paying.
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BINFEST'ING
No thanks
B-right-on
Living the dream
As I said, moaners...
But that's how he plays. We didn't make a mistake tho, their goal didn't come from losing the ball at the back fanny about.
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Maybe in the second half but from my view March had the better of him during the first half
SIMMO SAYS
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It wasn't broke so why change the way we had been playing 
Milano
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When faced with a team that plays in that way then to break them down you need to mix it up, not play the same way over and over.
I like him, think it will be fine. Only small criticism of yesterday is I thought he left the subs too late. Lallana changed the game as Gross was having a 2021 performance, he should have come on 10 mins earlier.
I like him, think it will be fine. Only small criticism of yesterday is I thought he left the subs too late. Lallana changed the game as Gross was having a 2021 performance, he should have come on 10 mins earlier.
Justice
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So Sanchez booting the ball into touch when he panicked from pressure of our own doing wasn't a mistake? I get the idea but with Webster who has a habit of passing to the opposition under no pressure is a worry.
Icy Gull
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Looks like he has found a budget to match his ambitions, expect Chelsea to be the media darlings in the not too distant future.
DeZerbi is going to take a while to change things to his style, I think we are going to have to suck up the comparisons with Potter in his last 6 months whilst forgetting the frustrations of the previous two years.
Some fans will have the same amount of patience
Who is going to take on the DeZerbi In/Out polls?
Icy Gull
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Sanchez has been booting the ball into touch from day one
Looks like he has found a budget to match his ambitions, expect Chelsea to be the media darlings in the not too distant future.
DeZerbi is going to take a while to change things to his style, I think we are going to have to suck up the comparisons with Potter in his last 6 months whilst forgetting the frustrations of the previous two years.
Some fans will have the same amount of patience
Who is going to take on the DeZerbi In/Out polls?
Depends on the results... if/when things go well people will only remember the results from the first two GP years, if/when things go bad people will only remember the results from last season. But yeah will definitely be a lot of comparisons in general... which isn't weird.
B-right-on
Living the dream
Do you mean the time Son was bearing down on him? If so, I don't think he panicked but took the best option to boot it into row Z. If he'd tried to bring the ball down and play it out, imagine the bed wetting on here:
It's his first home game FFS, give him and them some slack.
Icy Gull
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Do you mean the time Son was bearing down on him? If so, I don't think he panicked but took the best option to boot it into row Z. If he'd tried to bring the ball down and play it out, imagine the bed wetting on here:
It's his first home game FFS, give him and them some slack.
In fairness he whinges whoever the manager is
As I said before Sanchez achilles heel is his long clearances, mostly rubbish, always have been. His short passing, ball control and coolness is pretty good for a goal keeper normally. Unlike Pickford who is a hoof merchant.
BRIGHT ON Q
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Not sure I can recall a manager saying 'it's not fair' before, but they probably have.
Popeye
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He will be fine.
Dave the OAP
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I see that guy we had as manager has slotted in nicely to Chelsea and Lo and behold, he has strikers who can score….and they therefore win games.
Who would have thought?
If only we had thought of that.
zerbi out, Dyche in
Who would have thought?
If only we had thought of that.
zerbi out, Dyche in
In fairness he whinges whoever the manager is
As I said before Sanchez achilles heel is his long clearances, mostly rubbish, always have been. His short passing, ball control and coolness is pretty good for a goal keeper normally. Unlike Pickford who is a hoof merchant.
His long passing is excellent. All those absurdly good passes to Cucurella and Burn. Sure, not success every time but more often than not.
Icy Gull
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So I imagined all those balls kicked straight into touch?