Giving propper a decent run in a more forward position is at least a year overdue
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Giving propper a decent run in a more forward position is at least a year overdue
We looked pretty good up to half time I thought, biggest failing today was our crossing.....time, after time, after time. It was dreadful - March, Gross, Montoya, Bernardo, Locadia......all crap. Thought we looked far more dynamic and adventurous in midfield with Bissouma and Propper. I wasn’t even too worried about being a goal down at HT as thought we’d get something. Second half Bournemouth seemed to defend in a much more organised fashion and sucked the life out of us very quickly and deserved the win. Would like to see Locadia play no 10 instead of Gross....some decent signs from him today but he hasn’t quite got how our wingers normally play, exposing us on that side a bit. Gross looks woefully off the pace at the moment.
March was awful again in play. From a set piece his delivery is good but in play he slows it down and offers little. Propper and Gross were poor the rest all played ok
His crossing today was dire......along with everyone else
March, are we all* missing something? He has got 5 assists so far this season.
*Almost all, I know some posters are pro March.
*Almost all, I know some posters are pro March.
He’s been good recently, but was off today.
Megazone
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I thought our biggest weakness today was winning the loose balls. Bournemouth seemed to clean up all the loose possession . Every hoofed ball was won by them.It gave them the control of the 2nd half and made our long balls down the line look like we'd given up. We were simply out fought.
We got picked off. Like shooting ducks in a barrell. They let us run ourselves into the ground. Once in each half then picked us off by one attack. I know people don't like it when we go away from home and defend but it will yield more points than playing expansive and open like that. Yes we can go home and say we didn't deserve that. But I would rather be saying "we didn't deserve that" when we have walked away having stolen the points
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Icy Gull
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Yup, we lost nearly all the 50/50s in the second half. They wanted it more than us.
Which would be a fair enough point had we not created anything. In the first half, however, Begovitch made two outstanding saves and we spurned several other good positions with wastefulness. You can't get picked off when you're 2 up.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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That's the dilemma Hughton faces. Without Murray or Stephens we did look a little flimsy. But with Murray we have no pace and so no threat on the counter. Stephens has taken a battering on here recently for not being able to play with dynamism or attacking adventure but what he does do (usually...) is give us a secure footing in the centre of the pitch. I'd like to see him play in the defensive midfield position in the same formation we played today. Then you can have two of Propper, Bissouma or Gross to play the central more attacking roles. I think that would work pretty well. We've looked good on the ball playing 4-1-4-1, certainly better than we have playing 4-4-1-1.
Last season we had the worst away record in the league, so I’m not sure you can say the defensive approach will yield more points.
I don’t agree. “They let us run ourselves into the ground. Once in each half then picked us off by one attack.” gives a false impression of how the game played out. They did score two goals but both were quite exceptional in my, and the press’ opinion. We created a number of first half chances ourselves. On another day their goals would not have gone in and with better finishing ours would. And getting another red didn’t help.
In short it wasn’t playing less defensively which cost us points, it was about who had the better end product and, yet again, our discipline.
Very good point.
Arkwright
Arkwright
Thought it was similar to Burnley away, some nice approach play but lacking in the final third. Genuinely think we are improving but just lack that something going forward.
If we concede first you never feel confident of a come back, Huddersfield was different after the early sending off and building on our fore mentioned nice approach play.
Wasn't too sure about the substitutions,I know Bong coming on was enforced due to Dunk's red card but we could have gone narrow and played Murray and Andone together and chased the game instead of settling for a two nil defeat. Maybe that is what we lack positivity on the pitch and from the dugout.
If we concede first you never feel confident of a come back, Huddersfield was different after the early sending off and building on our fore mentioned nice approach play.
Wasn't too sure about the substitutions,I know Bong coming on was enforced due to Dunk's red card but we could have gone narrow and played Murray and Andone together and chased the game instead of settling for a two nil defeat. Maybe that is what we lack positivity on the pitch and from the dugout.
Machiavelli
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Agree with this.
Machiavelli
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I thought Bruno should have come on as CB instead of Bong. By that stage of the game, Bernardo was a marauding threat down the left (beyond his crossing, of course), and that looked like our only way of getting something with ten men.