Icy Gull
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I am so angry at the moment, I will have my Potter is God hat on again in a couple of days though
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[Albion] Sheffield United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***
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I am so angry at the moment, I will have my Potter is God hat on again in a couple of days though
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Bollocks.
Aj has made a bit of space and smacked it into a very dangerous position, in a split second..
That's all you can ask for.
The fact Maupay was in front of it is neither here nor there.
His job is to direct it goalwards not expect the ball to come in at a slower pace and in front of him.
It’s a glaring huge transfer gaff.
£35m for 2 goals and an assist.
Every club makes them and we do too.
Amen to that!
London Irish
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In these cases, people generally look at the manager if they believe the players are good enough. It might actually be a mixture of the two though
banjo
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Ok Neal.
Lallana’s in the team to run the midfield, drive us forward, create chances. He hasn’t been knocking goals in since 2016/17.
"We're disappointed."
I'm ****ing gutted.
I'm ****ing gutted.
Raleigh Chopper
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What I can't understand is we should be fantastic considering how close together Potters eyes are, or maybe the Giggs/Borg theory is horseshit.
That is very brave of you to say that around here but reality is he did GREAT. Totally changed the game!!! We so desperately need someone that gives us width... Opens up everything.
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KeegansHairPiece
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Dear Mr Maupay Senior,
Really appreciate how much effort your son Neal puts in for the club, but unfortunately it does appear the PL is a level to high for him and his ability.
Blaming AJ for a brilliant 20min cameo where he created more chances than some players who started the game, and laid a goal on a plate for Neal I don’t think is the way to go.
Yours
K.Hairpiece.
Mancgull
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I thought Lallana was poor tonight and his shooting is sub standard. He’s been great for us over the last few games but tonight he wasn’t.
Sheffield United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***
Agreed.. and he’s brilliant of late. But man, he’s missed some terrific chances himself. Disappointing for a player of his class and ability.
Agreed.. and he’s brilliant of late. But man, he’s missed some terrific chances himself. Disappointing for a player of his class and ability.
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Well, I have to say, there was a certain predictable quality to that second half. We couldn't have been much worse than the first half, against what was a spirited but technically team of grafters.
Tactically, I was astonished that the tweaks made were so minor, until the first substitutions. It was painfully obvious that the Blades had our number. It was eerily reminiscent of us under Hughton playing against the big sides; we'd occasionally snatch a win under almost identical circumstances.
The tactical changes were the ones mentioned above (I don't have psychic powers, Stevie Wonder could've seen what needed changing) - so why did it take 16 minutes of the second half to change things? That struck me as the epitome of passive management - "let's wait and see, we might get a flukey one".
I feel sometimes with our boys, which I suspect comes from the culture Potter has created, that there is something somehow undignified about adapting to match situations. As if the footballing gods will judge us for heathen long balls forward, when we are chasing a goal with seconds remaining.
The introduction of true width completely changed the flow of our attacks for the better. Jahanbaksh and Izquierdo looked bright, but I can't begin to follow Potter's logic sometimes.
He starts with a left wing back who is primarily a centre midfielder in Moder, fine. It isn't working tactically as he is offering little width, so who does he bring on? Dan Burn, a natural left sided player, who has played the position numerous times this season? Zequiri, who has played there several times this season - despite being a recognised left sided forward? Izquierdo, a left sided traditional winger, who hugs the touchline and provides exactly the width and pace we needed? No. He goes for Connolly, a player recovering from injury, whose form wasn't exactly A+ before he was dropped and subsequently injured. A player who has played exclusively as a striker for us, is right footed and to my knowledge never played left wingback once in his career, even at youth level. I really do not understand why this decision was made.
Bissouma was superb and, aside from perhaps John Egan the best player in the pitch. His shooting is still woeful, but the frustration is that he had to try and brute force a goal himself.
The strikers, as a pair, were dreadful. Maupay looks absolutely bereft of confidence. He is always on his heels lately, and often his first touch kills momentum dead. His miss from 2 yards demonstrates this fundamental lack of anticipation as the Ur-example. Welbeck, when playing poorly like tonight, doesn't offer anything. Without any space in behind, he rather lummoxes around looking a little lost. He offers zero aerial threat, leaving him looking all fizz and no gin.
A real off night, yet again. Some very worrying individual performances, especially from Webster, Trossard, Maupay and Gross, who is not a right wing back and should not be sent out to play in that position again.
But the bedrock of it was the tactical set up, bizarre substitutions and a complete unwillingness to play the team rather than the system.
Icy Gull
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Winker
CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
I know Moder was coming back from an offside position for his goal etc but is there any time limit on this? He came back three or four paces before he hit it, what exactly should he have done?