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Trippier isn’t much better.
I saw it summed up well on Twitter.
Picking between Serge and Trippier is like choosing who to sleep with between you mum or you Nan.
Trippier isn’t much better.
I saw it summed up well on Twitter.
Picking between Serge and Trippier is like choosing who to sleep with between you mum or you Nan.
I thought Brighton played well especially the keeper. Son, Eriksen, Kane, Lamela and Moura all had chances some better than others. Some selfishness again with Son and Lamela waiting in space for passes in the box which didn't come. Both left stood with arms open asking .....why ?
Sideways/back passing is normally more a symptom of the opposition sitting really deep and parking a bus. The only way you disrupt their organisation is to keep the ball moving and draw them out through small mistakes. Opposition players may have the instruction to sit and defend but it is human nature for players to be frustrated by it and make mistakes. It's just how big the mistake is. One small mistake can lead to other players over-compensating and making bigger mistakes.
Unfortunately for us against Brighton, our passing wasn't accurate or quick enough to achieve anything. The direction of the passing isn't so much a problem for me as long as it eventually leads to something.
You are right but the team in possession has to play at a reasonable tempo to force the other team into a mistake. Quite a lot of the time we just play so slow that the mistake just won't ever happen.
Trippier isn’t much better.
I saw it summed up well on Twitter.
Picking between Serge and Trippier is like choosing who to sleep with between you mum or you Nan.
Once again, its our over-reliance on Eriksen and also Dembele. If they don't perform, we dont perform.
Agree Rich , no point bringing him on when you are chasing a goal.
It's the same story with ALL our bench though, unless Son starts on there, it's shocking.
But this chump has been here the longest, 5 years of mediocrity but people keep bigging him up into something that he’s not. Not only did he not score he didn’t appear to have a clue how to.
He had a good chance to score and struck it well with his right foot. Not only was he in place to score he worked the keeper. No he didn't score but he came damn close which vindicates his substitution . He either went across the keeper or to the keepers left . How much clue do you need ?
Vindication of his substitution is him being able to deliver when the situation demanded it, but yet again he isn’t good enough to meet our need. His effort was straight at the keeper and the “closest” to incompetence in front of goal.
He was there on goal but the keeper saved it. Not many got in position even. Our attackers didn't
Cover themselves in glory at all but let's pick out Lamela.