The penalty he ruled out was against Rochdale . There were six VAR interventions in the first half alone , one of them ruled out a Lamela goalLOL mine too.
The penalty he ruled out was against Rochdale . There were six VAR interventions in the first half alone , one of them ruled out a Lamela goalLOL mine too.
I know how defensive some here get of Jose, but sorry guys that game was lost in the dressing room at half-time and by the changes we made in the second half - I could go into why we tactically handed them the initiative and how Jose did that, but I'm not going to - I'm just going to add that when a coach switches off and believes the game is over, that's when you get bitten in the arse the way we were.
Utterly unnecessary and very worrying because Jose should have known better and needs to take a long hard look at how his change of formation and tactics failed us.
Yes that is what I was thinking he always want to take another touch of the ball in those positions you do not have the time just f~~~# kick the ball further upfield - NO KILLERS INSTINCTwinks the guy you need in those situations. justified why he didnt start. just a waste. kick the ball away. no he plays it in to the middle. unbelievable.
he would have scored if he was not rugby tackled.Spam started controlling the game after 30 minutes of the first half, our dominant possession statistics at the time 67% to 33%, began to reduce, in the end, it was almost parity. They kept the ball better, stretched us and probed at our weaknesses. We needed a fourth goal shame Bale missed that late opportunity when he should have scored.
Next match away to pointless Burnley....bodes badly for Spursey
I know how defensive some here get of Jose, but sorry guys that game was lost in the dressing room at half-time and by the changes we made in the second half - I could go into why we tactically handed them the initiative and how Jose did that, but I'm not going to - I'm just going to add that when a coach switches off and believes the game is over, that's when you get bitten in the arse the way we were.
Utterly unnecessary and very worrying because Jose should have known better and needs to take a long hard look at how his change of formation and tactics failed us.
Ex I disagree...how on earth could this be lost in the locker room at halftime...we were winning 3-0!!!! The locker room should be in high spirits and raring to go kick them in the ass again!
I do put JM at fault for the Lucas sub in particular...and the Winks sub to a lesser degree. (I am fine with Bale coming on when he did) Lucas provides us nothing...and he proved that again, and did not follow his runner for the own goal...just let him run right on by. Winks...this one is tough...yeah I do place him at fault for not clearing the ever-loving shit out the ball...but he can play better we have seen it. My issue was NDombele was bossing the midfield and may have stayed on...but the sub for Winks...not terrible.
I place most of my blame on player mentality. Sorry these are professionals...this is what they do for a living. They became complacent, and I think were just as much in shock as the Hammers that we were actually winning 3-0 before the 20 min mark. We do not know how to win yet...how to hold a lead...the players we had out there were good enough...the shape was fine...it was the lack of mental fortitude and too many dumb, horribly timed mistakes that continue to screw us over.
I am not seeing a lack of mental fortitude in Kanes shot that hit the post, Sons attempt that Fabianski saved point blank or Bales attempt he was shoved off by the defender in the box which made it go wide. 3 more possible goals that came very close. A freak own goal and a worldie shot in the 94 th minute is what happened and that's before I review the footage again to see if Sanchez was shoved in the back for the first goal.
Sissoko's "push" was more of a steadying hand to deter the man turning back into him whereas the spammer defender had his falling body imparting more velocity to his push so Bale went down whereas Sissoko's man was on his feet throughout.I have now watched the second half very closely with replays. I think Sanchez was held down while jumping to head away the cross for the first goal, possible VAR review ? Bale was pushed before he shot an missed, it was not a shoulder barge, it was in the box and he was pushed at arms length. Sissoko did similar outside the box and a free kick was given . Again a VAR review on Bales potential penalty should have been held ? As I mentioned in the first half Antonio got away with elbowing or forearming Sissoko in the face while jumping for a header, not even a foul given, it was a yellow card offence and he already had one so should have been off. The ref robbed us basically all game. I dont think we were that bad in the second half, we kept it at 3-0 until 80 odd minutes, hit the post, had Bale pushed off the ball in the box, and had a freak own goal . That's football and shit referees.
For me that rugby tackle on Bale was a pen, to the big boys Yes! to us No! nobody has mentioned that incident.he would have scored if he was not rugby tackled.
For me that rugby tackle on Bale was a pen, to the big boys Yes! to us No! nobody has mentioned that incident.