This is a feeling I don't like and don't want to get used to, getting up on a Sunday morning having lost.
I've had that winning feeling for 6 months!
That second half was like the bad old days, it was like watching Burnley desperately hanging on but without any goal, threat what so ever.
The only good thing to come out of it is now Dean has an excuse to put the new boys in
Ridiculous talking about the money we’ve spent. Assuming it’s about £145m, then add in the players we’ve already got and you’re perhaps looking at a £250m squad value at most. Spuds, Chelsea, citeh etc all have squads worth many multiples of this. “All that money spent and we didn’t have a shot” is pretty meaningless and doesn’t help.
We’ll survive or fail based on coaching ability this year. None of our coaching team (other than perhaps Cutler?) have coached in the prem. I believe they’re bright enough to learn from their mistakes. If that’s wrong, we’ve got the nucleus of an excellent promotion squad for next season
Well you better get used to it.
This is the realism of the premier league now and where we are .
We may gave the odd cup final win against the big boys. But ..
Citeh
Liverpool
United
Spurs
Chelsea
Arsenal .
That's 12 games you will wake up feeling like this.
Yep, sadly you're right, I just hoped after spending £131m we'd at least have a new team, not one containing Taylor Elmo and Hourihane , which is a nightmare feeling.
My joke backfired on me badly when I selected a Joke team on Thursday.
James Chester would have been brilliant yesterday second half was just his type of game, pinned in his own box for 45 mins .
...pinned in his own box for 45 mins .
Ridiculous talking about the money we’ve spent. Assuming it’s about £145m, then add in the players we’ve already got and you’re perhaps looking at a £250m squad value at most. Spuds, Chelsea, citeh etc all have squads worth many multiples of this. “All that money spent and we didn’t have a shot” is pretty meaningless and doesn’t help.
We’ll survive or fail based on coaching ability this year. None of our coaching team (other than perhaps Cutler?) have coached in the prem. I believe they’re bright enough to learn from their mistakes. If that’s wrong, we’ve got the nucleus of an excellent promotion squad for next season
Taylor proved to be a good selection though. He had his best game for us , and if that's what competition for places does then I am all for it. Freddie must be injured as he wasn't even on the bench , and I fully expect to see Douglas in after another week of training.
Taylor proved to be a good selection though. He had his best game for us , and if that's what competition for places does then I am all for it. Freddie must be injured as he wasn't even on the bench , and I fully expect to see Douglas in after another week of training.
I thought that was a deliberate tactic, and a successful one at that, with Taylor playing inside his normal position and El Ghazi and sometimes Grealish covering to nullify Sissoko.I don't disagree about Taylor it was a good game by his lowly standards but crosses were still coming in thick and fast and El Ghazi spent the whole game trying to cover him.
I thought that was a deliberate tactic, and a successful one at that, with Taylor playing inside his normal position and El Ghazi and sometimes Grealish covering to nullify Sissoko.