Match Day Thread Champions away to Brighton !

So poor, we've conceded

 

Great last ditch defence by tsimikas.

Quansah badly caught, not marking the one man in the box. Concentrate.

This has sadly become one way traffic now. They've come alive and we look a bit all over the place.

Chiesa isn't really closing lanes playing central and not really pressing that much.

Elliott is trying.

Gakpo is far too deep and central to be covering their rb.

It's now backs to the wall.

 

Maybe they will wake up and stop being defensive

 

No they won't. The don't have it in them really.

Both cbs are looking at each other l, neither are picking up welbeck who is standnding between them and then konate sprints at welbeck and vacated the space.

It's a lack of coordination and responsibility and probably trust.

 

When I wonder did they last play together? Genuine question

 

Brighton have a tight 4 across midfield.

We are unwilling to draw them and switch.

We.will eventually play wide slowly, be all marked and play back.

The space is wide but the passes must go fast

 

Maybe a cup game. Maybe quansah at rb.

I'd guess no more than a couple times in this set up.

 

What is the point of Charlie Drake? About as much use as tits on a nun.

 

Also Elliott has compelte and utterly faded out of this. They have got tight and just walked past him time and again.

He's just had it in 5 yards space, failed to get it down and never even looked forward as he was starting to get closed down.

He simply has to be more positive.and he has to put a foot in at some stage.

 

We keep playing it to the middle. Brighton have kept the 4 tight in and denied space.

See the space guys its always wide and we can progress nicely if you get it out there fast.

 

Glad I’m enjoying the game for what it is, 2 open teams trying to play football and attack each other.

Guys if you can’t enjoy games for what they are when titles are won then never going to enjoy it.

Just sit back and take it for what it is.

it’s like when people try and over analyse films and guess what the twist is going to be then get disappointed when the twist they spent half the film trying to work out actually comes true.

 

Dom scores either a stunner or a fluke.

Can't decide

 

If he meant it, brilliant strike.

lovely assist by Elliott from a nice forward pass

 

If tonali is claiming he shot from the corner flag last month, I reckon szobo can claim that one.

 

Thats a hit.

Never looked across.

 

Negative police alert.

 

l reckon it was a cross particularly due to the face he pulled when congratulated / asked if he meant it .

 

Yeah there's an agenda at play. I'm ignoring it

 

all Polis are negative

 

Yeah, sky have shown that now. Mishit that like a young Gerrard there

 

It’s funny cos szobo came with a reputation of scoring those type of long rangers and free kicks but not really seen much of it. Seen a massive downturn in people shooting from outside box across the whole league tbh but it’s such a weapon as doing it and having the ability forces players to come close you down which should open up more space around the box.