You are probably right Norway. Now substitute Van Gaal for Monk in the above. You can't - it would be unbelievable. Which says a lot, doesn't it?
Yes that's what I think is at the bottom of this 4-4-2, and have said the same on another thread, couldn't agree more!...............
No I haven't they were the 'etc', got it!........................ PS: Just watched a snippet of Euro footy with Basel and Zurich, and Guess who is managing Basel now? My mate Sousa!!..........
I have just finished watching the first half of the match which I have recorded from S4C. The first thing that struck me was that we were playing at half pace probably because this was a friendly and the players did not want risk injury. This has always been the norm in previous friendlies I have watched. The first goal came about because Shelvey tuned into trouble and lost the ball instead of moving the ball out wide to Montero. This is a weakness in Shelvey's game as he selfishly too often fails to bring other players into the game by using short passes. The ball was subsequenlty moved forward swiftly and our defenders were caught out ball watching instead of picking up fast moving attackers running into space. Our passing was awful with our legendary crisp short passing virtually non existent. At times there was a large space between our defence and their attack with no defensive midfielder visible. Only once was a through ball played for Bony or Gomis and this was supplied by Montero who on this occasion had moved inside. We were more effective on the left because Montero and Taylor tried to link together whereas Rangel was isolated on the right. With Dyer, Emnes, Montero, Routledge and even the youngster Bray available we must never again play Siggy as the wide man. His talents are wasted there as he is an attacking midfielder which was badly needed yesterday. Any way when the season proper starts let's hope our team selection, tactics and performance improve.
I watched the game again today, and I agree with you that Shelvey is not on form, and I would not start him next week, he needs a spell on the bench!......
But one way of getting his head right is to play and against Utd !,it may be the tonic he needs or it could be a spectacular failure glad I don't have to make the decision all the same .
Canas would have been huge in this game , along with any other games Britton would be unable to play. Ill never understand the cold shoulder toward Poz and Canas as we stumble around to replace these players , especially Canas, for big money probably without knowing if they will work out . A lot of decisions were made without thinking about the game of football whatsoever imo . Not the way to run a team and the way its been run for the last 6 months
You say hes pants because your told hes pants and you march on ... its all I expect from a member of the "ostrich family "
Advocating players needing a spell on the bench when it's August 11th made me laugh out loud. Sorry. We go with our best 11 at Man U and that includes Shelvey. One game, however poor he was, doesn't change that.
I saw all the home games and I don't think Canas or Pozuelo were up to the mark, I actually thought this about Canas when I saw him play against Real Madrid before he joined us. I sometimes wonder who the ostriches are on here.
I liked Poz because he offered something different and would have kept. I would also have kept Canas until we had a replacement but it's obvious he wasn't a player Monk could work with. The big question must why haven't we replaced Canas as it was always going to be a position that needed shoring up?
Bob , do you go to games . If so you and campioni must be watching different players.You see , lots of people go to games and have opinions , I guess because I dont go to games .....If Monk was planning to ditch Canas , with him being the only practised player that can cover Britton , that would be a transfer Id be working on all summer .Lets face it, Leom Brittons contribution to the "Swansea Way " is crucial .Six days from opening day , Brittons out , Canas is gone , and Monk wondering what happened our last pre season game .
Got to give it to you rj, you are consistent Maybe the cold shoulder came from them and not from us, makes no odds, neither will be missed imo. Canarse can't even find himself a new club, now that's got to tell you something rj.
Good post Nos, sounds like we watched the same game You picked up on the lack of DM too which was key to our poor display imo. Neither Shelvey nor Ki locked that position down, both seemingly happy to play in the no man's land between DM and CM. This left space galore all around them and with no solid spine to our midfield the rest of our game inevitably collapsed. To be fair, neither had any cohesive support from those around them. This may have had something to do with Siggy (playing out of position and new to our midfield), Montero (new to our midfield), Ki (I'd like to say playing out of position but I'm not sure what his position was, and we might as well count him as new to our midfield) and Shelvey (same as Ki regarding position, but everyone around him was new to him and our midfield) Compounding this we had Gomis (new up front), Bartley (new and learning) and Taylor (still trying to get his game back). ....and the rest? Bony (getting back to fitness and every one around him is new) Rangel (Tried his best but now a step off the pace) and Williams (who isn't going to score us a hat -trick) Without any use of an abacus this still adds up to, no triangles, no snappy passing, no incisive running, but simply a fitness training session in front of 12k people where some players get 90 for the first time in a long while. No need for an inquisition, Spanish or otherwise, just plain old common sense. It'll happen chaps, remember what Corporal Jones used to say?
Villareal are a class act http://metro.co.uk/2014/09/04/villa...ay-and-score-for-them-against-celtic-4857496/
