I've just been reading about the drama in our dressing room after Saturday's defeat! There seems to have been a large amount of shouting , swearing and recriminations between the players! Just as it should have been in my opinion! However, it was more interesting to read that Robbie is now talking about dropping "pretty football" and converting back to 4-3-3! I personally say, go for it until at least we have a proper striker on the payroll! I presume he has Roman's permission!
what i hate is the way that we let teams sit back against us when we are away from home, you expect it at the bridge but not at most of the away games as well, why not sit back and invite them on rather than just trying to break through an eleven man defence most of the game, we have the players to destroy teams on the break. At least we know the bus will not be parked in the next two games
I have no idea what Robbie is on about. The problem is, notwithstanding the striker issue, our leaky (by our standards) defence. Sort this out and let the pretty playing boys get on with it. I mean if we are going to drop playing pretty footie what will we ask Hazard/Oscar/Mata to do - go and spend a day or two training with Stoke so they can learn to play boring lumpy footy properly?
I think the point is that by playing all three, perhaps we are leaving the defence too open? Last season he was playing more defence minded attacking players like Kalou and Bertrand in games to provide support to the full back etc.
I thought the reports of what was said from the dressing room were out of order. The principle that a team can expect privacy within their dressing room should have been respected no matter how thin the walls were or whether a door swung open or whatever. Having a source does not give you the moral right to report the information. Just another example of the lack of journalistic integrity in today's society. I would expect that sort of thing from Sky but hearing the BBC reporter gleefully talking about his "impecable source" was cringeworthy.
I sometimes wonder when these things happen, where the story came from.I seem to think that journo's have their "mates" somewhere in the club, either players or key staff members who actually want these things to become public knowledge for reasons only they could explain. Anyway , if it achieves a mental "kick up the ass" to the boys on the field then I for one can live with it!
Definition of "impeccable source" in journalistic circles is " I've just made up a complete pack of lies to stir the ****" ****s!
