That as poor as I have seen us play against a equally poor Smoggy side. 3 points to go for there and we blew it.
That's up there with the stupidest responses I've seen! Especially seeing as that's the sort of response a school kid would make! How does me questioning the fact that not one player has attempted to influence the game make me sound like a school kid! I'm sorry I thought players like mason and Henrikson and a few others were supposed to try and influence a game! Silly me.
It was a tactical **** up. A few poor individual performances too but, on the whole, we were hindered by setting up to defend for 70 minutes.
Just seems to be a mentality to not have a go until we're losing , think we're much better suited to playing 352 , instead of trying to get centre midfielders to play out wide , how many games now have mason and henriksen done sod all ?
No steel. No foot on the ball. Horrible passing. Dreadful. Edit: I don't blame the players from a lack of effort, I just think we have a lack of quality and may as well set up with some more guile and realism and not stick out a lightweight team that is neither hard to beat or effective up top. It's like we are stuck inbetween, and lost.
**** off Phelan. Not allowing any of the players to cross the half way line (bar the isolated lone striker) until the second half is ****ing pathetic. ****!
Okay, so Mason and Co have rightly taken some stick on this thread, but what about Robertson. Worst performance of the lot.
Please, please, please, enough of these **** negative tactics. If we are going down ( and let's face it, we are), can we at least go down fighting and have a go at teams?
Well, we've managed to make Boro and Sunderland look good this season, and that takes some doing! I understand parking the bus against a side like Chelsea, but against a ****e Boro team who have struggled to win at home all season...?!! Also, it's beginning to look like Phelan is trying to justify the money he's wasted on certain players - players that shouldn't be starting games!
I have to disagree, it was Phelan's selection of the starting eleven combined with the utterly **** tactics that he imposed on them.
The thing you get with the youngsters is enthusiasm and lack of fear we need that big time Look at bowen compared to henriksen, mason, livermore etc He made more attempts at runs into space and to recieve the ball then all the mentioned combined Robertson looked way off the pace you can pick so many things out of that game, seems our supposed better midfielders dont fancy the fight on that showing Id honestly play tymon, bowen, weir and edwards next game Two up top we need goals and points and positivity edwards and bowen for me two fearless youngsters who will graft Dont give a toss about age of the youngsters , when theres no effort or fight from the seniors The thing is phelan is like the scared coach in waterboy So same team and formation next game no doubt
