It worked yesterday because of the way they played. We need to be adaptable as we now have the players to do it. I wasnt over enthused with Krafth before but its good that there is competition in that spot. Think Manquillo is faster but Krafth uses the ball better coming forward.
Over the moon to be 6th and have 7 points. Great start in terms of points. We've been utter **** though in every game looking devoid of any kind of system or plan. I think this lack of structure catches up with you over the course of the season. I can't really explain Bruce, he's **** but in terms of results he is getting the job done.
I do think there is a massive amount of strife masked within these results. I'm not a fan of worrying too much about other teams possible situations when we play them, because we are master of defeat when teams are at a low ebb looking for points - so I won't try and find ways to do him down. We've got 7 points, its a good return regardless of the circumstances. I just think our lack of a plan is a concern. I get what Bruce is saying about transitioning a team who has been set in defensive football. If you want to transition, you have to take a bit of pain along the way and allow time to bed in. At some point you've got to bite the bullet and say "right we are seeing this through regardless of the **** we take, the end result is worth it". But I just can't see any signs of what it is we are trying to do. He says these things but I'm not sure I believe him. I think he is just good at gathering decent players together, making them all feel loved and wanted, getting a tune from them. There has to be more substance for something that works over a sustained period.
I will keep saying this but again looking at the results this weekend and without fans if your team turns up to try and win you get your rewards. We need to start playing on the front foot a bit more and honestly think we might be top 10. Keep doing Bruce ball and we will be relegation fodder. How AC gets a game is baffling. I get the point (no pun intended) that we sat deep and defended against Spurs and got a point but it could have actually been a cricket score on another day. Look at West Ham two wins 7-0 against wolves and Leicester who are supposed to be top 7 teams. There is far to much emphasis on tactics and identity. Just ****ing play football.
Agreed, was pleasantly surprised with Krafth. We have such a better squad than last year, I am certain if we had the same side we'd be winless now, draws against West Ham and Burnley. The squad was just not good enough, the negative ****ty style we had was out of necessity and did it's job. We somehow survived.
Did you see Juninho bounce off of him when Chesterfield played boro in the semi final? He literally ran in to Dyche, bounced off and the ref gave a penalty
