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- May 22, 2011
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Only saving grace is we aren’t favs and arsenal will have 70% of the ball so we can actually sit compact and don’t need to try press them / break down a low block.
Tbf, it's rare for a shot like that to go in so it would seem the least dangerous situation. We were expecting a cross from the wing so everyone was back, and there was too much ground to make up.
However, I will say that nobody seemed alert enough to go out to him, seemed like they were all waiting for someone else to go first.
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I think in 999/1000 it goes miles over the bar and you say to the defence good job of staying company and not rushing out to leave space for guy to pass it through. All ifs and buts though.
It's not often anyone will even take that shot on, let alone pull it off, so I won't be too hard on the defence there.
We're still struggling to put together a good game, and there's plenty to be critical of, but that goal would be low down on my list. Just one those out of the blue moments that make football so fascinating - except when you're on the receiving end.
That's only because we try and set up perfect chances.
The first half was the typical predictable build up. In this era of "modern foitball" players have been coached away from taking the sort of shot that we conceded at the end in typical attacks, which has the effect of the opposition knowing that we won't try and shoot from distance.
The 2nd half was a bit better because the full backs were involved more and mixed things up a bit. The lack of width in our attack means that our full backs are integral to forming any kind of variety in attack.
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I haven’t seen the game yet. A point is more than I thought we’d get, so a bonus. 
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I struggle to see how we are going to get to the end of season in a CL qualifying spot (which will be the clubs "must do" target ) playing like this and with the sparse resources we have
That’s for 2 first team strikers, what about strikers in the U-21’s etc if the need arose, or has Slot sold them all?
I am not Slots greatest fan but he’s just the head coach. He needs to coach what he is given to coach. I’m sure that he has some say in who will fit and who doesn’t but I do not believe for a second that he’s completely to blame for the lack of depth.
Well we've gone 8 or 9 games unbeaten, which the teams.around us aren't managing to do.
Yeah, I don't think Slot gets much say in either sales or purchases tbh
The most psinful of the result is, conceding the last minute goal just like that of away to Leeds United.
I'm as certain as any outsider can be that it was him who pushed Quansaah out the door . The obvious indicator being the buy back clause which was inserted into the transfer agreement .