Wober came within a millisecond of our equaliser but mong just beat him to it otherwise he'd have been an instant hero. Should start against Cardiff so we'll know more about him after that.Boo Radley wrote: I’d go with that back 4 starting. We have to pray that Wober is the player we hope he is or the options are really limited.
No we don't don't be absurd...
The thing is that for the most part we played Villa off the park. The trouble is our tactics continually leave us so vulnerable that we give the opposition, no matter how sh&t they are, at least 2 or 3 excellent chances per game. We're just handicapping ourselves every game by playing the same tactics.
Yup.weasel wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:00 pm The thing is that for the most part we played Villa off the park. The trouble is our tactics continually leave us so vulnerable that we give the opposition, no matter how sh&t they are, at least 2 or 3 excellent chances per game. We're just handicapping ourselves every game by playing the same tactics.
A different manager would just need to bring in a bit of structure and we would be fine. We have the creativity and strikeforce to score goals without having to be as vulnerable as we are. Our defence is our weakest area yet we employ tactics to make it even weaker rather than trying to protect or strengthen it.
Oh fck do we play Brentford next ?/!!CanuckMightyWhite wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:01 pm Surely, a loss against Brentford now seals Marsch’s fate, irrespective if we win the xG battle or not!
How can we keep repeating the same defensive mistakes? How can Struijk turn into Pennington all of a sudden?
After being moved away from a position he was gettign acclimatised too and then moved back into. Coincidence?
that was well said our defenders have always mistakes in them and need more protection from the midfieldweasel wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:00 pm The thing is that for the most part we played Villa off the park. The trouble is our tactics continually leave us so vulnerable that we give the opposition, no matter how sh&t they are, at least 2 or 3 excellent chances per game. We're just handicapping ourselves every game by playing the same tactics.
A different manager would just need to bring in a bit of structure and we would be fine. We have the creativity and strikeforce to score goals without having to be as vulnerable as we are. Our defence is our weakest area yet we employ tactics to make it even weaker rather than trying to protect or strengthen it.
I agree. We have CS, Sini plus Rutter(?) to come in. We are a match for most going forward. Not sure about Roca or Aaronson at times but it’s at LB where we have our biggest problem because if Wober is a proper CB then we need Firpo to defy his critics and prove Faaip was right all alongweasel wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:00 pm The thing is that for the most part we played Villa off the park. The trouble is our tactics continually leave us so vulnerable that we give the opposition, no matter how sh&t they are, at least 2 or 3 excellent chances per game. We're just handicapping ourselves every game by playing the same tactics.
A different manager would just need to bring in a bit of structure and we would be fine. We have the creativity and strikeforce to score goals without having to be as vulnerable as we are. Our defence is our weakest area yet we employ tactics to make it even weaker rather than trying to protect or strengthen it.
Yes, our two golden oldies Cooper & Ayling did well, whereas Koch & Struijk were weak at the back.
All 4 of our central defenders are decent footballers, but made to look poor by the system. I'd rather Marsch stayed for the time being but he needs to rethink his tactics ...
We didn't deserve that result one bit, Villa were poor & know they got away with the three points.
