The league table doesn’t lie, we’ll see where we are at the end, which is the most important.
But what are the likes of Tottenham then if we are shit.
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Exactly this.
I listened to it earlier, right up to that point. When he said we were going to press high etc, I turned it off.
I can’t take it anymore. It’s starting to do my head in.
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I mean, I don’t need to see it in a color graphic; we see how it happens in every game, or rather, we see how it doesn’t happen.
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Quansah is a homegrown hybrid defender who can play both RB and RCB - thus a perfect Gomez replacement. And he will possess a full year of top-flight football experience that he never had in previous seasons - so he will be more match ready than Leoni who just got a very bad ACL injury. There is a real possibility that Leoni may permanently lose 25% of his potential or worse. Hey, and Konate can still leave this summer as well - and I’d rather buy Quansah over say, Mickey van de Ven.
As for Morton, we totally lacks a player with a similar profile to him - an actual defensive midfielder who can pass the ball forward. Without CL football, we will likely lose out Anderson to City and Wharton to United or Real. So he is an option that should be considered, especially if Jones also leaves. He is playing at a much higher level than Nyoni at the moment, and Bajcetic is always injured. As for Ligue I, we just dropped €60m to buy a CB there, right?
Don’t forget that we are already very close to miss the homegrown quota, and Gomez and Jones very likely leave this summer, especially Gomez.
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Spot on, both of these apply for me, I do also think they will consider themselvesy wider view from the fans perspective and what the feeling is from march going fans as a negative atmosphere isn’t good for no one.
I don’t think he can play Right Back mate.
If we win the CL and finsh 8th, not that I think we will do either, I do hope for the 1st, then I think it will be the same as Spurs and Ange, as the PL is the bread and butter.
From watching our games, it feels like we have the most uncoordinated and easy to play through press compared to our opposition, who attempt to play a pressing style.
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Im gonna say what you been thinking but wont say @Sportbilly1966. We are not a well coached team. We are outplayed by the weakest and the worst. Talent is not our problem, coaching is
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Why use only 7 words when an 1000 essay says the same 
I do like to point to reasons why I think what you say!
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Go on then, give us the thesis…
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It’s feeling to me very much like Kenny’s final season. The disappointment was less about results but that over the full season any evidence of us having solved what was causing our malaise was immediately extinguished in the next game.
When people say they are writing this season off, it’s not because the point gap is too big. It’s because this side has given us absolutely no reason to believe it’s capable of going from what if it’s been to one is good enough to close that gap.
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How have we become such a soft touch and so poor tactically and ineffective in breaking down teams, whilst having a soft underbelly?
For me most of the above can be solved with good coaching and conditioning.
Apart from brain farts, most of our issues lay at Arne’s feet, he sets the tactics, shape of the team and team selection, he has to help inspire players and provide a platform to be successful.
I hate that I am of the mind that Arne should go as I don’t want us to be that team, but lets not do the same as Man U and do what they did with Ten Hag.
“I don’t like comparing ourselves to them, but I just don’t feel confident in Arne, nothing against him, I always want our players, coaches and team to be a success.”.…yep looks like you DID SAY IT!!
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have you seen worse football played since hodgson?
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Well Rodgers lost 6-1 to Stoke.
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Toss up whether to put it in the post Wolves game or here but due to it being a repetitive problem thought this was the best place.
BTW I am a positive minded coach and believe we should push to win games, but not without thought to shape of the team.
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He’s just too wedded to his way of wanting to play. Nothing wrong with that and I absolutely would not want a Sporting Director to get involved with tactics, etc but I’d like to know if Hughes has had a conversation with him and brought up why he is persisting with something that is clearly not working vs what has worked and what we know works.
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I don’t see that, but what I see is worse. After wolves Slot said he doesn’t know why we were play) g that slow and we need to move it quicker. Virgil said the same. That has been a theme. The manager wants t9 see something, he isn’t seeing it well/often enough yet it just repeats game after game after game.
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