Wow. That was close. We seem to be off the boil after Ekiteke was taken off. Think Slot could have got Ngumoha for Ekiteke.
If you just ignore where the left back was in the first you are fine. If it had been Trent you would have bitched and moaned at him.
I think playing the full 90 will be a challenge initially. They were brilliant that first halfā¦
Going to be a tough gruelling season, especially if we only turn up to games for 45mins again.
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Come on Ali , do your thing
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Letās hope Salah doesnāt try the panenka again
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Yeah, agree, I think itās mostly about physical fitness as well.We are not in top form, but we had more than enough energy to play an awesome first half.
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Pen taker guesses?
Salah, Van Dijk, Gakpo, Macca, Szobo.
Loved the 1st half, 2nd was a bit meh from us, too many poor passes to give them confidence and they were the better team in the last 20 mins
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Doesnāt make sense. The team got increasingly tired and not just the two of themā¦
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Pen takers - Salah, Gakpo, Szob, Macca, Elliott
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Having to listen to Jackās commentary ?
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Iāll give Elliot the third kick.
Nope, I would have moaned at Mo, as I have mentioned several times how Trent and Bradley struggle with overlapping full backs and being 2 v 1, due to no help from Mo.
@sgs, I agree with you
Got some work to do on our defending. Only watched the second half in which we had a good first ten minutes but after that I thought we were second best.
What was that in the second half. Slot needs to wake up 4222 with our squad isnāt on imo.
With respect. In the highest levels of sport (and football today has a pretty high athletic level at the very top, unlike 20 years ago), it is very rare you are (in many sports, even wants to be), at peak physical form in the beginning of the season.
You cannot gauge the physicality of our team from the very first games. But if itās like this after Game 3-4 into the Prem season, then itās alarming, since you cannot afford to have your form curve come too late if you want to win the title.
But for now, it is not alarming at all.
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Well, it seems that CP are better prepared than us for the new season. Our players looked quite laggy during that second half. Possibly, they gave a bit too much during the first half, and paid it during the second one?
There is still a week to get the fitness levels up to the requested level. Itās next week-end that it will matter!
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