Post Match EPL Brighton (H) 2-0 Sat 13th December 15:00
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Great win and great to get a clean sheet. Ekitike is on his way to being a superstar.
I also think Slot is now safe for the season
I also think Slot is now safe for the season
So Slot and Salah stay eh?
Outstanding result but still look soft defensively.
A clean sheet more from luck than good defensively shape and play.
Huge becoming everything we hoped Isak would be.
Unbeaten in 5 and back to back wins.
Might go a Slot pulse check survey as we haven’t had one in a while.
Outstanding result but still look soft defensively.
A clean sheet more from luck than good defensively shape and play.
Huge becoming everything we hoped Isak would be.
Unbeaten in 5 and back to back wins.
Might go a Slot pulse check survey as we haven’t had one in a while.
Mo looks happy and relieved with his reception.
Best game from Kerkez this season. Konate too was excellent. Ali was there when we needed him.
Hugo is boss. He's so good now and I still think his decision making, passing and vision could all improve. I think we're going to end up pretending like he was the 125m striker and Isak was the 69m one.
Hugo is boss. He's so good now and I still think his decision making, passing and vision could all improve. I think we're going to end up pretending like he was the 125m striker and Isak was the 69m one.
Yes, clean sheet, 2 goals and 3 points. Two confidence building games.
2 straight clean sheets.
We're still shaky but thats expected as we are trying to rebuild our confidence and identity.
Its clear a first 11 without Salah is better for us due to having 11 players committed defensively, which is what we need.
Chiesa is such a good dude for trying to set up mo, who could have easily finished with a goal and a couple of assists.
Hugo is fantastic.
A week to rest and im just disappointed its not three wins in a week-
We're still shaky but thats expected as we are trying to rebuild our confidence and identity.
Its clear a first 11 without Salah is better for us due to having 11 players committed defensively, which is what we need.
Chiesa is such a good dude for trying to set up mo, who could have easily finished with a goal and a couple of assists.
Hugo is fantastic.
A week to rest and im just disappointed its not three wins in a week-
Yes. Clean sheet was lucky. We gave them way too many good chances.
On the other hand, going forward, it was the most fluid we have been all season. Looked like we had a plan until Chiesa and Robbo in midfield.
wouldn’t bother. Too late to change now
Well, he has made changes that seem to be getting the best out of Wirtz and making us more solid defensively. Injuries made us much more vulnerable second half.
If he builds on this, he has chance to make it through.
It certainly was a great game to go to. Action at both ends all game.
It could be both, but well all be wiser come jan im guessing ...
Much, much, MUCH better... Not a bad performance anywhere on the pitch today. When's the last time we could say that?
We're still shaky at the back, but that said, we did look far more organized, more disciplined and far more committed to defending today... For starters, I thought Kerkez was very solid today, against a very dangerous direct opponent. He really defended well, held his ground and got forward a lot as well - Easily his best game for us. Hopefully, it's a turning point.
I also thought that VVD and Ibou were different players today... Far more committed, more aggressive and much sharper from the get-go. Ibou did a lot of very effective shepparding of their attackers on potentially dangerous brakes, and he blocked a lot of shots, too. Much better stuff (though he did scare the bollox off me, when he went to ground to win that ball, late on - That's an inch from a red card). Virgil was a far better leader today, too - No whining and waving his arms and blaming everybody else... it was all encouragement, all positivity and he was especially focused on cheering on everything good that Kerkez did. Just much better all-around back there.
Oh, and Ali's still the best around. He just is.
Midfield was also far more organized, I thought, and though we were still carved through a few times (still worrying, of course), it was far less than we've seen these past three months. Gravvy was back to his quiet but brilliant best for much of the match, and I thought Wirtz was outstanding, both on and off the ball... His work rate, fighting back to put in challenges and win the ball back throughout the game. Macca was in and out of things... I thought he looked annoyed throughout the first half, not on the same page as Wirtz, maybe, but though he's still far from last season's form, he's showing more, in longer spells. And Curtis remains Curtis. Always involved, always willing, but always seems to take too long, take too many touches, and seems to be why a lot of our promising breaks slow down and cut back... He plays like we did on the streets with our mate, when step-overs and dummies were the goals, so we could point and laugh when they fell on their arses.
Up front, it seemed like bizarro world today... Hugo turned into Mo, looking to shoot almost every time, costing us several chances by doing that, but scoring two, so the greed is overlooked, and also passing once when he really should have scored himself. But the boy's a star and me and my brother agreed that we really should be building around him, not Isak. he and Wirtz are the future.
Mo was everything I'd love him to be every day today... Worked his bollox off, up and down the pitch. Passed more in 60 minutes than he has in 3 years (and often, when he actually should have shot himself!!! 🙂 ), and got back and helped out when we didn't have the ball. He still can't beat his man anymore, but I'm glad he played, I'm glad he contributed, and if this is what he's willing to do with / for us now, I really hope he fixes things with Slot and comes back and stays. He does need to practice his passing though! A few times, he's why we didn't carve them open and race clean through.
First time in ages - maybe the Spurs clincher last season - that I've actually enjoyed watching us play a full match. I saw something I haven't seen in ages... A defined shape, a style of football, players playing for each other and fighting like hell, and our two main superstars playing like they're actually part of a team, and not just there for themselves. If we can return to this being our norm, rather than the exception it is right now, we'll comfortably finish in the top 4. We're still a bloody good team.
Shame about the annual JoGo injury, of course, and I really, really hope Szobo's ok... he asked for that switch at the end. Hope it's just 'coz he's knackered.
Oh, and wasn't it wonderful to see Milner get the biggest cheer of the day, when he came on? I'll always love that bloke. Legend.
Have a great weekend, lads. Happy Christmas or whatever you celebrate.
We're still shaky at the back, but that said, we did look far more organized, more disciplined and far more committed to defending today... For starters, I thought Kerkez was very solid today, against a very dangerous direct opponent. He really defended well, held his ground and got forward a lot as well - Easily his best game for us. Hopefully, it's a turning point.
I also thought that VVD and Ibou were different players today... Far more committed, more aggressive and much sharper from the get-go. Ibou did a lot of very effective shepparding of their attackers on potentially dangerous brakes, and he blocked a lot of shots, too. Much better stuff (though he did scare the bollox off me, when he went to ground to win that ball, late on - That's an inch from a red card). Virgil was a far better leader today, too - No whining and waving his arms and blaming everybody else... it was all encouragement, all positivity and he was especially focused on cheering on everything good that Kerkez did. Just much better all-around back there.
Oh, and Ali's still the best around. He just is.
Midfield was also far more organized, I thought, and though we were still carved through a few times (still worrying, of course), it was far less than we've seen these past three months. Gravvy was back to his quiet but brilliant best for much of the match, and I thought Wirtz was outstanding, both on and off the ball... His work rate, fighting back to put in challenges and win the ball back throughout the game. Macca was in and out of things... I thought he looked annoyed throughout the first half, not on the same page as Wirtz, maybe, but though he's still far from last season's form, he's showing more, in longer spells. And Curtis remains Curtis. Always involved, always willing, but always seems to take too long, take too many touches, and seems to be why a lot of our promising breaks slow down and cut back... He plays like we did on the streets with our mate, when step-overs and dummies were the goals, so we could point and laugh when they fell on their arses.
Up front, it seemed like bizarro world today... Hugo turned into Mo, looking to shoot almost every time, costing us several chances by doing that, but scoring two, so the greed is overlooked, and also passing once when he really should have scored himself. But the boy's a star and me and my brother agreed that we really should be building around him, not Isak. he and Wirtz are the future.
Mo was everything I'd love him to be every day today... Worked his bollox off, up and down the pitch. Passed more in 60 minutes than he has in 3 years (and often, when he actually should have shot himself!!! 🙂 ), and got back and helped out when we didn't have the ball. He still can't beat his man anymore, but I'm glad he played, I'm glad he contributed, and if this is what he's willing to do with / for us now, I really hope he fixes things with Slot and comes back and stays. He does need to practice his passing though! A few times, he's why we didn't carve them open and race clean through.
First time in ages - maybe the Spurs clincher last season - that I've actually enjoyed watching us play a full match. I saw something I haven't seen in ages... A defined shape, a style of football, players playing for each other and fighting like hell, and our two main superstars playing like they're actually part of a team, and not just there for themselves. If we can return to this being our norm, rather than the exception it is right now, we'll comfortably finish in the top 4. We're still a bloody good team.
Shame about the annual JoGo injury, of course, and I really, really hope Szobo's ok... he asked for that switch at the end. Hope it's just 'coz he's knackered.
Oh, and wasn't it wonderful to see Milner get the biggest cheer of the day, when he came on? I'll always love that bloke. Legend.
Have a great weekend, lads. Happy Christmas or whatever you celebrate.
this is the best we looked after that madrid match in ucl.
Yes . We should keep our patience and belief in isak. he will do better
wirtz man. wat a playmaker
