Have to say I think we're missing Smith-Rowe centrally, there's just not enough movement in those spaces he usually finds. Maybe try and switch him and Ødegaard in the second half?
A Benfica sucker punch is coming , right ?
I have seen this games played out before.
Gazza M wrote: Anzac wrote: And why we don't need Grealish. we're getting a bit carried away here.
Anzac wrote: And why we don't need Grealish.
And why we don't need Grealish.
we're getting a bit carried away here.
He’s done more than Grealish
We have on one hand Ceballos trying to speed up the game each time he gets on the ball then you have Xhaka turning and turning and then after 10 minutes on the ball giving it to the nearest guy to him. Amazing.
Vertonghen has fouled Saka half a dozen times now.
Kurt Eisner wrote: Klaus wrote: I'm not sure it's working at the moment though. Ødegaard doesn't see enough of the ball and Smith-Rowe can't be involved in the passing game when he's out there. We need to fix this if we want to build any chances. We have all these players who are great with the ball at their feet and we still try and play every ball over the top instead. It's driving me crazy. Instead of quickly getting the ball to our best players Luiz waits for 30 seconds before either passing the ball back to Leno or Gabriel or hitting an inaccurate long ball to a player who's either offside or has no chance to get it.
Klaus wrote: I'm not sure it's working at the moment though. Ødegaard doesn't see enough of the ball and Smith-Rowe can't be involved in the passing game when he's out there. We need to fix this if we want to build any chances. We have all these players who are great with the ball at their feet and we still try and play every ball over the top instead.
I'm not sure it's working at the moment though. Ødegaard doesn't see enough of the ball and Smith-Rowe can't be involved in the passing game when he's out there. We need to fix this if we want to build any chances. We have all these players who are great with the ball at their feet and we still try and play every ball over the top instead.
It's driving me crazy. Instead of quickly getting the ball to our best players Luiz waits for 30 seconds before either passing the ball back to Leno or Gabriel or hitting an inaccurate long ball to a player who's either offside or has no chance to get it.
It's the Luiz-Xhaka combo & reminds me of the impact Fabregas had on our transitional play when he started in midfield = always took an extra touch to be more precise in his passing accuracy.
holy fuck are you kidding me with that pass?
Great defending Dani.
xhaka has been fucking rubbish. such an untrustworthy player
Gabriel throwing himself on the ground again. Does he ever stand up?
Klaus wrote: Have to say I think we're missing Smith-Rowe centrally, there's just not enough movement in those spaces he usually finds. Maybe try and switch him and Ødegaard in the second half?
You’d need to switch everything. Saka left and Odegaard right.
Xhaka...
I hate Luiz' shitty long balls.
Qwiss! wrote: Great defending Dani.
Saved our bacon there. What a bad goal that would have been to concede right before half time.
Kel Varnsen wrote: I hate Luiz' shitty long balls.
It's infuriating
This is a shit half. Need half time.
Who the fuck gave the ball away with that cross field ball?
goon wrote: Vertonghen has fouled Saka half a dozen times now.
switch saka to the left. they're playing him very tight
In all honesty we should be a goal up
if auba scores that easy chance in the first, what, 10 mins, that half probably plays out a lot differently.
