goon wrote:Don Pacifico wrote:Call me crazy but I really don't think we've been that bad - two terrible errors aside...
I’d say we haven’t been bad aside from the gaping left side. Tierney playing like a LCB with no LWB.
This is like saying that a car missing one of its tires is not that bad.
goon wrote:Wtf? Can someone be offside if the ball is played backwards?
Baffling.
Watch arteta make 0 changes at half time. He doesn't even have to change the players, just asking for something tactically
goon wrote:Don Pacifico wrote:Call me crazy but I really don't think we've been that bad - two terrible errors aside...
I’d say we haven’t been bad aside from the gaping left side. Tierney playing like a LCB with no LWB.
Basically that. I don't understand how we've allowed that to fester the entire half.
This Chelsea aren't special. But we've rolled the red carpet out on the left flank.
Arteta is going to destroy this club. Honestly hope we get smashed here and again against City as it might be enough to force the Kroenke's into action and get rid of this fucking cunt.
Quincy Abeyie wrote:Is this the new let the game flow thing? Great.
Nah, this is the "continue to interpret the rules to not give Arsenal favourable decisions" thing.
Yup its so basic. Suck our players central and then ping one over to James. They could have scored 4 or 5 and they aren't even playing that great.
Think Tierney has been hung out to dry by the team and is thus getting unfair flak on here IMO
Saka doesn't look up for it. Might be too soon for him.
Martinelli's had maybe 3 touches of the ball?
The whole team is broken. No wonder we never get any money for our players - Arteta has driven their value to the ground by either alienating them or putting them in a shit system. No surprise that the only player we'll get decent money for this summer is the one that was out on loan.
Tactics wrote:Think Tierney has been hung out to dry by the team and is thus getting unfair flak on here IMO
He absolutely is but he's also not doing himself any favors by being terrible too.He's been dreadful
Tactics wrote:Think Tierney has been hung out to dry by the team and is thus getting unfair flak on here IMO
holding has been poor positionally too, but tierney cannot get sucked so far into the center of the pitch every single time. i mean, it is just entirely predictable, they have played the same way for 45 mins, and we keep making the same mistakes over and over again
Tactics wrote:Think Tierney has been hung out to dry by the team and is thus getting unfair flak on here IMO
He's being asked to do way too much. We expect him to get forward all the time but neither the midfield nor his winger covers him. He's having a poor game but there are reasons for it.
mdgoonah41 wrote:Tactics wrote:Think Tierney has been hung out to dry by the team and is thus getting unfair flak on here IMO
holding has been poor positionally too, but tierney cannot get sucked so far into the center of the pitch every single time. i mean, it is just entirely predictable, they have played the same way for 45 mins, and we keep making the same mistakes over and over again
Don't think Holding has been bad at all, everything they've done has been at the expense of Tierney and Mari.
Don Pacifico wrote:Call me crazy but I really don't think we've been that bad - two terrible errors aside...
The likes of Smith-Rowe, Martinelli and Pépé are working their ass off. Holding, Lokonga, Soares switched on. It goes all undone given the poor strategic approach, lack of adaptability and the continued presence of long-standing deficiencies.
We're getting poor return with both the good and bad things accounted, and I am sorry but I now think we need a new manager right away, with Edu being given delayed termination. Thats such a shame to think at matchday 2.
Lokonga is also awful at defending. Not able to mark anyone or cover space. Easily beat one on one as well. He is a talented player, but we cant put him out there with Xhaka.
GooneriC wrote:Yup its so basic. Suck our players central and then ping one over to James. They could have scored 4 or 5 and they aren't even playing that great.
It must be nice to have coaches who identify team weaknesses and set their teams out to exploit them when possible. Two weeks in a row we've come against coaches and teams who played basic strategies to win. We're so easy to beat it seems
Tierney hasn't played well, but the left side issue is not all on him. Saka is not giving enough protection and ordinarily Xhaka would drift out from CM. Think Lukaku bullying Mari has panicked the rest of the team to occupy more of the middle leaving space for James out wide.
This aimless crossing is painful - don't think I can last a full season of this
Tactics wrote:Think Tierney has been hung out to dry by the team and is thus getting unfair flak on here IMO
I think he’s been hung out to dry by some sort of tactical instruction, possibly with Mari man marking Lukaku and drifting a lot over to the right side.
Still, there’s something to be said for a player taking things into his own hands, there’s a couple of instances in particular where it was definitely on him.
Mari is the one positionally very poor. Anyhow diving into tackle and leaving gaps everywhere.
