Solid. System worked very well. Yoshida and Martina were superb, as were Reed, Targett, Hesketh, JWP and Long. No-one had a "bad" game although I must admit to being disappointed Clasie isn't getting more involved offensively.
When's the draw?
Ignoring the football, some places in the world do have areas that are best avoiding altogether if you don't want to get mugged by a group of thugs. I think it's fairly sensible to check.
Watching that video above I'm gutted I can't afford to make this, just came too soon for me. If it were one of the last games I could have afforded the £800-odd plane fare through doing a f*ck ton of overtime.
Tbf if they turn up close to kick off time they might start rushing people through. But if you're going to risk it you have to be prepared to be turned away.
Redmond is doing everything right and getting in some great positions, but just his finishing is letting him down (big time). However there's enough there to keep faith in the experiment.
One thing I really, really didn't like today was our mentality for the last 20 minutes. We went so defensive and almost gave up on going for a second (which nearly cost us but for Forster). Hope it's just a case of wanting that first win on the board and not suggestive of how we'll play in future when we get a slim lead.
I haven't really participated in this thread, but the last page alone isn't what I expected. The title suggests a discussion on where we go from here, not yet more arguing about who was right or wrong.
Anyone got any idea if the King Alfred is planning on opening for this (or again at all this season)? Don't want to walk down there just to have to walk back into town before the game.
Giroud asked who gave the penalty away
Koeman would drop Long? He kept Pelle in the side when he was playing far worse, until he got injured and was forced to play Long.
Rotating due to a game on thursday and again next weekend.
We played well without Hojberg, he didn't really make much of a difference when he came on. (Not saying he isn't good - just saying that dropping him wasn't at all part of the issue today).