captainchris

What is this 'Weaker foot' stuff???? No professional player in the Premier League should have such a thing.

It's good to hear a message from the top - let's have more of it please.. Life has changed and so has football....

Unfortunately this is very true......

There seems to be a complete obsession with playing Pelle on here... Unless the coaches seriously get at him to change the lazy, predictable way he plays with back to goal standing right in front of his marker like a statue where he offers no threat... He needs to be told to change the way he plays. He has to FACE the opponents goal and make runs dragging the defence around. Our coaches need to be analysing the players and games much more thoroughly. IF we allow this style of his to continue the least we can do is get our players around him when the ball is humped to him with the regularity it is! Fluidity is lacking with the current 'system' and Pelle is a large part of the issue.... I hope we see something a lot different against Liverpool and the coaches start working out what is happening.... If Pelle is not doing as he is told or can't then we might as well play with a smaller more mobile player there who can face the direction of play, create space and lose their marker....

Can we not haul Pelle off ? Just asking .....?

Come on Koeman sort this out.... We have been poor lately. There is no cohesion and flow to our game our coaches seem so slow to address issues....

Pelle really is not mobile enough. Fancy flicks to no one and predictable back to goal static play.... Needs to be dropped /rested ... He needs to make a step change to his game and make runs facing the opposition goal... Also just stays in the central zone far too much which is linked to the issue of back to goal.... A bit lazy actually ...

Precisely correct

Btw. Jamie Carragher is right about Forster - again! This guy is SUSPECT! Bring back Boruc! Opposing teams know now too and shoot on sight....

The problem with Pelle is pretty obvious.... He doesn't make runs off the ball so he doesn't create space by pulling defenders around. This result is in the central area it is conjested and his positioning is very prodictable and he is very easy to mark. Really it is lazy play from him. By contrast Ricky used to run off towards the flanks pulling defenders all over the place and creating that space for others to work in. Certainly the coaches need to get a handle on this aspect of Pelle's play because it is hampering our attacking options...

Well Tadic better justify his place in the team because his all round game lately has been woeful...

Wasn't even very good on the pitch......

Simply superb player think he only gave the ball away four times in 150 games with us. I'm not sure anyone could match that .... Loved watching him... ;-)

Yes but also we don't play anyone close enough to Pelle. When we get the ball to him he is too isolated. We are playing with two wide men and not enough bodies centrally. This is part of the reason we cannot keep possession.... It is also the reason Pelle cannot find a teamate quickly when he has the ball at his feet. It is almost the polar opposite of Poch who flooded the pitch centrally and retained possession. A compromise would help perhaps....

God there is some very dodgy goalkeeping in that video....

If we use the same logic is one to assume that Tadic is off too ? Cork was much more involved and busy than him!

Very good summary...... Our full backs are also too far advanced and very wide...this left our two centre backs as a back two which Palace continually exploited.... We need to be more flexible and narrower at times. Pelle needs support. Time and again against Palace he was given the ball but didn't have an outlet and was caught in possession continuously.... Certainly that system is unbalanced. Tadic isn't helping he is not able to go past anyone and most certainly isn't a winger.... The irritating thing with him is also that he also spends all the game telling his team mates what to do when he's lately been our worse player himself ..... He should concentrate on his own game and raise it quite a lot !!! We lack rhythm at the moment and this is due to the players being too spread out in midfield, these symptoms are born out by our relative low possession percentages at times lately.... The possession we do have is mostly passing between our centre backs sideways... So there are several fundamentals from Saturday: Pelle too isolated, two midfielders too wide and not involved enough and full backs too far forward and also very wide.

6 for me. As someone said, doesnt have much to do and when called upon is quite often suspect.

Stick to the point, we were all over the place tactically in the first half and that should have been recognised and changed after 15 mins.... And if you think that is incorrect then that is your prerogative ... Not sure the facts are stacked in your favour however!

Koeman should take a good at himself for today's performance. First half was a tactical disgrace ....

Can anyone tell me what the hell was the formation first half... Two at the back???? Full backs far too advanced leaving the Palace pacey powerful players to have acres of space to play in. Was Koeman actually watching that and doing nothing about it!!! As for Tadic why is he in the team - does nothing .. We are carrying him.... Yes I know he has scored a couple of goals but he is mostly aweful and was again today....

Not only a personality but massively over rated..... He's not good enough end of ... Foget all the other agro he's not good enough !!!!!!

Not really a 'great' talent. Rather over rated actually......

I think you might be giving him more credit than he is due for our defensive record. Opposing teams don't get many shots on target against us in general. If you were to take his goals conceded in relation to shots on target I would imagine Forster is quite well down that particular league.... Maybe someone has that statistic at their finger tips?

All very positive and an amazing week. Only one criticism - will someone tell Forster to be more attentive and concentrate on the game. He is glued to the six yard area and every single time a ball is played long over the top top he has too much ground to make up to get to it!!! It's blatent - even Jamie Garragher or what ever his name is has noticed it now but still our coaches do nothing about it???????? It's costing us goals now so come on let's get this major Forster issue sorted....