Smirking_Saint

Villa doing a good job on him the few times we have directed anything his way, crowding him out. Crossing been poor too. We seem more interested in hitting long balls wider, dont know why, may be because of a lack of joy through Pellè

Sorry ? Would you prefer Rhodes ?

Should have been that way from the start, stretch them. You cant do a lot in defence of their tactic, they have nothing except soak up pressure and try to release Gabby. Cork won't do a lot to change that. Unfortunately there is basically nothing on the bench to chamge things positively, which was Poch's problem as well FWIW, lets see if Koeman drastically 'changes' things, my guess is not really, because he cant.

Theres some mongo's on here tonight, take off a wide man and stick on another cm !! Righto

Nope, but hardly the end of the world, 11 wins out of 13 isnt bad going

Welcome back Alps

Why would you do that ? They are sticking 10 men behind the ball which makes a midfield effectively redundant. They are getting tight and compact around their box, a pretty little midfielder wont help us break that down. You need pace and width, and so we just need to carry on. If anything Pellè is coming far too deep, just like what Lambert did last year. His flicks arent finding anyone, if anything id push Long up on Clark who is sweeping behind Okore

Get over it you tart

They'll come at us quite quick, we need to see it out or hit them on the break, expect us to start to strangle after 10-15mins

Our bench shows everybody why some of us, and the media think we are still a bit 'thin'

Doubtfull He tends to go for blood when he smells it, as exampled in the West Ham game I fully expect Tadic to be more central of the forward 3 but licensed to roam

Gerrards passed it this year really, its just not working for him or the team. But then they are setting up differently to last year. You can hardly say he wasnt effective, the media fawned over him until the end of the season, plus Squawka had him as the best midfielder in the prem from a statistics point of view (interceptions, tackles, goals and assists). All in all though from a ball playing point of view he is still class, just doesnt have the targets at his disposal. Onto Rodgers though, he spent a large amount of money on dross. Failed to replace Suarez at any level and did nothing except add extra pressure to his squad. All in all I dont get the fuss about Rodgers, apart from last year he did not set the world alight and that was largely Suarez' doing... Not his

Between Roche, Sato and Fabian Probably Sato

Been watching MOTD2, the small highlights that the BBC showed of the spurs game got me thinking that Poch has, by the looks of things, abandoned the way he played under is. They seem to play a much quicker counter attack, with less possession, barely any high press and appear to attempt to play offsides. I dont really harbour any real hatred to the man, in fact, I almost wanted to see him do ok. But it just strikes me as a silly move from both Poch and Levy. Effectively - Poch has moved from a comfortable position with little pressure to manage a team of prima donnas who are none of his own purchases and that seemingly do not fit with his own philosophies. And that compounded by the fact that their scouting department is non existant and working under the poison dwarf. Levy has signed a manager that doesnt fit in with the players he has at the club, despite his obvious talents as a coach. Failed (on the surface) to back him at any great deal in the transfer market and as always, puts his managers under pressure. Im so glad we have the model we have, attenpting to keep consistant in our philosophy and recruitment.

It wont happen

Yup, turks is the one with the trolley Sorry BFF On another note Im surprised that there is any of the older generation still shopping in Sainsburys after their frankly abhorant advert which quite frankly glorified war and ****ed all over the graves of our brave veterans etc etc

Let it go Viking, you'll have plenty to splutter about if we lose a couple over December and people start losing the plot

I genuinely hate that bloke

Ill invite him up the Farmers Home for one then, or a run around the rec

So its not really comparable is it ? Fwiw I think they are entirely beatable, especially the way we are playing, however looking at the facts, we havnt beaten anyone from last years top 6 yet

I just dont understand how anyone can slag off Redmond and decide that Redmond is worth 8m frankly

Ill be honest, Wanyama is a lot better than cork in the position that he plays and IMHO JWP isnt a long way off being atleast at the same level as Cork but offers more going forward. Corks ok, he won't let you down, he is consistant. But he just isnt exceptional anywhere unfortunately.

By your own mention you need to win a major trophy to be a great. Neither Shearer nor Lineker qualify here.

Thinking about it, if, for instance, the club sees a definate future in borh Prowse and Reed then it would make sense allowing Cork to move on and give them a positive avenue into the first team.

Im led to believe this was a massive part in the defences case. I mean come on, Ched and Clayton.... Straight out of the southern states.