tisspahars Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 This forum of course, not the team yesterday. They suffered, as they have so many times before, to break down a team who came to defend. We lacked the guile and pace in behind to create chances just as we did against similar teams in Wigan and Sunderland. It had absolutely nothing to do with any lack of heart or effort - that is just a lazy label tagged on by "supporters" as soon as the whistle blows on a sub-standard result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 This forum of course, not the team yesterday. They suffered, as they have so many times before, to break down a team who came to defend. We lacked the guile and pace in behind to create chances just as we did against similar teams in Wigan and Sunderland. It had absolutely nothing to do with any lack of heart or effort - that is just a lazy label tagged on by "supporters" as soon as the whistle blows on a sub-standard result. I couldn't agree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 This forum of course, not the team yesterday. They suffered, as they have so many times before, to break down a team who came to defend. We lacked the guile and pace in behind to create chances just as we did against similar teams in Wigan and Sunderland. It had absolutely nothing to do with any lack of heart or effort - that is just a lazy label tagged on by "supporters" as soon as the whistle blows on a sub-standard result. I couldn't agree more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 I could agree more. And I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Agree, it is rather a strange use of the English language. Yesterdays failure surely had nothing to do with a lack of courage or 'guts'. In a similiar vain I've never understood why so many otherwise sensible people insist on describing criminals as 'cowards' for some reason. Now many of them are utterly despicable individuals of course, but it must take real guts I would have thought to rob a bank, or become a hit man for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpweySaint Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Fair point, it is a lazy description and perhaps a little inacurate however I think their is a valid point in there somewhere. For me it was a lack of leadership on the pitch. Needed somebody to shout and drive the team forward (I understand this would usually be the manager or the cpt but one is still learning the language and the other was subbed off). The only time this really came across was Fonte having a few strong words with Ramirez at one point. In a relegation fight sometimes the mental aspects of the game are important (as are the mental forum posters). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Most reactions on here and from many fans i heard when walking from the stadium yesterday base opinions on the result rather than the actually performance witnessed...i even heard some loon say " this is the worst team we have ever had"... This game could have and should have been won by SFC but it wasn't so we are crap:rolleyes:, if we had won the reaction would have been very different on here and in the chatter leaving the match.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Saint Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 You ****, oh wait, i see what you meant... you ****s!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Failure of tactics both off and on the pitch sadly... Needed to get the ball out wide quicker and try to get behind a bank of defenders that was 10 wide or 10 deep depending where we were on the pitch. We lacked our usual sharp, crisp passing and movement because Harry (loathe him or loathe him) had actually done his homework... No lack of passion or effort, lack of application and lack of thought. And a few underperformed - Gaston, Rickie, Cork all nowehere near their best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rshephard3 Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Failure of tactics both off and on the pitch sadly... Needed to get the ball out wide quicker and try to get behind a bank of defenders that was 10 wide or 10 deep depending where we were on the pitch. We lacked our usual sharp, crisp passing and movement because Harry (loathe him or loathe him) had actually done his homework... No lack of passion or effort, lack of application and lack of thought. And a few underperformed - Gaston, Rickie, Cork all nowehere near their best. Agree apart from Cork. Thought he was the only player who had woken up yesterday morning. At least for about 60 minutes when he unsurprisingly tired from making the running for about 6 players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Jude Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Honestly... Thought our supporters were a bit quiet and a subdued yesterday..if we're going to cuticles te players for having no fight no passion... We have to look at ourselves... Yes I was in the quiet end... But still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 We have to accept that a young team like we have are not going to play well week in week out. Yesterday's was a poor performance, an off-day. How we bounce back from it will be a real measure of our new manager. I hope Pochettino isn't stuck in just 1 way of playing though. Yesterday was crying out for 2 solid banks of 4, with more width to try and pull their defence around. From what I've seen of him so far, he strikes me as a sharp astute coach. I reckon he learned quite a bit about our game, and his team, yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Before I ring my mate Sam Aritan....will see how the team react at Norwich. COYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisspahars Posted 3 March, 2013 Author Share Posted 3 March, 2013 That's kind of my point Ottery - we will, imo, be much better next week, and people on here will say "that's more like it, great comeback, why couldn't we have done that last week etc", when the truth will be we will have been better suited to playing an average team who are having a go at us because they are at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Yesterday was a sh*te performance, plain and simple. It happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 This forum of course, not the team yesterday. They suffered, as they have so many times before, to break down a team who came to defend. We lacked the guile and pace in behind to create chances just as we did against similar teams in Wigan and Sunderland. It had absolutely nothing to do with any lack of heart or effort - that is just a lazy label tagged on by "supporters" as soon as the whistle blows on a sub-standard result. You clearly didn't watch Lambert yesterday. He was pathetic. So many times he just didn't even jump - feet never left the ground. If lallana hadn't had to go off injured we might have been treated to jayrod up front instead of Lambert, would have caused far more problems. Also, S.Davis should have played instead of GRam. We are borderline in trouble. Hard fixtures coming up. The fans need to be behind the team, ofc... but the team need to perform better than yesterday. If you don't think at least some players were "pathetic" or "Gutless" yesterday then you are in total denile, hopefully the management don't have the same view of those that feel the players did okay, if they do then we are likely going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Lambert was dominated by Samba, who is an excellent centre half and exactly what we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Lambert was dominated by Samba, who is an excellent centre half and exactly what we need. only because we kept lumping it up to him, thought we would change that at half time but noooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 3 March, 2013 Share Posted 3 March, 2013 Lambert was dominated by Samba, who is an excellent centre half and exactly what we need. We made it easy for Samba. Only once yesterday did we manage to pull him out of he centre. JRod drew him out, laid the ball back, and it was crossed into the box where they were more vulnerable. Apart from that, it was a stroll in the park for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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