Edmonton Saint Posted 27 August, 2016 Author Posted 27 August, 2016 Romeu caught in possession again.
Mr X Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Puel doesn't strike me as a motivator hope i'm wrong & seems to persist with a system that doesn't work
Crab Lungs Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Nice to see our midfield is still easy to slice through with complete ease. #buymoreattackingmidfelders #backthediamond
striker Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Our midfield is getting run over. Can't get the ball up, and puts way too much pressure on the backs.
St.JonB Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 I know the match threads are always negative ********, but in each game so far I've only seen 5-10 minutes of saints being alright. And that's alright, not good. Mane and pelle and wanyama would stroll into this side so we can't have spent that well so far. Saying that I still think the formation is a bigger problem that the sales. Totally agree. Is there any chance he will change the formation?
New Forest Steve Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Worrying comments on here Batman .... sportp2p.com link 2 (nbc sport live xtra) works a treat
hypochondriac Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Romeu has been poor again. Not sure he should be first choice.
Crab Lungs Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Romeu having a stinker I'm sorry to say. He's just not cut out for being a DM. And he's been average at best mostly every time I've seen him.
Heisenberg Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Sunderland are more hungry, faster, more physical, creative, imaginative and right now far more likely Depressing to watch us just now
jamesfp1 Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 How hard can it be to swap Redmond and Austin.
Miltonaggro Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 65% possession, 3 shots on goal. All filler no killer...
hypochondriac Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 This is turgid and terrible. We have to beat Sunderland. If we play like this every week then we will be in trouble.
striker Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Sunderland has all the possession. This diamond thing is not good.
washsaint Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Last 20 minutes has been awful. Unfortunately Romeu has been a liability and I don;t understand long balls up top when Redmond is the only one there. Surely Puel has to recognize that this formation has nothing going for it. FFS we are being battered by Sunderland at home!
Edmonton Saint Posted 27 August, 2016 Author Posted 27 August, 2016 Trying to be patient. But this really is turgid.
adrian lord Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 I worry Puel hasn't captured the imagination, loyalty or spirit of the side. In short, he has yet find the dressing room.
Dalek2003 Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Puel wil be sacked by November, we will be relegated by February unless we sort it out.
jamesfp1 Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 where is our midfield? virtually non existent 2 are playing as strikers. The other 2 are playing as 3rd and 4th centre backs.
adrian lord Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Puel wil be sacked by November, we will be relegated by February unless we sort it out. I really hope not but the early signs are ominous.
Batman Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Still maintain that it will be a race on what goes first... The diamond or the manager We clearly do not have the players for his set up.
Shance Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 How ****ing dare our mongy fan base boo. ****s!!
Mr X Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Boos at half time? Or did I imagine it? yup a few not the majority though
striker Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 After a very dangerous start, our forwards barely touched the ball in the last 20 minutes. Our midfield wasn't there, what happened? Sunderland was dribbling around without challenge and winning all the free balls.
USaint Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Apart from the opening 10 minutes that was an awful first half from Saints. Making Sunderland look much better than they really are. I hope Puel can either motivate the players or be much more tactically flexible in the second half.
badgerx16 Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 The diamond probably works effectively if you have the right players, but on this showing we haven't got them. The midfield is disjointed and easily bypassd. VVD doesn't look impressed by the cover in front of the CBs.
Verbal Kint Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Still maintain that it will be a race on what goes first... The diamond or the manager We clearly do not have the players for his set up. You'll probably be called a wum for this, but I think you're right
hypochondriac Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Thing is, if we're going to be rubbish, can't we be 2-2 at h/t sort of rubbish rather than predictably 0-0?! We are incredibly boring right now. Indeed. It's the manner of our performances and how toothless we are that is the worry. If it stays like this then it's two points from Watford and Sunderland at home which is very poor.
obelisk Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Didn't realise the diamond formation required players to wander ponderously around before giving the ball away cheaply.
Crab Lungs Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 What an absolute pile of sh1t. Lucky they're sh1t too, but our luck won't last forever The diamond is b()ll****. Not one player buys it. OK, well, maybe one, Tadic. Body language is awful. Still the same evident problems - teams just bypass our midfield with ease. We badly need a defensive midfielder. Romeu is not a good option for DM at all. Pigeon holing Hojberg there will nullify him. We need a DM FFS An attacking midfielder won't magically sort our problems... they are deeper rooted than that. I do wonder what the players are thinking.
striker Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 I'd drop Redmond back to midfield where he belongs and bring on Long. Our midfield has been terrible, and Redmond looks MUCH better when he is farther from the goal in space. I still don't see why Puel thinks Redmond as a true striker is such a great idea.
saintant Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Predictably dull performance from a predictably dull team playing in a predictably dull formation set up by a predictably dull coach. The sign of things to come I'm afraid. Watching paint dry suddenly sounds quite exciting.
Suhari Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 We were decent for the first 15 mins or so. What happened? Has Moyes made a tactical change, or have gone off the boil?
hypochondriac Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 We were decent for the first 15 mins or so. What happened? Has Moyes made a tactical change, or have gone off the boil? Things is I really don't think we were. We were OK and played it around near their goal but we still created nothing.
striker Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 I'd drop Redmond back to midfield where he belongs and bring on Long. Our midfield has been terrible, and Redmond looks MUCH better when he is farther from the goal in space. I still don't see why Puel thinks Redmond as a true striker is such a great idea. However I don't think Puel will do this. Instead he'll drop Austin, who has given us our only 2 real chances, for Long and leave "little Henry" up front.
Crab Lungs Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 We were decent for the first 15 mins or so. What happened? Has Moyes made a tactical change, or have gone off the boil? Any team can start with a bit of a flurry, tbf... A good team does it consistently and look like they know what they're doing. We don't. No patterning of play. Just ponderously crap stuff going forward and easy to slice through when "defending". Alot of last ditch crap...
ADutchSaint Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Good start, Sunderland was clueless how to pickup Tadic but soon as they figured that out we looked pretty terrible. The thing i hate the most about this bloody system we play in (besides it just doesnt suit our players) that there's no pressure on the ball at all. Sunderland is allowed to play it around far too easily. This doesnt going to end well if we keep this up.
Batman Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Go to a 4231 with the same players and we win this game with little trouble IMO That would still allow for the new sparkly No.10 to get into the side
Dalek2003 Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Things is I really don't think we were. We were OK and played it around near their goal but we still created nothing. A team of crabs.....sideways, sideways, sideways....
stknowle Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Totally agree. Is there any chance he will change the formation? Strikes me as the stubborn type who will persist. Apart from the first 10 minutes this has been very poor against one of the weakest teams in the league which is further weakened through injury.
Bewildered Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 Not good. Started off well, but once Sunderland got closer to Radical and marked him the game changed. Romeu Austin, Davis and Fonte have been dreadful, Redmond anonymous other than talking his way into the book. At least get Romeu off and move Hojbjerg back.
vectraman Posted 27 August, 2016 Posted 27 August, 2016 I'm at the game and I couldn't wait for half time. Puel needs to motivate this team for a big second half. Tap tap across the back, slowly inch forward, then back again. It's the formation that's to blame, not the players. Atmosphere dead, as there is nothing to cheer. Get Redmond wide right, tadic wide left and Austin in the middle. Some limited booing at ht, aimed I believe at the manager rather than the team. Has got to get better. Ps can we sign Defoe please, he is the best player on the pitch!
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