DANILA

I want Lampard gone this week, Pochetino in. A shit cross again leading to a goal, lampard drinking his own medicine. Could have actually made a passing play out of that

All attackers lining up waiting for the inevitable cross - no movement at all

We have the best squad probably ever in terms of combined talent yet we've never played this poorly or been as clueless since the 20th century and Mourinho's second spell

PATHETIC #LAMPARDOUT

waste of money with lampard

Havertz reminds of a house league player who doesn't run after making a pass or losing the ball, also waits for passes rather than going towards thems

Exactly what I thought would happen... we score through a cross and all of a sudden all our attacking problems have gone away!

I think you're starting to see what I've been saying for a while

FFS do any of our players ever stop and think maybe they shouldn't pass it to the sides for a cross

0 SOT in 41 minutes of play, we may score on a chincy cross and everyone will say Lampard and the team are amazing!

Finally someone who agrees with me

its been terrible since the beginning of the season just concealed by teams who couldnt defend crosses

There's literally NO movement from anyone off the ball... next time have a look. We've probably attempted 20 crosses by now

Havertz has dropped off a cliff since coming from Bayer... not sure if its all him or lampards hoofball crossball style doesn't work for him - probably both

Common theme in every game

Once again no movement by any attacking players off the ball and crossing is our sole source of threat

If that's the case PSG should get an automatic win

Would be fantastic for RBL to beat UTD and send them to the Europa League. RBL put up a good performance against Bayern so definitely can see RBL pulling through

What's the deal with registration though? Can we even play these aforementioned academy players? Not sure many of them are actually registered for UCL?

I think Pulisic Giroud CHO should be the three up top for this. Ziyech has been brutal his last 2 apps and Giroud, well, doesn't need explaining. After that depending on Giroud performance put Werner back in the ST spot - Abraham should go on loan in Jan.

No chance Gilmour starts, will probably get 5-10 mins though

I don't understand the mindset a lot of y'all have with this game regarding resting players for Leeds... this single game can shape the rest of our UCL campaign whereas we still have plenty of games in the PL. I think we should go all out to win this one to secure the group and have a much better chance of getting an easier opponent in the next round.

Me too, lucky we have the weakest group. We'd struggle in a strong group.

Did Sevilla and United put 10 men behind the ball? No goals there. How many goals have we scored from a passing combination? Very little - most of our goals have come from a cross -> couple bounces/passes -> and then goal or the opponent cheaply gave it away in the final third. I get what you're saying, but we don't even try to make one-two plays anymore. Hazard leaves and 2 years later we can only attack with crossing? It's getting silly. Another 0 goal performance here and serious questions should be asked. City predictable? no, definitely not. They pass with purpose and know what they're doing around the box versus us who when we get the ball on the box, no one has a F*cking clue what to do with it! I can tell that all FL wants is for us to cross it because every time James touches the ball he will cross it no matter what - does he ever think "hm, maybe I shouldn't cross it this time and look to cut in and drop the ball back?" - no. How many times has a RB/LB or LW/RW ran deep into the area and pulled it back for someone to actually be there waiting? Maybe once when Kovacic dropped it back? I get some of your points, but we're not even trying anything else. Why did we spend so much on Havertz, Werner if this is how we're going to play? I'm honestly put off by this and since I'm in Toronto, probably won't even try to sneak the game in during work because I can almost guarantee we won't score today. Pathetic.

@Jason Look at how Inter play here... why can't we do anywhere close to the same sometimes?