Aesthetic Relic

Failure is the only option atm I'm afraid. The league is as good as gone, the CL is an accident waiting to happen. As for the FA Cup......The only realistic chance we have of winning anything this season. I cant even see us winning that.

Spot on. I hate making comparisons to Jose, but he would have had Mikel off on 30 minutes, Drogba pushed on and basically went 4-2-4 looking to get the goal needed to get the points asap and then adapt his tactics for the remainder of the game. Scolari is frightened imo to take chances. He has to realise that sitting back hoping for something to happen is not going to work. Its worked once or twice for him, Stoke being the prime example.

I'm not that keen on the home top if I'm honest. I dont like that patch work style flow it has. The collar looks like it'll roll over and look a mess after a few weeks of wear and tear. 3/10

What use is playing Anelka in a 4-5-1 when he wanders off to the half way line looking for the ball? By the time he gets anywhere near the box the cross has been put in and theres no one on the end of it. If you played 4-4-2 and he went off on a wander at least you'd have another striker there to worry the defenders and get on the end of things.

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I think they could add Clarke on there somewhere..

Drogba should have been on for Mikel. At least we would have had someone in the box getting onto RQ's crosses. Anelka was wandering all over the place. I'd have had him off and Di Santo on. 2 strikers who'll go in for headers and win things in the box. Anelka is just not effective in a game like this. He offers nothing. I'm fed up saying it.

Fuck sake. We had them by the balls at half time. Scolari should have sent the team out to kill the game in the second half, if anything we got worse. You dont win games by changing like for like. Drogba should have been on at the start of the 2nd half and tried to get on the end of Quaresmas crosses. FFS he should have thrown on Di Santo too and went all out for the win. I'm running out of explanations as to why were so shit at breaking teams down. We've been crying out for a winger. We get one in Quaresma and we dont have anyone in the box attacking the ball as Anelka is farting around the half way line looking for the bloody thing. We MUST change to 4-4-2 Scolaris FFS. This 4-5-1 isnt working. Teams have us sussed and they'll continue to suss us out until you have either the balls or swallow some pride and do what needs to be done. Hull have lost 6 out of their last 7 games before today. Its not surprising that they stop the rot against us. Not good enough.

Mikels only coming off now on my stream

I feel a wallpaper coming on.....

I think we're doing ok. Considering Hull are intent on defending, we've created a good amount of chances compred to recent weeks when we've dominated possession and created fuck all. One thing I have noticed is Anelka coming deep to get the ball, when the ball is played in theres no one to get on the end of it. Imo, take Mikel off, theres no need for a defensive midfielder when we're constantly attacking, bring Drogba on and go 4-4-2. He wont do it of course, but the game is screaming for another striker.

Bloody thing is buffering already...

Is that stream working for anyone yet?

They mentioned on SSN that in the 22 games Hilario has played we've only lost once. Not that bad afterall....

Glad I'm not the only muppet on here I thought I'd done something on my end. Everything else was working fine. I was talking to Jim on MSN and d-loaded Firefox and it sorted things out. Thanks again Jim :thumbsup:

He's been getting slated from pillar to post by every pundit on TV today for being a lazy cunt. He's alot to prove to everyone and himself after a disastrous move to Inter.

I'd go with the TV....half of these lot are arseholes

Linky poos...... http://www.atdhe.net/live-tv-3073.html

I sort of agree with you. Until he has time to chop and change the squad, bring in the players he requires to play the system he wants us to play then he should be given time on that basis. His hands have been tied financially and the mindset of the team has changed to a certain extent. But what I dont understand in this time of transition is how we can go from being a solid defensive unit to a defence with more holes than a tea-bag. Its basically the same squad as last season and the season before that, so frankly....WTF is going on. ?......You just dont forget how to defend overnight, and for that he deserves to take any criticism thrown his direction.

I remember when we played Porto a few seasons ago and Quaresma was playing. He was throwing himself to the ground in ways that would make Ronaldo embaressed. I hope he's cut that out of his game.........

FA have confirmed no action will be taken over his "tackle".

The funny thing is that Spurs have been linked with im all day in some sort of swap deal involving Jenas or Bentley. Knowing that he was surplus to requirements at Inter we've slipped in and probably with Scolaris influence we've nicked him. Fingers crossed. If we get the deal sorted out in principal before 5pm it can still go ahead after the deadline has passed due to the weather. Its all over SSN atm.

Mines better

Out of the blue we're in for him in a last minute push before the dealine.....

I think we'll see more changes in the summer. We'll just have to bide out time and hope we finish in the CL places.