bigbluewillie 1,930 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 It was criminal to play James at RCB, didn't we just know that we were in for trouble with RLC at RWB. Mendy needs to be dropped, bring Kepa in against Leicester. We have no front three, I've asked this so many times and it needs asking again, what is Kai's position? notice i've not said best but he's no good at RW or LW or number 9 or false 9 so unless he plays in goal I don't know where he needs to be. Mason Mount is about as good as Kai atm fucking useless. Cucu must be thinking wtf have i come to. And Tuchel says we were the best team, fucking hell Tommy really, were you watching the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 De Gea made a similar howler last week, Brentford v. United. For a modern goalkeeper foot skills are essential, maintaining cool head when the ball is on the floor is also essential. The back pass as we know has been made illegal 30 years now and the option to hoof the ball downfield is not even an option all the time. It certainly was n't an option with the Leeds goal - Mendy could only have kicked towards the corner flag. Goalkeepers are fooled. Even the legendary Lev Yashin was fooled once (against Greece, USSR won 4-1 in the end). But it happens all the time. What can we do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 It was Mendy plus gross underestimation of the opponent in the end. We thought Leeds were like Norwich or APOEL of Cyprus but they showed their teeth from the first minute. Plus the front line unless somethhing happens before the transfer window closes is the same as always, Gobi desert. We should take a lesson from Arsenal. It's true they faced weak opponents so far, but could we have scored the same number of goals against the same opponents ? Seymop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Neutralize our wing-backs and we have no answer. Whether we like it or not, they are our most important attacking players. Our front three's main job is to play the wing-backs through on the overlap. When teams successfully block this strategy, we revert to sideways passing in the final 3rd and eventually give it back to the backline as we have no answer once the wings are blocked. We look so shit in attack when that happens. RLC is a nice backup to have but shouldn't be starting when we have other options fit. Azpi and Trevoh were on the bench, WHY? They are natural center-backs, but Tuchel instead prefers to put Reece at CB and RLC at WB... square pegs in round holes and all that. Are Azpi and Trev really so shit that RLC blows them away? Azpi was good against Everton, then dropped against Sp*rs in favour of Reece to contain Son... but Leeds? FFS Leeds aren't Real Madrid or Tottenshits that you have to compromise attack for defence. There was one situation I remember where RLC was played in for a nice shooting or crossing chance, but he overplayed and squandered it. Reece would have blasted it first time! And knowing his shooting probably would have hit the target at the very least. That's a potential goal lost because we chose not to play players in their best positions. Reece is arguably our most important attacker, he should not be playing CB when it's not absolutely necessary imho. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,385 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 The game plan is always push our wingbacks back and press Jorginho. How to beat Chelsea 101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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