Grant Got It Wrong

[bombayblue™ 55]

i believe once he's taken off the manager's job he'll still be around as director of football..

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

i believe once he's taken off the manager's job he'll still be around as director of football..

I'd rather he was director of f**k all

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I think playing Andrei Shevchenko as a lone striker in this league is futile. Why Grant does not experiment with him and Pizarro, I will never know. We only threatened Arsenal's defence when Pizarro came on to hold up the ball. Its not that difficult to understand.

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

Why Grant does not experiment with him and Pizarro, I will never know.

I'll tell you now...

He hasnt a f**king clue what he's doing

[EskWeston 696]

I think playing Andrei Shevchenko as a lone striker in this league is futile. Why Grant does not experiment with him and Pizarro, I will never know. We only threatened Arsenal's defence when Pizarro came on to hold up the ball. Its not that difficult to understand.

I wouldn't necessarily agree with that, i think we threatened enough and had some very good chances before Pizarro came on. Playing away from home against Arsenal it was never going to be a game of lots of chances and at every stage of the game our number of chances was greater than theirs. The more chances came once we opened the game wide open to force the issue, which we would never have done from the start because it leaves you wide open at the back, which did happen.

Sheva isn't ideal as the lone striker, but i don't totally agree that you need to be a Drogba type player to play with 1 striker, it depends how you utilise your wingers and what style of play your team is using. If we want to lump it up to a striker to hold up and bring others in then you are not going to get that from a Sheva type player, but if you are going to play through the middle then it doesn't really matter as long as the player is good.

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

Sheva isn't ideal as the lone striker, but i don't totally agree that you need to be a Drogba type player to play with 1 striker, it depends how you utilise your wingers and what style of play your team is using. If we want to lump it up to a striker to hold up and bring others in then you are not going to get that from a Sheva type player, but if you are going to play through the middle then it doesn't really matter as long as the player is good.

I noticed a lot of balls were going high to SWP....the smallest player on the pitch. Thats a great way of utilising the wingers

[CFC-Lloydy 38]

Grant reminds me of a certain ginger England manager not long ago

[EskWeston 696]

I noticed a lot of balls were going high to SWP....the smallest player on the pitch. Thats a great way of utilising the wingers

Are you saying that the players were instructed to hit high balls to SWP??

SWP was struggling to get out of Clichys pocket the whole game and should have come off earlier.

Tactically had we not conceeded somewhat of a freak goal we would have contained the Arse for at least a 0 - 0 draw, until we went all out they never came close.

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

Are you saying that the players were instructed to hit high balls to SWP??

SWP was struggling to get out of Clichys pocket the whole game and should have come off earlier.

Tactically had we not conceeded somewhat of a freak goal we would have contained the Arse for at least a 0 - 0 draw, until we went all out they never came close.

Not at all.

What I'm saying is if you're gonna hit a high ball, why hit it toward SWP. Play it to his feet ffs where he can do the damage, hence utilising the wingers to better effect.

[Steve 10,227]

What I'm saying is if you're gonna hit a high ball, why hit it toward SWP. Play it to his feet ffs where he can do the damage, hence utilising the wingers to better effect.

i can see what your saying, SWP does not have the strenght or the height to cop with a high ball played to him he needs the all played to his feet so he can either control it and move past the defender or at least control it and have time to look for someone..