Yep. For me, there has to be more focus on how we defend. I'm guessing an enormous amount of training time and effort is spent on how we pass out from the defence....and that's all about attack. But without Caicedo and AliMac we really need different tactics if we're to avoid being continually turned over by breakaways and balls over the top.
Agreed - it’s obvious since the West Ham defeat we play full backs up on the half way line, you have Dunk and Van Hecke stepping up as well so it’s easy to find space and counter. A few times yesterday Adringa was having to cover at the back.
I can’t explain exactly why, but I think we’ll exploit FFP to sign Dewsbury Hall and Colwill, both of whom would be ‘pure profit’ for their clubs. That would be very good business!
How have we over achieved in Europe? With the group we were fortunate enough to be drawn in, qualification should have been expected. We're now likely to be knocked out in the first knock out stage.
I accept your point, but for me I just love his interviews as I think they are a breath of fresh air compared to the usual managers comments, which are all dull with an aim to say as little as possible.
Ajax, Marseille and AEK are all seasoned, experienced European clubs. They literally play just about every season in Europe - and you think that was an EASY group for us ?
As someone who watches a lot of European football - if not easy, I think it was definitely a group we should have topped which we did.
With UK bookies perhaps - they're always stingy with the odds for domestic punters.
Aye…..he included himself in it…..TS trying to make something out of very very little this afternoon …and stirring it…..also reckoning RDZ is having a free ride….the Chelsea supporting tit needs to read NSC to see that isn’t the case
Indeed. Absolute nonsense was it easy. As evidenced by Marseille battering Villarreal last night.
Marseille and Ajax are historic clubs but really poor teams having crisis seasons and AEK are a very average team playing in a low level league. We should have topped that league and did. Par performance, not over achievement as quoted as we’ve then capitulated at the first hurdle of a decent side.
We'll have to agree to disagree then. Topping that group in our inaugural season in Europe was, I think, an impressive achievement and one I will be forever proud of. Sorry to see you're a bit "meh" about the whole European tour thing.
Agreed.
Or better! If this is going to be our only year in Europe (hope not - but who knows), then what better set of teams could we possibly have hoped to play?
Yeah I totally agree with that. Sure we could've had some poxy little club nobody could even point to on a map, much less pronounce, in some poky little ground and we'd have had a better chance of progressing. But it was FAR more exciting rubbing shoulders with European royalty, genuinely famous names. A proper adventure to look back on with pride.
