Just pass on next week, get okafor and James fit, then pass on the next 3 weeks while they regain their fitness to become useful again. Just in time for the next international break, then a Man City game. Great. 😩😔
I suppose the problem is, what more attacking choices could he realistically make. Piroe for a centre mid? That’s it isn’t it? Problem is when you balls up defensively playing 100% into opponents hands, and bugger up a glorious chance, what else can you do. Concern for me, press isn’t working….
Also, who is only using CT for rule in/rule out a single pathology? Like even for something a bit more binary like ? Leaking AAA, you’ve still a shocked unwell older patient with abdo pain, the CT is there for much more than just the aorta. Also, if there is “missed” cholecystitis is it that bad??
Okafor decent to a point, GG in positions but not given ball enough, Bogle will have better days. Calvert Lewin an excellent focal point but simply must find some composure in front of goal, we’d be top 4 if he’d had even average finishing.
Big challenge to maintain these effort levels into the winter. Will probably be the key to survival. Okafor improving with fitness/games, need our broken players back, and some some how get Calvert lewin’s shooting boots on because they’ve been pretty poor by anyone’s standards so far
I think we did first half, then dropped our level until the winner. Notable that the long ball worked pretty well despite some giants at the back for spurs
I’d have literally left Brendan on centrally, that’s where we are at. Need Gnonto or James for that wide right or central 3rd striker positions (and left trying to get a goal instead of Harrison obviously!)
3 strikers yet we’ve removed anyone who can cross it from the left, and Bogle’s deliveries today have been poor all day sadly, and of course no one centrally. Not sure….
Most annoyed about pathetic non free kick in build up to first goal, second one soft too. Encouraged by us finding our creativity against a decent defence, although same issues of chance conversion remain. Also not being swayed by Sunderland who are hugely over performing their exp goals against
Ideally/perhaps ultimately, it won’t rest on them, hoping that it pulls others with them. Several champo players have stepped up so far (the 3 defenders for instance, ampadu) but we need the very best from someone else like Gnonto/James/Aaronson as part of depth/subs etc
Quite. Was similar against the other 3 at least, we just elevated other areas against wolves (even if we caveat that it included 2 new players who made a difference which we used much less in other games). There certainly needs to be further improvement to avoid a huge scrap, but I’m confident.
