Just now, axman2526 said:

He did and the 0-0 is not a shock. United play for it against rival sides and we were happy to let them have it.

Disappointing but not surprising. Our players are not goof enough to break them down.

How goofy do you want them to be?

Too cautious, would rather play safe sideways and back instead of driving forward with energy and pace and take the game to United.

Could have won this with a bit more ambition.  

Now take the game to Liverpool, enough with the caution.

Come on you BLUES !

Just now, Nibs said:

More turgid football to finish off the week.

Can't recall a CFC team ever looking so unlikely to score. Just can't see where goals are going to come from.  Best we can hope for against the dippers on Thursday is another 0-0 as can't see us scoring. Wonder if we could go the remainder of the season with every game being 0-0.........................?

On paper Liverpool should be there for the taking. They have so many injury issues. However hard to imagine them losing 5 home games in a row, and we have a pretty awful record against them in recent seasons. I think we will will probably lose.

Can’t believe Ziyech got 78 mins on that performance 

1 minute ago, General said:

Another top 6 bore draw. It’s obvious Tickle is a superior manager and the best since Conte but it’s almost the identical performance of all the other bore draws vs the other  big heads in the last 3 seasons or so. A point against a mediocre United side at home is it good enough ? maybe not but I’ll take it. As long as Marina signs the players can’t see us getting to City’s level anytime soon even with Tickles superior man management and tactics  but think the Top 4 is still on. it’s 3 wins and 3 draws in the prem for Tickle not so brilliant but better than before at least. 

This whole Marina picks our players need to stop. There is zero evidence to suggest that

See the united team getting good shots on goal from around the box. We are one dimensional attacking team sorely missing someone who has a powerful shot from distance. And its been like that for a few years now. Just wonder its the way our team is coached. 

Happy to get a point, easily could've lost that because we never looked like scoring. 

It was fine! Second half with a lot to like. The misery from some on here. 

Tbh I still think Tommy is doing a good job we're not losing so that's positive. Aside from that though there is no spark in attack and I'm not sure how we can make it top 4 without one. Of all the teams competeing for the top 4 it's the team we play next I fear the most.

They have the highest ceiling, were liverpool to recover their form we have to rely on a Leicester collapse again.

However if we grind out our 1-0/2-0 wins for the rest of the season with a few draws sprinkled in and average the magic 2 points per game for the rest of the season we should be ok.

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

Our players are not goofy enough to break them down.

 

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3 minutes ago, charierre said:

We huffed and puffed but ultimately never really looked like being a winner

Defence and midfield cancelled each other out 

Kante made two important interceptions

Christensen continues to have a renaissance under Tuchel

We just don't look dangerous enough in the penalty area, Ziyech should have buried his chance

A case of keeping our point but didn't do enough to get the three, this may ultimately cost us in our quest for top four

I think both attacks also cancelled each others out, by being so sh*t. 

3 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

 Our attacking game is the worst I can remember ever seeing it at this point. 

Well that's not true, we were much worse going forward in the reverse fixture for one.

3 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Seems like we have returned to Sarriball.

Sarriball got us to top 3 so if we can repeat that I'll take it.

This is a good example of the last toothless set of games

Have always been anti-Christensen and thought of him as soft and panicky, but I have to admit - he's been quite good recently. Hope we maintains and improves this form.

1 minute ago, Slojo said:

I think both attacks also cancelled each others out, by being so sh*t. 

I think the United 1-6 Spurs and Villa 7-2 Liverpool have scared managers sh*tless in these games.

I really don't know why have Havertz if we aren't going to bloody use him,Pulisic is not even half the player he was last season. 

1 minute ago, Stas1 said:

Have always been anti-Christensen and thought of him as soft and panicky, but I have to admit - he's been quite good recently. Hope we maintains and improves this form.

In the back 3 he looks good.

Our players have such poor shot technique bar Giroud. 

Almost every one of them likes to sidefoot the ball into the goal. What ever happened to thump it really hard and really low to cause problems instead of tame sidefooters

Oh well,it's a point I suppose,unbeaten under Tuchel and we go again.....UP THE CHELS !

2 minutes ago, Stas1 said:

Have always been anti-Christensen and thought of him as soft and panicky, but I have to admit - he's been quite good recently. Hope we maintains and improves this form.

I think he plays well in a back three.

I think I just heard TT mention Harry MacGyver's quality

Just now, Gol15 said:

Sarriball got us to top 3 so if we can repeat that I'll take it.

Only reason though was that Hazard magic. We are clearly lacking that now. Sarriball with no Hazard is just.....................................DULL.

3 minutes ago, Sindre said:

If we are 6 or less points behind Leicester after Thursday we should be in with a decent chance. We have them at the Bridge and they have just lost Barnes & Maddison to injuries which is a blow to them.

I just don't feel confident that we're going consistently win games with how we're playing. 

We're not creating enough clear cut chances. 

We keep having 60%+ possession but I think teams are happy to let us have the ball because we do so little with it. 

It's so rare to see our attacking player do anything that doesn't look routine. There aren't enough risks being taken. 

2 minutes ago, Argo said:

I think the United 1-6 Spurs and Villa 7-2 Liverpool have scared managers sh*tless in these games.

That’s good propaganda department, to make them think that our attack can score 6 is just a great victory to propaganda. Next make Pool think that we can score 7 past them and it’s another point in the bag ?

Not a bad result. Performance was mediocre.

I think one of the main problem's is the lack of fans in this kind of games. It just makes watching them so hard and boring.