Kai is taking some of the flak for others missing golden chances too.

Someone on here last night wondered whether Kai's attitude was responsible for other players missing goal opportunities.!

He was never bought as a striker anyway, why we keep persisting with it is beyond me..

But you don't have to be a red hot striker to put away those chances , we should have battered Liverpool last night.

How is it that a team like us had a team selected by a guy who admitted that he had never ever had the responsibility of team selection before ?

 

We looked more fluid positionally and moved the ball much quicker, which shows we can do it.

Negatives, I don’t think Kova looks like a player that can play that way, plays to slow, and obviously our finishing.

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

Kai is taking some of the flak for others missing golden chances too.

Someone on here last night wondered whether Kai's attitude was responsible for other players missing goal opportunities.!

He was never bought as a striker anyway, why we keep persisting with it is beyond me..

But you don't have to be a red hot striker to put away those chances , we should have battered Liverpool last night.

How is it that a team like us had a team selected by a guy who admitted that he had never ever had the responsibility of team selection before ?

 

If we had put away the chances we had last night, most of the negatives would go away, the team would be much more motivated and so would the fans. People say we have got forwards but we don't have goal scorers. It's been so blindingly obvious for a long time and the untold millions spent trying to rectify that is a joke.

Kai is not, nor is Stirling and as for the cnut lukacku.

12 hours ago, carrickblue said:

we should play David Fofana in the remaining games - drop Havertz to the bench

David Datro Fofana scored 22 goals in 39 appearances in all competitions for Molde in 2022...

Is he injured or what?

Appreciate he is not in CL squad but it would be nice to see if someone else can hit the net for us...

Havertz and Felix another clean sheet - why don't they change it at 60-65 minutes ?

Giving Sterling 5 minutes to score doesn't impress.

 

9 minutes ago, Bebe1980 said:

David Datro Fofana scored 22 goals in 39 appearances in all competitions for Molde in 2022...

Is he injured or what?

Appreciate he is not in CL squad but it would be nice to see if someone else can hit the net for us...

Havertz and Felix another clean sheet - why don't they change it at 60-65 minutes ?

Giving Sterling 5 minutes to score doesn't impress.

 

I noticed DD is included in the development squad as well as our senior squad. Perhaps the focus lies with blooding him via the youngsters.

First of all I am not praising Kai. I felt the entire team played well last night. We basically nullified Liverpool and had 3-4 good chances to bury them. 

If we just put in one chance we win this one. Why we didn't is beyond me. 

People here are just so disrespectful and blind with Kai it is borderline disgusting. He was very good all night in buildup play. He fluffed a massive chance to even work Alisson which was admittedly horrible miss for a player his calibre. But he also had two great chances because of his movement: Chilwell's pass where Alisson was brilliantly just aside him and the handball goal. 

I loved the way Felix moved and took his first touches BUT he was miles away from scoring, absolutely nowhere near. Kai was the only player who was even remotely close in doing so apart from James' world class finishing on that offside goal. 

I don't think Felix and Kai partnership is ever a one that bangs in goals like Haaland. Neiter of them has that hunger. Both are very good in buildup play. We need a finisher.

Maybe we need to give DD Fofana some minutes alongside either of them.

Same game as the last 70 or so I've seen, lots of possession, lots of chances - 0 goals.

27 shots v Villa (TWENTY SEVEN!) and NO goals! 

12 shots v Liverpool and NO goals

NO goals return off of 39 shots at goal!

I think we've had more goals disallowed and more hits on the woodwork than we've had goals recently!

A couple of weeks ago I joked that we were cursed......................now I'm not so sure its a joke! :-D

 

5 hours ago, evissy said:

I disagree. Havertz was pretty good all game as the target. He missed one shot which admittedly was horrible but he made some great runs, was through on goal and unfortunately scored with hand. He made Alisson work a couple of times, Felix for example 0 times. 

His finishing should be better but Alisson was excellent you can't deny that. 

That is why managers pick him. If BS started Mudryk for example we wouldn't have had the chances he had in the game. The hate he gets here for not finishing is clouding everything else he is doing well. 

 

Havertz has never been good and he only scores a goal every 265 minutes. Last season Lukaku scored every 182 minutes and the majority of fans didn’t think that was good enough. How Havertz ever gets picked as a striker is beyond my comprehension! 

23 minutes ago, evissy said:

First of all I am not praising Kai. I felt the entire team played well last night. We basically nullified Liverpool and had 3-4 good chances to bury them. 

If we just put in one chance we win this one. Why we didn't is beyond me. 

People here are just so disrespectful and blind with Kai it is borderline disgusting. He was very good all night in buildup play. He fluffed a massive chance to even work Alisson which was admittedly horrible miss for a player his calibre. But he also had two great chances because of his movement: Chilwell's pass where Alisson was brilliantly just aside him and the handball goal. 

I loved the way Felix moved and took his first touches BUT he was miles away from scoring, absolutely nowhere near. Kai was the only player who was even remotely close in doing so apart from James' world class finishing on that offside goal. 

I don't think Felix and Kai partnership is ever a one that bangs in goals like Haaland. Neiter of them has that hunger. Both are very good in buildup play. We need a finisher.

Maybe we need to give DD Fofana some minutes alongside either of them.

Problem is these horrible misses are his trademark. Even when you concede that not every chance can be converted he should be on the scoring sheet more regularly. 

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

Problem is these horrible misses are his trademark. Even when you concede that not every chance can be converted he should be on the scoring sheet more regularly. 

He should be. I completely agree. I have never said otherwise. 

He still seems to be the only player that even finds these chances. 

I am curious to see if we put DD Fofana in his spot what happens to our buildup play. That is the phase of the game right before the scoring chance or more often the transition on midfield. That work Kai did very well also against Liverpool. 

No one can defend his scoring record or rate, not least himself as he said post game.

 

3 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Kai is taking some of the flak for others missing golden chances too.

Someone on here last night wondered whether Kai's attitude was responsible for other players missing goal opportunities.!

He was never bought as a striker anyway, why we keep persisting with it is beyond me..

But you don't have to be a red hot striker to put away those chances , we should have battered Liverpool last night.

How is it that a team like us had a team selected by a guy who admitted that he had never ever had the responsibility of team selection before ?

 

Kovacic missed the two best chances, but he seems to get bypassed for criticism.

13 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Club needs to be rid of all Potter influence. Bruno next. 
 

f**k me. 
 

Team full of mids and no ST. 
Gallagher on in 60 min. 
Havertz gets full 90. 
 

Spirit of Potter truly lives on. 

At what point do you stop blaming Potter - who wasn't anywhere near the stadium and start putting some blame on the players!!! ?

Edited April 5, 20233 yr by Droyman

4 minutes ago, coco said:

Kovacic missed the two best chances, but he seems to get bypassed for criticism.

I forgot his epic miss... however he should get some slack as he mostly operates middle of the park.

57 minutes ago, Valerie said:

I noticed DD is included in the development squad as well as our senior squad. Perhaps the focus lies with blooding him via the youngsters.

I think he's played twice for the development squad, scoring 1 goal. Probably just trying to give him some minutes, as Potter had basically decided he preferred Havertz ?

7 minutes ago, evissy said:

I forgot his epic miss... however he should get some slack as he mostly operates middle of the park.

Where Lampard played.

6 minutes ago, evissy said:

I forgot his epic miss... however he should get some slack as he mostly operates middle of the park.

It's not forbidden to score from there 

Reading through this thread there is SO much doom and gloom!!  We football fans are a funny bunch - I thought I would bring some positivity, here goes:-

 

Fact is as a team we are starting to dominate the games and that is the hard part, some of our forward play is exceptional (up to a certain obvious point of course), how a team can out shoot an opponent 27 to 4 and lose 0-2 is pretty incredible in its own right when you think about it BUT it SURELY means that we are 'close' to putting something promising together no?

Kante is back and that is a HUGE positive for any team!  Enzo looks class, and our 'new' signings are starting to 'settle'.

I am still feeling positive about our future......................AS LONG AS WE GIVE OUR NEXT MANAGER TIME!!

Edited April 5, 20233 yr by Droyman

Should have won that at least 2-nil last night.

The team selection wasn't exactly brimming with goal scorers. Kante, Fernandez and Kovacic are all basically non-scoring midfielders, and of the three I can only remember Kovacic even getting any touches in their box at any point in the game last night. Don't think Gallagher did either when he came on?  It's always going to be tough if we are essentially relying on only two out of the ten outfield players (Havertz and Felix) for goals, especially those two LOL.

12 shots on goal, 4 for Havertz ; 4 for Felix, 4 for everyone else.

 

 

11 minutes ago, Droyman said:

Reading through this thread there is SO much doom and gloom!!  We football fans are a funny bunch - I thought I would bring some positivity, here goes:-

 

Fact is as a team we are starting to dominate the games and that is the hard part, some of our forward play is exceptional (up to a certain obvious point of course), how a team can out shoot an opponent 27 to 4 and lose 0-2 is pretty incredible in its own right when you think about it BUT it SURELY means that we are 'close' to putting something promising together no?

Kante is back and that is a HUGE positive for any team!  Enzo looks class, and our 'new' signings are starting to 'settle'.

I am still feeling positive about our future......................AS LONG AS WE GIVE OUR NEXT MANAGER TIME!!

If we were close to putting something together, we would've scored against Liverpool. It's the same old story when it comes to scoring goals and if it does get better, its not going to be at the level required for a club this size. Certain players are holding this team back and need to be moved on.

Tbh We Were The Better Team Last Night, But Still We Are Awful, As Stated By Someone Else 39 Shots Last 2 Games And Zero Goals, Can't Just Put That Down To Lack Of A Striker As We Can't Hit A Barn Door With A Banjo

1 hour ago, coco said:

Kovacic missed the two best chances, but he seems to get bypassed for criticism.

Not from me - woeful.

13 minutes ago, Jackson27 said:

Tbh We Were The Better Team Last Night, But Still We Are Awful, As Stated By Someone Else 39 Shots Last 2 Games And Zero Goals, Can't Just Put That Down To Lack Of A Striker As We Can't Hit A Barn Door With A Banjo

I think we looked ok last night  - problem is there's no one who is relaxed and confident in front of goal now.

Still think he should have changed felix and havenotz after an hour... so they know... if they haven't scored after an hour they're benched.

Half the shots we see are either scuffed, mish*ts and or easy for the opposition goalie.

I like felix but seems to take on one player too many too often.

 

2 hours ago, coco said:

Kovacic missed the two best chances, but he seems to get bypassed for criticism.

That’s because he did the job he is employed for like he usually does. He’s not an attacking midfielder and he rarely gets a chance so it’s not unusual that he misses. 

I don't care if you are bloody GK. 

Skying a shot that close to goal for a professional footballer is down right tragic. 

Awful from Kovacic but we know that's his game. Complete player lmao. 

40 minutes ago, BS66 said:

That’s because he did the job he is employed for like he usually does. He’s not an attacking midfielder and he rarely gets a chance so it’s not unusual that he misses. 

So we should only expect goals from AM and forwards ? Everyone has to chip in, we had 16-17 goal scorers in TT's 2nd season.