Hope Poch has read them the riot act at half time 

9 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

As i've said before, Pochettino is turning us into footballs equivalent of a brawler in boxing. No sophistication, no plan behind anything and every fight is a battle no matter how poor the opposition is.

Club should move on from his as fast as humanly possible.

 

Brawlers are usually entertaining....

We're a backfoot boxer with a glass chin, applying no pressure and just waiting to get knocked out

16 minutes ago, Scott said:

Are there replays in this round or penalties?

You really are a glutton for punishment..

Just as an aside there's a great fountain/statue at Deepdale depicting a Preston legend Tom Finney at a waterlogged Stamford Bridge.

Palmer turns up at CF ... WHERE THE f**k WAS BROJA IN THAT MOVE ???

20 yards behind the play as usual ... 

11 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

As i've said before, Pochettino is turning us into footballs equivalent of a brawler in boxing. No sophistication, no plan behind anything and every fight is a battle no matter how poor the opposition is.

Club should move on from his as fast as humanly possible.

 

But we don't even fight.

Enzo having a 'mare.

This is pathetic. Preston are first to every ball.

Just now, Sexyfootball said:

Palmer turns up at CF ... WHERE THE f**k WAS BROJA IN THAT MOVE ???

20 yards behind the play as usual ... 

Tbf with 2 goals in his last 50 games he probably thinks he's a centre back.

2 minutes ago, charierre said:

Hope Poch has read them the riot act at half time 

Doesn't seem like it. They have come out performing even worse than they were when they went off.

Just now, Scott said:

Enzo having a 'mare.

It wasn't his fault, those were good passes, zero attitude on the receiving end

Gilchrist doing a fine job 

Broja is not showing for the ball at all needs to come off tbh 

Why can't we play any ball into the box ? So much pissing around outside the area .... 

3 minutes ago, Scott said:

Enzo having a 'mare.

He really isn’t mate

4 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

You look at all of Mudryk's highlights videos before he joined and you will see he was always doing this. Yet at Chelsea, we expect him to run at players and beat them with flicks and tricks that he is good at. There are way too many coaches in the game that are not playing players to their strengths, and they all seem to end up at Chelsea.

I’m with you, but they can’t all be bad players. I’m less than thrilled with Poch - we’re 8 months into his tenure and I don’t know what his style is. Nothing is progressing. 

my biggest concern is how little he gets out of Caceido and Enzo, especially given their former success or effect at international level. It’s just so flat - they should be dominating this game. 

I think the hope is we can hypnotise thier back 5 with this side to side stuff.

Can Washington be worse than broja?

Just now, Sexyfootball said:

Why can't we play any ball into the box ? So much pissing around outside the area .... 

because no one is showing for a pass in the box 

It should never be the case that Disasi is the one who takes the shot ... good on him for having a crack though.

Just now, Sexyfootball said:

Why can't we play any ball into the box ? So much pissing around outside the area .... 

Yep. Trying to walk it in. Only goal I've seen outside the penalty area was Palmer v Luton. Could be wrong but why not just have a pop?

1 minute ago, Andy2461 said:

He really isn’t mate

Well he's giving me one for sure.

20 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Only listening to commentary but sounds like the lads are walking about not giving a sh*t.

That true?

Pretty much

Once agin Caicedo looking like a competition winner. He really is comically bad for us. 

10 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

This is so f**king lazy. Unless we see a coach that removes this sh*te slow build up play from the club, then I am not interested in backing them.

Our wingers are players that love to run behind defenders, but all of them are picking it up 20 yards from the oppositions box and are expected to run past 3 players like they are Eden Hazard. 

Our cm's are moving the ball way too slow and playing way too safe.

We just don't hit teams fast enough. Everything we do is so predictable. Apart from the odd dinked ball by Enzo, it's all so easy to play against. 

I have a question, were any of these players signed from clubs that played slow possession based football? Sterling and Palmer were, but it's widely acknowledged that Sterling's best football was when he and Sane were playing together in 1v1 situations and running in behind the defenders at City. So why are we persisting with a brand of football that almost all of our players are not suited to? Just f**king ditch it, why is every coach doing this same thing? You don't have players that can play this way and it's the most boring and sleep inducing football in the game.

We've been doing it for years now...buy players with speed who want the ball in front of them to run onto and we play the ball behind them, saw it with Torres, Salah, Morata, Werner, Mudryk and anyone else you care to mention. It's sideways, backwards, walking paced football for the most part, easy to play against and with predictable outcomes.  And I'm beginning to wonder with Potch whether or not he's got any balls to lay into this lot ....or will they get a certificate for showing up.