5 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

Getting fed up with our inability to win one of these games. The winning mentality not there yet.

Maresca not doing the greatest job in that tbf. 
 

There will come a point where the directors will demand more impetus in attack. The way we play is very safe. 

For the love of God buy a proper goalkeeper. Throw the bag at Diogo Costa, I don't care if we've already spent 20 billion.

I thought we did ok …… silly goal to give away 

Arsenal are nothing without Odegaard and were buoyed by his return, and for us when Palmer has a quiet one so do we. Don’t think he was 100% fit but he does have a quiet game say 1 in 4 (?) 

Overall I am happy with 3rd this point in the season, only thing really bothering me The Scousers running away with it ! 

Just now, bluedave said:

That was a fair result. It's clear that Noni needs to be benched, with Neto playing right thing and Sancho (when fit) or Mudryk on the left.

I'm also tired of seeing Jackson doing nothing except loose the ball, or occasionally win a free kick. He's not a goal threat. The unwillingness to give Nkunku a run in the league is my main complaint of Maresca's reign so far. Otherwise I think he's doing a pretty solid job.

Palmer on the right, Neto on the left, Nkunku behind Jackson for me (but at this point, I would rather see Guiu play than Jackson)

Looking at the table, I see that takes us up to 3rd LOL.

 

The moaning is crazy, we are rough but we are heading in the right direction, general defending was much better it’s the brain farts that cost us but as a team much better smothering the ball. 
 

We are the youngest team in the league coming through that fixture list in 3rd, we look organised our recycling is good, if we can and we will work on being clinical and the concentration lapses we are a title challenging team next season. 
 

We are beating the teams we should and competing well with the big teams being gloomy after the past 3 years we have had is madness 

6 minutes ago, SFL82 said:

1 point between 3rd and 9th is crazy 

Having gone through a rough spell of fixtures and still 3rd, hopefully we can create a gap with the easy run of fixtures coming up.

2 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

I get it. People are frustrated that we keep drawing in our big games, but people need to remember we've been being thrashed by them for the last three seasons. Rome wasn't built in a day. There is a lot of progress.

We should’ve won comfortably last year and a Sanchez howler again f**ked us

7 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

That was a rubbish game of football. Both teams looked off it. 

The bright spot is that we are somehow third, even though we have looked a bit sh*t in recent weeks.

No team other than Liverpool have had any consistency or momentum, and it's hardly surprising when you look at the schedule, another f**king international break now, is that the 3rd or 4th since the start of the season? Absolutely ridiculous.

Just now, DarkMata said:

Having gone through a rough spell of fixtures and still 3rd, hopefully we can create a gap with the easy run of fixtures coming up.

Our X-mas - Boxing Day schedule is pretty good. 

Need to start winning these 2 points out of 12 against city Liverpool United arsenal 

Just now, dkw said:

No team other than Liverpool have had any consistency or momentum, and it's hardly surprising when you look at the schedule, another f**king international break now, is that the 3rd or 4th since the start of the season? Absolutely ridiculous.

I think it's the third one. I don't mind the November one, because it's a small break between the chaos of the holiday season, but the one almost immediately after the season starts and in October does my head in.

Palmer looked Injured, by far his poorest showing for us.

Just now, Scott Harris said:

Palmer on the right, Neto on the left, Nkunku behind Jackson for me (but at this point, I would rather see Guiu play than Jackson)

Plus I don't understand why Maresca wouldn't want options like Chukwuemeka and Guiu on the bench, seeing as they both offer something different to all the other forwards.

I'd have GK, Mudryk, Felix, Nkunku, Guiu and Chukwuemeka available if needed every week in the PL. GK plus 3 others to make up the 9 subs.

2-2-0 against the Big Clubs

1-1-0 against our Top 4 rivals so far. 

Christ how did Gusto miss that 

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

I think it's the third one. I don't mind the November one, because it's a small break between the chaos of the holiday season, but the one almost immediately after the season starts and in October does my head in.

It's the culmination of the 3 isn't it, managers just getting going and lose the players for another 2 weeks. 

3 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

And yeah, Enzo Maresca can piss off with subbing Nkunku on at 87 minutes yet again.

The disrespect. Extremely poor man management.

Continues to be unimpressive. A couple of minutes at the end for Nkunku is a joke. No Carney or Guiu on the bench, joke. Madueke starts regardless, Palmer stays on when was clear he was not at his best and we had other options.

I think he ends up on Potter and Poch scrap heap.

3 minutes ago, dan_cfc said:

Palmer looked Injured, by far his poorest showing for us.

Surprised he even started. One day in training, carrying a knee injury. In hindsight, it would have been better for him to come on with 30 minutes left to play. He was clearly done by half time.

4 minutes ago, dan_cfc said:

Palmer looked Injured, by far his poorest showing for us.

Why I did not want him starting today. He clearly was not ready and we are lucky he did not get seriously hurt.

The keeper once again cost us, time for a change.. Palmer was struggling, Marasca needs to be braver he should have put on Felix with 20 to go

Our PL fixtures after the break

1. Leicester (A)
2. Villa (H)
3. Southampton (A)
4. Spurs (A)
5. Brentford(H)
6. Everton(A)
7. Fulham(H)
8. Ipswich(A)
9. Palace(A)
10. Bournemouth(H)
11. Wolves(H)

These are all winnable games give or take one or two. We are in a very good position right now so I'm not too disappointed by the result, especially after going a goal down.

13 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Looking at the table, I see that takes us up to 3rd LOL.

 

Looking at the table we are a point above being joint 9th.

Happy enough with that.

Thought a few players were excellent today.

Sanchez played well but should never have been beaten at his near post.

Cucu had Saka in his pocket.

Fofana was my MoM. Outstanding

Colwill a solid 7.

Gusto good solid performance. Should have scored.

Lavia. Not his best game and hope it’s not an injury. 

Caicedo. Getting a really high level of consistency from him.

Neto. Brilliant finish but the amount of times he stopped and went backwards did my head in. Was wanting him subbed before his goal. Prefer him on the right.

Palmer. Quiet

Noni was a 5 out of 10 and had been since the week after Wolves. Too greedy when others are in better positions.

Jackson tried to influence the game by coming deeper. Scant service to him. I’d have replaced him after 60.

Both Mudryk and Enzo did well when they came on.

Draw was probably fair and we are third in the league having played most of the top teams already.

Anyone who is unhappy needs to give their head a wobble.

Edited November 10, 20241 yr by 19seventyone