5 minutes ago, charierre said:

I thought Colwill was poor tonight tbh

He’s been poor for a while, thought he had more in the locker than this, maybe that long commute from his family home in Southampton every day is taking it’s toll.

Like someone said earlier, done by a bad decision in the 1st half but 2nd half was terrible.

We peaked at 2nd in the table and players think they have enough talent to not match the oppositions work rate.

I said at half time whether we’d have the maturity to rise above a soft penalty.

Truly horrible day football wise.

5 minutes ago, Snedger said:

Would you sign for us, especially if you played for Ipswich tonight?

I think I’d wait for Liverpool, Arsenal, City or Newcastle or someone.

Of course. We’re in a blip, it’s clear as day that we are massively improving.

Just now, Jangz said:

I hope maresca calls out the incompetent bunch

He said the boys gave everything.

5 minutes ago, loz said:

Really not sure why so much focus on Felix tonight.   He certainly wasn't great but at the very least Nkunku, Madueke, Enzo, Colwill, and Tosin were all much worse. 

Agree, although I’d swap Tosin with Disasi in that list.

Edited December 30, 20241 yr by 2211

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Even Spurs ans Wolves scored against them when they lost to them. I thought my 2-1 was safe in the Zeta thread, we gotta score we are one of the leagues top scorers.

But no, clearly my optimism in our attackers is misplaced.

3 games and no goals for anyone not named Cole Palmer. 

Mud Brothers, banter FC is back, hello United and Spurs!

Charity FC more like, if Spurs are Spursy, then Charity FC has defined us for the last 10 years. 

2 minutes ago, Jangz said:

The penalty was a shocking decision just watched it again.. I hope maresca calls out the incompetent bunch.. just keeps happening to us.. after the coote and clattenburg episodes everyone knows these fcks can be influenced .. 

I'm not sure the officials have been influenced to favour Ipswich this season at all.

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Just now, 2211 said:

Agree, although I’d swap Disasi and Tosin.

Oops.  That's what I meant

I can't believe I am saying this but aside from the defence, we need attacking reinforcement badly... 

If Palmer is not having a good game, all the rest looks like headless chickens.

Happy Blue Year all. See you for Palace 

An Everton stonewall penalty away from top at Christmas to never gonna make top 4 in a week.  Only Chelsea eh?  

Whatever he’s done he’s muted our attack completely that was shocking

5 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

We’re in a blip, it’s clear as day that we are massively improving.

I hope you’re right, but people said that about City after two or three poor results. Then it became 11 or 12 poor results.

And I am really on the fence as to whether we were truly improving or not.

TBH I'm fuming with that 2nd half.

We have Colwill wasting time on the floor at every opotunity and focusing on arguing with the ref.

We was more happy to fight off the ball rather than fight for it.

Worst performance of the season in that 2nd half.

The thing that disappointed me the most is that they lacked desire compared to Ipswich.

29 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said:

1. Fresh subs vs Fulham could've changed the dynamic of the game which was only going one way. So no I'm not proven wrong there 

 

2. Fresh players who have seen barely any and no minutes in the last game and lacking match sharpness.

1. No evidence of that at all.

2. No evidence of that at all.

You see my view is from a modern game's perspective of football management, yours is just a make-believe fantasy;

Fresh players started this match but you couldn't notice it, adding also fresher subs that were brought in as well, without changing the so called dynamic of the game. The players in question would have lacked match-sharpness during the previous match too so your theory of them being able to change the harder match vs Fulham is just a delusion on your part.

Feel free to feel, about it however you want but you do not have any real analysis on your side.

Edited December 30, 20241 yr by Gol15

Scoring for fun, chance to go top, top scorers and then 1 goal against Everton, Fulham and Ipswich and down to 4th

Listening to 5 Live and it’s interesting that all the chat this evening about what’s going wrong at United (nothing at all to say about Newcastle) and how absolutely wonderful it is that Ipswich finally won a home game (but absolutely nothing about how we’ve blown up)

Funnily enough, whilst interviewing Delap, Kelly Cates voice popped up from the studio saying “do you want a line about Chelsea?” I wonder what the producers answer was. Find out soon.

Edited December 30, 20241 yr by Snedger

37 minutes ago, MyWord said:

8 goals in the Championship last season -exactly the kind of record a donkey would have. 

Not a bad return for his first senior year. 
Nuance is everything.

It was very clear to me that he’s a quality striker. Almost every strike is on target. He’d score loads of goals for Chelsea and only 21.

4 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

1. No evidence of that at all.

2. No evidence of that at all.

You see my view is from a modern game's perspective of football management, yours is just a make-believe fantasy;

Fresh players started this match but you couldn't notice it, adding also fresher subs that were brought in as well, without changing the so called dynamic of the game. The players in question would have lacked match-sharpness during the previous match too so your theory of them being able to change the harder match vs Fulham is just a delusion on your part.

Feel free to feel, about it however you want but you do not have any real analysis on your side.

The problem is Gol the fresh players who came in lacked match fitness. The odd 10 mins Nkunku and Felix have been getting is harming their game, they both look rusty. Add to this, not using his compliment of subs may or may not have changed the course of those games but would have given some players a much needed rest. Our midfield looks gassed at 75 mins.

5 Live did have a line on Chelsea.

Maresca always said it was too early and the squad is very young. And his Leicester team fell away last year and had to find an answer to hold onto the top spot. That was it.

3 minutes ago, charierre said:

The problem is Gol the fresh players who came in lacked match fitness. The odd 10 mins Nkunku and Felix have been getting is harming their game, they both look rusty. Add to this, not using his compliment of subs may or may not have changed the course of those games but would have given some players a much needed rest. Our midfield looks gassed at 75 mins.

Like I already pointed out, they would have looked the same or worse vs a better team that is Fulham. We didn't have much of a midfield unless you mean that it was a vital and crucial mistake to not put Casadei at some point of the match but even so it was the starter of Fulham called Lukic that made a run after Cucurella went forward and he assisted the winning goal for them, I don't buy the narrative of the previous match at all.

If Nkunku and J.Felix can't do anything against Ipswich, no amount of fitness or tinkering can save them.

7 minutes ago, Snedger said:

5 Live did have a line on Chelsea.

Maresca always said it was too early and the squad is very young. And his Leicester team fell away last year and had to find an answer to hold onto the top spot. That was it.

Maresca had the best squad at Leicester in the Championship and still struggled to get them over the line. An overrated manager.

 Palmer tries something & it comes off he's brilliant, but if it doesn't he goes missing too many games....when he does he needs to be removed....

too many slow passes just like past few years, won't win games knocking it around ur own back line & then can't compete when opposition put pressure on, 2nd to every ball, no desire except to fkn lie down as if bulldozed...disaster & noni on one wing is a crash waiting to happen...just awful

Did noni, knunku or Felix show why they can't be dropped....brutal effort show it, not one of them went by a defender & all noni wants do is shoot, try going by & getting into a shooting position.......

We'll not even get top 4 on last 3 performances & hard run in....

we must be slowest 3 defenders in Prem lge.. Colwell, tosin & disaster.... slowest in thought & speed....🙄

Absolute diabolical football, easily our worse game since going back a bit into last season! I thought the Fulham game was bad enough! No player offered anything, other than maybe Sancho!

 

5 minutes ago, Frankfurter said:

Maresca had the best squad at Leicester in the Championship and still struggled to get them over the line. An overrated manager.

When plan A not working he has to have a plan B & C.....apart from few tweaks in games I don't see anything....teams have worked out gusto & cucu being inverted...they really can't play it cause they are not a threat to the opposition, like, and I hesitate to say it, TAA....he can shoot & play players in..... our 2 okay it sideways or back....we need different tactics throughout a game 

If anything, we found out we're now definitely not title contenders. That hope lasted about a month haha. I hope they ship a couple of these players out in January, and strengthen us at the back.