5 hours ago, Ledgerson said:

Is this the first time PGMOL this season have given us a penalty after FT?

Fans of mid-table teams and lower always cry that the traditional 6 benefit from the refs but I don't remember anyone being as shafted as us by the officials.

This is just Dermot Gallagher on SSN, not the PGMOL. He's acknowledged quite a few errors we've been the victim of so far this season. And for him, the bar is VERY high before he'll admit refs have made an error.

On 05/01/2025 at 06:04, Dr. Socrates said:

Not a coincidence that this slump has coincided with the loss of Lavia alongside Caicedo. The problem is Maresca doesn’t trust the alternatives. Gallagher was sold to be replaced by KDH who doesn’t get a look in, while Veiga and Casedei are similarly not seen as worth the risk. While Fernandez seems to be at his best playing higher up the pitch.

Which has left Caicedo holding the fort in midfield and getting overrun. You can tell he was out on his feet after 70 mins because he was making uncharacteristic errors and getting caught in possession. It means we’re vulnerable at the back and with Jackson going through a lean spell, we’re not able to see games through the way we were at the beginning of the season. 

Imo It got nothing to do with Lavia specifically but we have few injuries ( Fofana, Badi, Lavia) plus Maresca hasn't really integrated Felix, Nkunku. 

So in festive season, Maresca keep playing the same guy, they are tired not playing well and we have seen the result. 

Imo our sd could have given Maresca better squad, but at the same time Maresca could have handled his squad much better, unlike last season which imo our squad was an absolute mental, this season our squad is normal. 

 

Edited January 8, 20251 yr by Bob stark