High Life Street 2.0
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firstly, bit of credit to the west london cunts - thought they were 5% better, man for man, across teh pitch. it's probably just the case that they had better players, playing at their best.
bradshaw should not start. Running around and around does not a good player make. Afobe done almost nothing when he came on (with zero service too), but still managed to do more than bradshaw all game. I like bradshaw, but you need him playing with someone who can dominate the line, who will bring him into play.
i got to thinking of funny enough abdou and trotter on teh way home. abdou was the one who tackled, covered mile up mile, done all the dirty work, and trotter, at least much of the time, was the creative force, teh player who could skip through the lines, who could pick a through ball. oh for a duo like that at this level for us. we cannot and will not (as it stands) dominate the final third. everythign always comes back.
defence shaky as fuck.
in summary, problems across teh field. all our players (and it feels liek its been this way ever since we got promoted) play as if they are tender hooks, look like theya re shitting themselves. we never ever seem to look fully comfortable. thus our game is always hurried, worried, panicky, blood and thunder stuff. it's a shame because growing up 80s/90s/ early 00s, we were always seen as a "good footballing side" now we are "hard to play against" at best. it's a shame - probably a symptom of so much moeny in the game. we just can't compete. like tonight, lets be honest, they just were on a fundemental level "better than us across teh park"
bradshaw should not start. Running around and around does not a good player make. Afobe done almost nothing when he came on (with zero service too), but still managed to do more than bradshaw all game. I like bradshaw, but you need him playing with someone who can dominate the line, who will bring him into play.
i got to thinking of funny enough abdou and trotter on teh way home. abdou was the one who tackled, covered mile up mile, done all the dirty work, and trotter, at least much of the time, was the creative force, teh player who could skip through the lines, who could pick a through ball. oh for a duo like that at this level for us. we cannot and will not (as it stands) dominate the final third. everythign always comes back.
defence shaky as fuck.
in summary, problems across teh field. all our players (and it feels liek its been this way ever since we got promoted) play as if they are tender hooks, look like theya re shitting themselves. we never ever seem to look fully comfortable. thus our game is always hurried, worried, panicky, blood and thunder stuff. it's a shame because growing up 80s/90s/ early 00s, we were always seen as a "good footballing side" now we are "hard to play against" at best. it's a shame - probably a symptom of so much moeny in the game. we just can't compete. like tonight, lets be honest, they just were on a fundemental level "better than us across teh park"
