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Skrtel's mistake not tiki traka or whatever you call it. Us inviting teams to press us up high and then playing numerous back passes to our keeper is nothing but recipe for disaster. this. i was sh!tting my self every time carra got the ball in the hearts game
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U also have to factor in we had 2 youngsters in out back 4, i have no doubt our d will get better its unfair to judge after two games. Alson considering the types of goals we conceded, we will improve and are playing better football. It will take time to get things right, i feel we can go on to win our next two games and will take it from there.
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Our average age today was 24, that is very very positive in my opinion and we had 6 players who were 22 or younger in Shelvey, Borini, Kelly, Raheem, Coates and Allen.
Thought we would be in for a difficult day but in the end it looked more like 2 points lost rather than 1 point gained.
Was very pleased with the performance hopefully we can carry this on in to next week and with Sahin and Assaidi still to join in and probably another signing or 2 im more optimistic than i was 2 weeks ago when i honestly thought we would finish 8th or 9th, dont see why top 4 shouldn't be our target. Have to be realistic though it will be very tough.
Gary Neville sh*gs dead cats.
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If u look at the goals we conceded u cant rlly blame any on a "system" or anything to do with tactics or ideas of a coach. The first goal was a world class finish that any goalie in the world wouldn't save, the second was a penalty after a ref decides to make some poor decisions, the third was purely a team wirh no morale due to events during the game. Against city we conceded goasl that came down too inexperience and individual mistakes. It doesnt make any scence blaming a system with the type of goals that were scored let alone its only two games in! Stay positive our d will get into place.
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To anyone who thinks that Skyrtel can't play this system, he had an 84% pass completion, higher than any other defender on the pitch. He made one school boy error, but it was a fluke. The pieces are there this year lads. It'll take a little while to fit them together. The system works. I really believe that we'll succeed, for the first time in a long time.
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If u look at the goals we conceded u cant rlly blame any on a "system" or anything to do with tactics or ideas of a coach. The first goal was a world class finish that any goalie in the world wouldn't save, the second was a penalty after a ref decides to make some poor decisions, the third was purely a team wirh no morale due to events during the game. Against city we conceded goasl that came down too inexperience and individual mistakes. It doesnt make any scence blaming a system with the type of goals that were scored let alone its only two games in! Stay positive our d will get into place. I'll stay positive because the overall performance against the current Champions was good. However, the system of building from the back is IMHO reponsible for the 2 penalties at WBA and the Tevez goal. I would add that this will happen again when I watch similar scenes from Barca. Building from the back is fine but we need the players at the back to do it and also it has to be done through full backs not central defenders. When they lose the ball there is only the goalkeeper as protection.
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Agree and to add, Barca also gives away such goals often. However, they always score more so doesn't look that bad. not as often as you'd think To anyone who thinks that Skyrtel can't play this system, he had an 84% pass completion, higher than any other defender on the pitch. maybe that lulled him in the end, was over confident, he didn't look up with that back pass, lost track of Long at WBA before the PK
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by the by, someone else was nearly guilty of a backpass horror yesterday, was it gerrard?
Luis Garcia, He drinks sangria
He came from Barca, to bring us Joy
He's five foot seven, he's football heaven
please don't take my Luis away.
"...AND 32 MILLION POUNDS WORTH OF GOALKEEPER CAN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT"
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I remember Allen gave a back pass from the half way line and it was a lob more than along the ground but Pepe dealt with it no bother
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no there was another one and reina was lucky to get there first.
Luis Garcia, He drinks sangria
He came from Barca, to bring us Joy
He's five foot seven, he's football heaven
please don't take my Luis away.
"...AND 32 MILLION POUNDS WORTH OF GOALKEEPER CAN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT"
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