Pre-season already!

[IGotALuvlyBunchOfCoconuts]

Get in Virgil van skipper.

 

[MomoWASright]

Captain Marvel!

 

[Modo]

Looking great so far, nice header

 

[mom]

1-0?

 

[Modo]

1-0?

2

 

[binomial]

Nice ball by Kim but that was too easy.

Offside maybe?

 

[Hansern]

Poor from Matip. Might have been offside though

 

[Modo]

Yeah can't excuse Matip for that one but it was offside

 

[tomasjj]

bit too easy that

 

[Modo]

On a different note, I think we know what our front three will look like against Chelsea.
Jota is playing really well.
Will be interesting to see how Diaz and Nunez do in the second half, but for now it's Jota - Gakpo - Salah for me.

 

[Hansern]

Alphonso Davies. What a signing that would have been when Robbo needs replacing

 

[binomial]

Crying out for a DM.

1 pass goes through our midfield.

 

[Hansern]

Poor defending from us. Matip isnt suited for that covering RCB role

 

[Modo]

Crying out for a DM.

1 pass goes through our midfield.

Mhm.
Wouldn't put it on Matip this time

 

[tomasjj]

also, when most damage is done - if robbo doesn't rush in there towards matip, but just secures behind joel, vvd doesn't have to come so far across, and might be able to cover the pass to the back post

 

[KopRed]

It's that same gapping hole on our right.

 

[binomial]

Mhm.
Wouldn't put it on Matip this time

So much for pressing from the front working out so well in the absence of Nunez, like I said last night to a certain poster, if you leave big gaping holes in midfield, you’ll get punished.

 

[MomoWASright]

Mhm.
Wouldn't put it on Matip this time

Matip gave him too much space.

Matip started well and has gone to shit.

 

[tomasjj]

mac a and szobo not really in the game
gakpo is doing the linking

maybe they would be more in it if we stretched play a bit with nunez up front?

 

[acejmk]

Matip isn't the player he was sadly

 

[binomial]

Alexi injured with what could be a knee injury right on HT

 

[tomasjj]

just a knock

 

[Hansern]

Good first half and great to see a midfield that can actually run and move their feet.
A great test for us to play against one of the better teams around when it comes to attacking the space we leave behind is. So far its showed that we still have some work to do, and that Matip isnt suited for that RCB role.

New boys have been good.

 

[binomial]

Matip isn't the player he was sadly

All well and good pointing the finger at Matip because both goals came down his side, but where is Trent Jones Alexi that are supposed to be around him preventing the passes into their attackers? He had a free run at Matip both times. Off the ball it’s not good enough defensively from any of them hence we need at least 1 brought in.

 

[Hansern]

Alexi injured with what could be a knee injury right on HT

It was just a knee on knee in the last tackle there. He was walking and didnt need any medical help.

 

[keniget]

Missed the first half but from the comments here it seems like a) we need a DM and b) we're fucked if Konate gets injured.

Nothing new then!

 

[binomial]

Missed the first half but from the comments here it seems like a) we need a DM and b) we're fucked if Konate gets injured.

Nothing new then!

Even Konate isn’t going to help much in this system without a DM as has proven to be the case already this preseason

 

[Frogfish]

Thanks!

 

[Modo]

Matip gave him too much space.

Matip started well and has gone to shit.

He did, but it's not his fault that no one was covering Sane in the box.

 

[Modo]

It's that same gapping hole on our right.

Oh they're definitely exploiting it and Matip is being put in one on one situations which isn't ideal.