Swans meltdown

[JohnnyRocket]

In games like Monday's, we really should be playing 4-4-2.

We have so many average, inconsistent central midfielders, why play 3 of them?

Stick Mane on one wing, Oxlade-Chamberlain on the other, Salah up top with Firmino and stretch the hell out of them.

 

[Raz]

In games like Monday's, we really should be playing 4-4-2.

We have so many average, inconsistent central midfielders, why play 3 of them?

Stick Mane on one wing, Oxlade-Chamberlain on the other, Salah up top with Firmino and stretch the hell out of them.

Plan B like?

 

[mark1975]

Even if we’d didn’t sell Coutinho then he’d still not play in the Swansea game because he’s injured. So we’d lost anyway.

Isn’t that the real moot point?

Not really. Now he's perma-unavailable, it's a worry we might be in for more of the same. So no, it's not a moot point. Unless you want to bury your head in the sand and consider losing our best player as no biggie.

 

[tombrown]

 

[Rosco]

4. We were unlucky with the goal. If you're blaming Van Dijk for that, you're winding people up or you don't know anything about football.

And that's it.

Two predictions that will inevitably end up being entirely correct:

1. We'll make an array of changes from the City game. Trent AA, VVD, Lallana, etc all to come in.
2. We'll absolutely fucking destroy these Welsh cunts. No hyperbole required, it'll be at least 5.

 

[Ryan]

It was a prediction, based on what we might see. A hapless one for sure.

Yours was an assessment on what you had seen. There’s a difference.

 

[Rosco]

It was a prediction, based on what we might see. A hapless one for sure.

Yours was an assessment on what you had seen. There’s a difference.

I saw VVD head the ball low into the middle of the box to an area where the opposition were standing.

You can't tell me he was coached to do that.

 

[Insignificance]

I saw VVD head the ball low into the middle of the box to an area where the opposition were standing.

You can't tell me he was coached to do that.

You'r not that stupid man even by your standards. First get your head on the ball, and if possible direct it away. Too many times we are watching as opponents get their head on the ball. The unfortunate with this situation was that all of a sudden 4 of our tried to reach the same ball and by that putting Our own player under increased pressure, again when often before we saw most of them just watching the action.

By your lame argumentation you can also say you saw VVD heading the ball outside the post from our corner, and noone can tell you he was coached to do that.

 

[Frogfish]

Not really. Now he's perma-unavailable, it's a worry we might be in for more of the same. So no, it's not a moot point. Unless you want to bury your head in the sand and consider losing our best player as no biggie.

Not happy losing him but for me he wasn't our most important player; Salah, Firmino and now we can add VvD, all have / will have more influence on our performances/results over the course of a season.

 

[Red Mullet]

Not happy losing him but for me he wasn't our most important player; Salah, Firmino and now we can add VvD, all have / will have more influence on our performances/results over the course of a season.

Exactly.

Even last season, he wasn’t our best player. Losing Mane to the AFCON had a big effect on the team.

Not happy losing him as he’s very very good but his loss has been exaggerated. Or it’s used as a whipping stick on our manager but you get called every name under The Lying Rag for saying that.