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Odds
West Ham: 13/2
Draw: 23/5
Man City: 2/5

Match tactical preview:


 

goose wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024, 20:52

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024, 20:46 Less than 30% possession, real progress.

You’re a dick.

Post Match interview with Lopetegui 

RootsRadical wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024, 21:12 Spot on Stubbo.
Considering that Antonio is still starting and the way we play Duran was a no brainer as he's much more similar to Antonio than Fulkrug but a lot younger than both and a better finisher than Antonio.
Loppy apparently likes to change the team and tactics depending on the opposition so understandable why Antonio started today.
Maybe there are games which will suit Fulkrug better but I'd still rather we just signed Duran as we still have Ings who seems Similar to Fulkrug so may as well have given him a go under a new manager, new players and system and spent an extra 15m on Duran.
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Great to see AWB bombing forward just needs to work on his end product which hopefully Lop will do.

Good effort…keep trying …

Haaland a beast…

if only we had a striker that can score…we’ve had enough players…but never one good enough…

Moyes had no clue on strikers…

Spot on Stubbo.
Considering that Antonio is still starting and the way we play Duran was a no brainer as he's much more similar to Antonio than Fulkrug but a lot younger than both and a better finisher than Antonio.
Loppy apparently likes to change the team and tactics depending on the opposition so understandable why Antonio started today.
Maybe there are games which will suit Fulkrug better but I'd still rather we just signed Duran as we are Ings seems Similar to Fulkrug so may as well have given him a go under a new manager rather than spend 25m on Fulkrug.
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Fulkrug at least runs and closes players down, unlike the sloth-like Haller and Scamacca before him. I think he'll do OK given time.

RootsRadical wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024, 20:54 Not writing Fulkrug off yet but like many others I'm starting to think he's not what we needed and is not looking like he's going to pull up any trees.

Not writing Fulkrug off yet but like many others I'm starting to think he's not what we needed and is not looking like he's going to pull up any trees.

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024, 20:46 Less than 30% possession, real progress.

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024, 20:46 Less than 30% possession, real progress.

Not sure anyone expected a result from this. I was disappointed in our lack of possession and ability to create chances. Perhaps the result would have been different if Kudus could have buried his chance. Paqueta is one of those players who is shocking or brilliant. Any mistakes against this Man City side are likely to be punished. Performance wise I didn't think anyone stood out although several players had good moments.
Like to see Bowen as the striker, Kudus on the right and Summerville on the left. The other two strikers just don't have the pace and movement of him. He always looks threatening and his work today created the own goal.  
I hope Soler is a more reliable creative player than Paqueta. That might help cut out the silly give aways and mistakes which leave to goals. I really hope Todibo comes good in the Premier league too. We really need more quality in there. 
Need to draw a line under this one, Haaland is in the form of his life and is the best striker in the world right now. 

Less than 30% possession, real progress.

Paqueta was fucking shit, he should have been yanked.

Just got back.  Looking promising although Paqueta was a liability, perhaps Soler will be better. Or play Kudus there and play Summerville on the left 

Ah well, that’s definitely progress from the Moyes school of approaching these games. Got forward more and fought. 

Haaland was on fire. And it cracks me up that I’ve read on here in the past he’s overrated and just a flat track bully. Bloke is phenomenal. 70 goals in 69 appearances in the PL. 97 in 102 total for Man City. Unreal. 

2 mistakes cost us a point.
Promising signs, need to get Todibo and Soler in the side asap.
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Not trying to have a row, but a genuine wonder if there are there any fans that would prefer us sitting back and maybe scraping a 1-1 or 1-0 as opposed to that second half? 

I’m in two minds myself. Sometimes I haven’t got a fucking clue what Looetegui is going for, especially with his one step forward two steps back subs and changes and then another change in formation. But I definitely enjoyed that second half. 

we might actually be onto something if we bought another striker 

We lost 1-3

I expect most to struggle against them but there’s nothing enjoyable about being cunted.

I hope the team can show some of the positives for longer.

Yeah, we've needed 2 fullbacks for 2 years and got one. Imagine how much better we'd be with a left back as promising as AWB is on the right. We needed a young, pacy striker and we bought another Danny Ings.  

Other than that some positive signs 

Starting to see more and more glimmers of hope in this team.  We missed out by not buying another striker, and agree that Soucek slows us down. But there was some really interesting tactics today and second half we got a proper tune out of our midfield.

Big plus trying to keep possession rather than hoofing up to Moyes 

Really good second half imo - some great performances out there. At least we didn’t roll over like we used to under Moyes.

Alan wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024, 19:43 Are there any decent out of contract left-backs at the moment.
Emerson was shocking today.

A very decent second half.
It's also refreshing to have a manager who makes substitutions early enough to try and influence the game.

Onwards and upwards.