Our style of play

[badpiggy]

Yeah. Salah and Gakpo lack any pace or threat. Teams just sit back and block because we are so predictable

We need to play wirtz isak and ekitike in tbe front three, with last years midfield.

Salah is albatrossian at the moment with Gakpo limited in what he brings.

We need to play to our strengths until our defence tightens up

Steady on there, Joyce

[Charly]

Steady on there, Joyce

James "my dirty little ****bird" Joyce?

[Buzzo]

[ame]https://twitter.com/cfcjohnnyb/status/1977131711193604361[/ame]

[Sus]

Look at Arsenal - what a joke their open play goal % is, that rate of set piece goals surely isn't sustainable over a season. It dried up after the first few games last season, from memory

[Buzzo]

Yep. Billion dollar Stoke.

[Norbs]

They've still scored more open play goals than most other sides

[vlahka]

Its easy to score when you're free to foul/block the keeper every time.

[Sus]

They've still scored more open play goals than most other sides

Geez Norbs whose side you are on here?

[Slinky Skills]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c86730njpw3o

[baitman]

All this pissing around playing across the back, half way into the opposition half, then back to vvd or the keeper and go again, wtf...
Too **** scared to lose possession, but we're doing **** all went we have possession!
We need to be more incisive, more forward player movement, get the ****ing ball in the box, proper wide players who can cut the ball back for our forwards, **** this inverted winger **** off. The high line is killing us, konate can't chase back, and virge is losing his magic powers.
We need to do the basics better, too many happy to play the easy pass, no ****s doing any worthy running.

[Buzzo]

I’d be very tempted to go:

Gomez - Konate - Virgil - Robbo as our back 4 and stick with it.

Gomez used to cover for Trent quite effectively. He’s also a big lad. We look powderpuff back there. He might get injured etc etc but we need to do something to stop the rot. Taking Dom out of midfield is massively infuriating.

[Mark79]

I’d be very tempted to go:

Gomez - Konate - Virgil - Robbo as our back 4 and stick with it.

Gomez used to cover for Trent quite effectively. He’s also a big lad. We look powderpuff back there. He might get injured etc etc but we need to do something to stop the rot. Taking Dom out of midfield is massively infuriating.

Maybe if Leoni wasn’t injured. But that’s all 3 available CBs playing at once. One injury, probably Gomez, and we’ve no senior CB cover.

[Buzzo]

Maybe if Leoni wasn’t injured. But that’s all 3 available CBs playing at once. One injury, probably Gomez, and we’ve no senior CB cover.

It might have to be worth the risk.

If we were playing well it’s not an issue. But we are not and we need players who know how to defend.

[peterbread]

I said in another chat that the team looks physically weak right now and is getting bullied. I like that back four and then go back to three ahead of them in midfield. Make the team tough to play against again.

Dom, Gravenberch, Jones would be the best pick right now. Get that balance right in midfield and it might help Mac Allister get some form back. The team is missing him big time.

I’d like to see Wirtz play off the left with the freedom to roam like he did in Germany. Maybe the defensive side in the middle is taking its toll on him.

[Buzzo]

Yep. Wirtz is an attacker. We can’t play with 4 forwards.