Inter Milan (A) Champions league Tuesday 9th Dec 20:00

[Tatterdemalion]

What did Seedorf actually say?

[SB]

Nothing like a good win to put a bounce in your stride in the morning.

[Tatterdemalion]

Certainly not the result I expected. Could have been 0-0 I guess. I didn't watch - were we any good?

[SB]

Certainly not the result I expected. Could have been 0-0 I guess. I didn't watch - were we any good?

Yeah we were good. We had periods of dominance but we couldn’t put them to the sword & after our disallowed goal they dominated possession until HT. We certainly had more chances than them

[Harv]

Seedorf going full Paxman on Arne

The Dutch really are a weird lot. They love fighting each other.

[DerKrampus]

Well that was an unexpected result!

Looks like there were some good chances at both ends but both keepers were at the top of their game.

I loved that Wirtz went down - the foul had been commited and Wirtz going down like a sake of spuds ensured VAR had to get involved to see it.

Isak is very **** and I have no idea why we signed him - I'd rather we had gone for a grok like player that bullies defenders, Mateta would have been better.

[Tatterdemalion]

Yeah we were good. We had periods of dominance but we couldn’t put them to the sword & after our disallowed goal they dominated possession until HT. We certainly had more chances than them

Just watched the highlights - we did look pretty sharp in creating chances. Really didn't expect that result, but very pleased for it!

[baitman]

Well that was an unexpected result!

Looks like there were some good chances at both ends but both keepers were at the top of their game.

I loved that Wirtz went down - the foul had been commited and Wirtz going down like a sake of spuds ensured VAR had to get involved to see it.

Isak is very **** and I have no idea why we signed him - I'd rather we had gone for a grok like player that bullies defenders, Mateta would have been better.

Once we spent big on ekitike there was some talk about mateta, he would have been a sound, solid 2nd striker.
Isak seems a flop, not sure where his talent has gone, and can't keep saying its cos of no preseason, ffs!

[Cerbie]

Once we spent big on ekitike there was some talk about mateta, he would have been a sound, solid 2nd striker.
Isak seems a flop, not sure where his talent has gone, and can't keep saying its cos of no preseason, ffs!

It's still early days to call him a flop. Let's see how he does when we get the wingbacks putting good quality crosses into the box.

[Doc_Piptorious]

It's still early days to call him a flop. Let's see how he does when we get the wingbacks putting good quality crosses into the box.

That's a good point and it was noticeable last night that Gomez was sending in crosses to try and take advantage of having two 9's on the pitch.

Think that has been a big flaw in our play in our play this season in that up until the last four games we persisted with attackers that kept cutting in and had our full backs sitting deeper, so no matter which 9 started he was going to be starved of service.


The last few games we have been getting crosses in and also having a runner from midfield trying to get up to support the 9 when there is only one on the pitch, or going up to split the 9s when we have both on.

[danperkins]

100% we aren't getting enough crosses or quality crosses should I say, into the box or even slide passes between their fullbacks and Cbs. You want strikers to thrive, give them service.

In saying that Ekitike is trying to make things happen and doing his best to get involved. Isak much like Wirtz has looked pretty anonymous since signing and we have to admit that they've been very disappointing. I'm willing to cut them some slack until we get our **** together but both have been pretty awful up until this point and they need to start contributing more.

[Doc_Piptorious]

100% we aren't getting enough crosses or quality crosses should I say, into the box or even slide passes between their fullbacks and Cbs. You want strikers to thrive, give them service.

In saying that Ekitike is trying to make things happen and doing his best to get involved. Isak much like Wirtz has looked pretty anonymous since signing and we have to admit that they've been very disappointing. I'm willing to cut them some slack until we get our **** together but both have been pretty awful up until this point and they need to start contributing more.

Wirtz was good last night after he came on. He was not going any flashy stuff but play knitted together very well any time he was involved as he can be given the ball in very tight spaces and he will get it to a team mate more often than not after. His ability to do that also prevented some of the getting the ball in an advanced position then passing it 30 yards backwards stuff that we can be prone to doing.

[Sus]

Wirtz was good last night after he came on. He was not going any flashy stuff but play knitted together very well any time he was involved as he can be given the ball in very tight spaces and he will get it to a team mate more often than not after. His ability to do that also prevented some of the getting the ball in an advanced position then passing it 30 yards backwards stuff that we can be prone to doing.

100% agreed with this - it was very noticeable how much more fluid and vertical we were once he came on and play started to go through him.

It got us up the pitch more quickly and effectively, and helped midfield connect with the forwards better

Was impressive

[Paul12]

Decent performance overall from us but:

1 Inter were poor and didn't try to take advantage of our weaknesses. (Our formation helped but Englush teams know they need to play on Konate, look for second balls at corners, and get in behind our midfield). I was amazed that they did noy seem able to increase the intensity when they fell behind;

2 it was worrying how far Inter's players were able to run with the ball down the xentre of the pitch in the first half particularly. Maybe this is the point that Slit was making about our press being too deep in the first half; and

3 Isak looked completely out of his depth. He worked hard defensively but nothing ever stuck to him. The contrast with Ekitike and Wirtz was striking.

You can't do any better than win, but I think although there are some greenshoots of a recovery there remains a ling way to go.

[rudedog]

100% we aren't getting enough crosses or quality crosses should I say, into the box or even slide passes between their fullbacks and Cbs. You want strikers to thrive, give them service.

In saying that Ekitike is trying to make things happen and doing his best to get involved. Isak much like Wirtz has looked pretty anonymous since signing and we have to admit that they've been very disappointing. I'm willing to cut them some slack until we get our **** together but both have been pretty awful up until this point and they need to start contributing more.

Wirtz hasn’t looked anonymous though, he’s been our best forward player in many games. He’s been way better than Isak and is still adjusting to a new league/country/culture