2020/21 Carlo Ancelotti

[Brisan123]

He's clearly given up on the league and is prioritising the Cup...

I'm sure he has his reasons, but in the absence of him revealing them, that looks like a white flag of a team selection to me.

 

[Brisan123]

Would it be fair to say then he got it wrong on Saturday.
45 minutes here have been very good .
Need to make sure we win it now

No it would not have been fair to say he got it wrong on Saturday
It would be fair to say the players let him down badly on Saturday

 

[blue to the bone]

No it would not have been fair to say he got it wrong on Saturday
It would be fair to say the players let him down badly on Saturday

Both can take blame. Putting siggy in centre midfield and not playin Godfrey was a mistake by him . He can make mistakes. But he learns by them

 

[Saint Domingo]

Even when we’ve played defensively, sometimes a bit too defensively for my anxiety. It’s nowhere near the kind of pack as many bodies behind the ball as possible, hit it long and play the percentages kind of football.
it’s structured, organised and effective.

Italiano.

Exactly this. We hardly ever just launch it forward for DCL just to mindlessly chase after. Even when we’re under the cosh we try and play it out on the deck. We’re night and day to the team we were under Koeman Allardyce Silva

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Looking at the fixtures this weekend Villa/Arsenal game aside most our rivals have on paper anyway pretty easy games

WHU have Fulham
Spurs have WBA
Chelsea have Sheff Utd
Saints have Geordies

Needs to get it right against Utd - twice Ole has done us this season got to find a system that works against them / keep Penandes from dictating the game.

 

[MikeH72]

Looking at the fixtures this weekend Villa/Arsenal game aside most our rivals have on paper anyway pretty easy games

WHU have Fulham
Spurs have WBA
Chelsea have Sheff Utd
Saints have Geordies

Needs to get it right against Utd - twice Ole has done us this season got to find a system that works against them / keep Penandes from dictating the game.

Why are you including Southampton as one of our rivals?

 

[Saint Domingo]

Looking at the fixtures this weekend Villa/Arsenal game aside most our rivals have on paper anyway pretty easy games

WHU have Fulham
Spurs have WBA
Chelsea have Sheff Utd
Saints have Geordies

Needs to get it right against Utd - twice Ole has done us this season got to find a system that works against them / keep Penandes from dictating the game.

All those teams could easily drop points at those games. If it was us against any of them some would be predicting we’d have problems.

 

[Goat]

Why are you including Southampton as one of our rivals?

Alpine Klopp mate.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

All those teams could easily drop points at those games. If it was us against any of them some would be predicting we’d have problems.

As I clearly stated mate "on paper".

Leagues so tight an expected win for most those sides and a poor showing against Utd and we are back out the european places.

That shambolic Newcastle result has put more pressure on us needing to get points in these kind of games where we are not expected on paper to win.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Why are you including Southampton as one of our rivals?

Most teams from about 10th are only 2-3 wins or defeats from being up there or not.

Leeds are 7 behind us but had they won would have only been 1 behind.

 

[MikeH72]

Most teams from about 10th are only 2-3 wins or defeats from being up there or not.

Leeds are 7 behind us but had they won would have only been 1 behind.

But they didn’t win??? And we have games in hand on everyone except Villa.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

But they didn’t win???

And?

 

[MikeH72]

And?

So they’re not 1 point behind us are they? They’re 7.

 

[Goat]

But they didn’t win??? And we have games in hand on everyone except Villa.

Every week, MUST WIN, rivals, zzzzzzzzzzzz.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

So they’re not 1 point behind us are they?

Didnt say they were.

Read it again lid.