West London Bear 52 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I’m overseas (again) at the minute and watched tonight on my iPad, mirrored to a TV with a few colleagues. One of them made a point early on that got me thinking as I watched the match. The point was that most every second ball whether from us winning a dual or them winning a dual fell to a Fenerbahce player. Invariably he was unmarked and had space and time to think. The fact we’re through is a god send but is this second ball thingy just a player quality issue or can our players be a lot smarter out of possession? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 6,004 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 A bit of both. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 11,524 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Structure issue. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,829 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 We hardly win an aerial challenge either and teams playing us always look massive. Maybe I just have that complex because I am only about 5ft 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 4,077 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Dunno, but we have a tendency in our team to play balls quickly, no matter whether the player itself or the recipient is under pressure or has people near him. Quite often, the recipient appears to be surprised* by this and "over-reacts", losing the ball in the process. As soon as pressure is applied to our midfielders, they start to do this and more often than not, we lose the ball. That's what you liked Jack or Davies for: receive the ball and play it simple. *The same happens up top, when we try "to pass" the ball over the line, even in areas littered with opposition players. As the passes itself more often than not lack quality (e.g. are too hard), the recipient can't control it and the situation is lost. As if people lack the confidence to take responsibility themselves. Danilo was rightly p*ssed for being left on the bench, but I think we couldn't bring him on after using our contingent of subs. You would hope that Barry plays two strikers at the Scumhut, as we sure need more firepower than yesterday. Relying solely on Dessers or a mazy Cerny run will cost us - again. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 6,004 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Whosthedado said: We hardly win an aerial challenge either and teams playing us always look massive. Maybe I just have that complex because I am only about 5ft 3 I remember thinking the same when we played Dortmund around 2000. Their whole team looked bigger, stronger and faster than us and I was delighted when I heard we were signing one of their midfielders. Wasn't so delighted when it turned out to be Nerlinger. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 6,004 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 24 minutes ago, der Berliner said: Danilo was rightly p*ssed for being left on the bench, but I think we couldn't bring him on after using our contingent of subs. You would hope that Barry plays two strikers at the Scumhut, as we sure need more firepower than yesterday. Relying solely on Dessers or a mazy Cerny run will cost us - again. I think we still had one sub still to make. We get an extra one if it goes into extra time. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Ro55 994 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Quite happy with mine, although I've heard of guys losing one and not being too bothered. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzardGer 2 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 35 minutes ago, Bluedell said: I think we still had one sub still to make. We get an extra one if it goes into extra time. Yes you get an extra sub during extra time, thought it would be sensible when the ball went out after 122 mins with 60 seconds left to bring Danilo on for a defender to enhance our penalty options..... but didn't matter in the end. Maybe the lack of experience in the coaching team meant they forgot they had one more...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,863 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Danilo was going to come on for Cerny but he jumped up and changed the manager's mind after Disco Lavery had had his way with his glutes... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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