Watford Away 24th August. Let’s start the Bank Holiday with a Bang!

MIAHammer

When that attack from Andersen broke down 4 of our players just stayed up and didn’t bother to run back :doh:

grey_til_I_dye

Galey finally makes a good point. On the turnover, not one of the top 4 made any effort to get back. Poor.

MrsGrey

I was yelling at the telly but they just strolled about.

MIAHammer

Does Declan Rice touches the ball yet? I haven’t heard his name yet.

MrsGrey

He has :ok:

MrsGrey

:nonono: Haller nearly scores.

MrsGrey

A hydration break :cider:

Expat_Hammer

We need him to start paying his fee back with goals

SuzanneClaret

MrsGrey said:

I was yelling at the telly but they just strolled about.

Oh that does make me cross

MrsGrey

Yarmolenko looking a bit slow.

thornburyiron

There is no work ethic at this club.

MIAHammer

Lanzini down again

grey_til_I_dye

Is there any PL team worse than us when it comes to making use of throw-ins?

IronHerb

No

SuzanneClaret

No.

MrsGrey

That was better from Yarmo, good defending.

grey_til_I_dye

thorn

Of course there is. Nobes was furious.

OldCastleSwift

MrsGrey said:

Yarmolenko looking a bit slow.

Yeah, would have liked Antonio to start and Yarmo given the Newport game to find some form and fitness

thornburyiron

Grey he shouldn’t have to get furious. It should be a natural thing for any footballer.

MIAHammer

grey_til_I_dye said:

Is there any PL team worse than us when it comes to making use of throw-ins?

We’ve been like this for a long while now. There seems to be no movement by our players. It almost appears like they don’t practice this.

grey_til_I_dye

We've had our share of attacking play, but not really managed to make use of Haller.

OldCastleSwift

As with Brighton last week, we're level only through the opposition's profligacy.

Not really doing enough to win this at the moment.

MrsGrey

Off the post :weep:

grey_til_I_dye

OCS

But we are far more of a threat going forward, so it's better, imo.

OldCastleSwift

Better, yes, but that's not difficult given the performance against Brighton.

Just feels like with our defensive game so poor, we need to score 3 or 4 every time to have a chance of winning, and I can't see us doing that.

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

We’re so easy to attack against. It’s the same every week.

And we need to keep hold of the ball much better. If we can’t defend properly, at least bring some relief by having a few sustained attacks of our own.

MIAHammer

thornburyiron said:

There is no work ethic at this club.

They should be made to watch every Liverpool and Man City game just to see their work rate when they don’t have the ball.

OldCastleSwift

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

we need to keep hold of the ball much better.

I think that's what Wilshere was brought in to do; maintain possession and choose the right pass. Hasn't quite happened, and now he's not in the match day squad.

Can't help but think this all supports the view that we needed a top class midfielder in the summer.

MrsGrey

One player isnt the problem, or the answer. Everyone needs to be better at completing their passes. Also I noticed Fab mostly hoofs it long and that usually results in us losing possession.

OldCastleSwift

But one player (the right player) would help.

But I agree that they all need to do more. No-one has covered themselves in glory again so far.