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Completely need a new central defence though. Zouma is 100% done, Ogbonna done at this level, Aguerd not good enough. Dinos a back up at best.
Yeah I think these kind of words usually solidifies my thinking that his tenure is almost up. Thanks for the good times Dave but I think your time is up.
The low block/counter attack tactic is not working is it. Unfortunately, it's the only way Moyes knows.
Watching the City / Chelsea game makes me despair for West Ham, we can only dream of playing exciting football with Moyes at the helm.
City looked a bit chaotic in the first half though. Chelsea could have been 3 or 4 ahead.
If Kudus is left wing, is he comfortable there and able? He was a lot more dangerous when on the right with Bowen up front.
Bowen, when on the right, is not a creator. He's basically waaiting to be put in (a bit like Salah who I believe he says he models his game on).
Is it Coufal and Emerson? Just them? Is JWP a creator or a set piece player? If hes behind the striker is he going to threrad passes?
Was Phillips ever a creator? Alverez obviously not.
Yes we are obviously missing Paquetta. Firstly because hes quality and secondly he is basically our creator.
The way we play, as in most of us defending and hoping to shoot a ball up quickly to Bowen etc., creativity is an obvious issue. Thats aside from us being boring and scared to play positively
I'm not detailuing anything earthshatteringly complicated or something never heard before. We all know why and where we struggle. In hindsight its pretty easy to say but where is our back up creator for Paquetta? Are we really a team that relies on our RB and LB and we dont even play wingbacks to help with this.
Being a counter attacking side, we need balls for Bowen, Antonio (today) and Kudus. If we are set up for this then apart from being easy to read, wheres the creative plan B?
I've always been a Moyes Out. Whether people agree or not, its not as if its just blind dislike for Moyes. It really isnt...
Lastly, even though Forets recent form has not been good, they are notrmally pretty strong results wise at home. Elanga has direct pace and Gibbs White has that and is a skillful player (Id snatch him up and have him as our no10). Before his injury their big forward actually knows where the back of the net is. He and Gibbs White wuuld be in our team. Not even to mention Hudson Odoi (who along with Loftus Cheek I wouldve been pleased is we'd have taken him from Chelsea for peanuts basically and it seems like hes settled in now)
They are offensively capable of goals. It just feels like a contrast to our capacity to create chances (hoping that Kudus and Bowen can feed off scraps isnt really cutting it)
Firstly, whilst I was generally disappointed with the display yesterday (and obviously the result) I did see some positives.
I thought Antonio did okay on his return. At least he added some hustle upfront.
We had a couple of good chances which could have been converted with more composure. Antonio completely fluffed his lines and Bowen was clear through and had an easy pass to Kudus but took the shot on.
What’s worrying to me is Emerson’s form. Is part of the reason that he’s now playing with partners he’s not used to (Paqueta, Benrahma). I thought Bowen was very ineffectual today even though he was back in his favored position. He seems to have a certain amount of protection from criticism whenever we’re apportioning blame.
Regarding KP’s sending off. The 2nd yellow was soft as he was just going for the ball and I also think Gibbs White made a meal of it. The first yellow was all his fault though as he should never have reacted that way.
We’ve picked up a number of unnecessary yellows recently for dissent and we need to cut it out. Antonio also picked up one yesterday. I mentioned this a few weeks ago.
When you are competing strongly in a match you are always liable to mistime a tackle and pick one up so you can't afford to get yellows for nothing, and that's exactly what happened to Phillips, even though I think the official reffed the players reaction rather than the challenge.
Our ref was poor but the Liverpool VAR should be sacked.
No penalty apparently, he leaves the ground as he slams himself into him.
https://x.com/ManCityOracle/status/1759199842750828587?s=20
I rarely gave ref's a hard time unless they were right on top of the action as I was always aware of the split second nature of a decision, but there is no excuse for ones like this now with VAR.