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Jordan555x Flag Bromley 14 Oct 17 5.48pm Send a Private Message to Jordan555x Add Jordan555x as a friend

Ecstatic with the result!

It appeared to me today we played without a striker? May be wrong but did we play with a false 9?

 

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spartakev2 Flag Anerley 14 Oct 17 5.51pm Send a Private Message to spartakev2 Add spartakev2 as a friend

Sort of. Zaha and Townsend seemed to be taking it in turns...

 

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Jordan555x Flag Bromley 14 Oct 17 5.57pm Send a Private Message to Jordan555x Add Jordan555x as a friend

It certainly paid off! Roy's tactics were spot on today. Well done to him! Eagles

 

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Alex1991 Flag Ashford 14 Oct 17 5.58pm Send a Private Message to Alex1991 Add Alex1991 as a friend

First half was 4-4-2 with Wilf and Andros up top but playing quite wide. Second half looked more like 4-5-1. Wilf has the talent to play through the middle, wouldn't mind seeing him just behind Benteke when he's fit again. Happy days

 


"Brighton are talking about how they're coming for us. And it's like, we've been waiting in the Premier League for you for ages." Wilfried Zaha, 2017.

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matthau Flag South Croydon 14 Oct 17 6.03pm Send a Private Message to matthau Add matthau as a friend

When one of our wingers was on the wing... The other would go central and be the false 9. Was fantastic tactical mindedness from Roy.

 

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chateauferret Flag 14 Oct 17 6.06pm

Originally posted by matthau

When one of our wingers was on the wing... The other would go central and be the false 9. Was fantastic tactical mindedness from Roy.

There were times when we had a crossing opportunity but nobody in the box, which is a bit like what playing Benteke has been lately. And I think Wilf could hardly stand at the end. But a lot of the time it was like having an extra man, even if it wasn't a specialist centre-forward. Wilf and Andros were f***ing outstanding. Loftus-Cheek can play that game too.

Edited by chateauferret (14 Oct 2017 6.06pm)

 


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Bangell Flag Oxford 14 Oct 17 6.08pm Send a Private Message to Bangell Add Bangell as a friend

Wilf said in the interview that he and Townsend were up front, basically with the idea of one getting into the box whenever the other had the ball

 

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chris123 Flag hove actually 14 Oct 17 6.14pm Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

Originally posted by Bangell

Wilf said in the interview that he and Townsend were up front, basically with the idea of one getting into the box whenever the other had the ball

Pace - the best defenders on the planet struggle against pace. Wilf and Andros were outstanding.

 

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dreamwaverider Flag London 14 Oct 17 6.47pm Send a Private Message to dreamwaverider Add dreamwaverider as a friend

Whatever Roy has done to our players it was like they were supercharged.
Also looked like they ALL really wanted it.
So different to under FdB. He really set us back a long way.......like 7 defeats. The players under him looked so unhappy.
If we keep going like today we will zoom up the table.
To put it in perspective, if we had beaten Swansea, we would be above them now!!!

 

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matthau Flag South Croydon 14 Oct 17 7.03pm Send a Private Message to matthau Add matthau as a friend

Not sure if they all did. A few have spoken out for him since he left. McArthur for one. Think opinion was divided. Fdb worked out our weaker players v quickly... Beside puncheon anyway... And made them know about it.

Some would say bullying but a generation or two back that would be the norm.

Players played their hearts out against Burnley too... That wasn't the way a team plays to sack a manager.

 

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boo909 Flag Figeac 14 Oct 17 7.11pm Send a Private Message to boo909 Add boo909 as a friend

I'm now of the opinion that strikerless football is the new black.

 


Bangell - If Camus wrote The Myth of Sisyphus today, it would be about Jason Puncheon eternally trying and failing to pass with his right foot.

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boo909 Flag Figeac 14 Oct 17 7.12pm Send a Private Message to boo909 Add boo909 as a friend

Originally posted by matthau

Not sure if they all did. A few have spoken out for him since he left. McArthur for one. Think opinion was divided. Fdb worked out our weaker players v quickly... Beside puncheon anyway... And made them know about it.

Some would say bullying but a generation or two back that would be the norm.

Players played their hearts out against Burnley too... That wasn't the way a team plays to sack a manager.

And I think the way we played today was remarkably close to what FDB wanted.

 


Bangell - If Camus wrote The Myth of Sisyphus today, it would be about Jason Puncheon eternally trying and failing to pass with his right foot.

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