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 Plaistow Eagle  06 Dec 20 2.37pm |
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So we can attack and dominate possession when the shackles of Roy's defence first philosophy are removed - what a shock..!! OK they went to 10 men today but we showed what we can do when the players are allowed to express themselves in an offensive manner. I don't agree it's all about Zaha, IMO Eze was MOM today and Benteke was excellent - even without his goals he worked really hard and played well. Downside I thought both McArthur and Milo were very poor, McArthur doesn't seem to be able to run and any pace he had has just gone. We proved today we have a very talented squad full of excellent attacking players/options - that's what so frustrating when we just sit back, defend and just try and hit teams on the break. Don't want to put a negative spin on what is a great day and a really good performance, but just an honest appraisal from today. Meantime - COYP..!!
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| Spiderman Horsham 06 Dec 20 2.38pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
Baggies slightly the better side before the red card. PVA and Clyne they are often out of position, if you can get behind them as others will, it is a different thing altogether. Great to see Palace playing when they are allowed to. Agreed
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 06 Dec 20 2.46pm |
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I've just woken up. Did we have a match today?
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| Eaglecoops CR3 06 Dec 20 2.47pm |
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Originally posted by Plaistow Eagle
So we can attack and dominate possession when the shackles of Roy's defence first philosophy are removed - what a shock..!! OK they went to 10 men today but we showed what we can do when the players are allowed to express themselves in an offensive manner. I don't agree it's all about Zaha, IMO Eze was MOM today and Benteke was excellent - even without his goals he worked really hard and played well. Downside I thought both McArthur and Milo were very poor, McArthur doesn't seem to be able to run and any pace he had has just gone. We proved today we have a very talented squad full of excellent attacking players/options - that's what so frustrating when we just sit back, defend and just try and hit teams on the break. Don't want to put a negative spin on what is a great day and a really good performance, but just an honest appraisal from today. Meantime - COYP..!! Eze wasn’t in the game first half but I agree, superb second half especially when he started to play more centrally.
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| Tickled pink Cornwall 06 Dec 20 2.48pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
Baggies slightly the better side before the red card. PVA and Clyne they are often out of position, if you can get behind them as others will, it is a different thing altogether. Great to see Palace playing when they are allowed to. We were struggling badly and seemed to be really having problems with making space for ourselves in their half in order to move forward, we had other reasonable opportunities to score ourselves still though but yes WBA appeared to be getting themselves well on top and I was thinking our defending was very suspect again, given space in the second due to them being stretched was a surprise though, I don't think they played ten men at all well and allowed us too much time, the result will never be known with 11v11 so no one can say we would off struggled for the whole 90 which is what the stupid red cards do, they ruin it utterly and completely and take away the pleasure of winning or they kill the game as a spectacle. We are not clever at all in defence.
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| JRW2 Dulwich 06 Dec 20 2.53pm |
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Originally posted by Plaistow Eagle
Downside I thought both McArthur and Milo were very poor, McArthur doesn't seem to be able to run and any pace he had has just gone. Yes, the skipper didn't have a great game. But when did he last play well? And what's the matter with the man that he commits so many fouls? I'm probably in a minority of one here, but the colour red briefly passed through my mind when he got the yellow, especially after the West Brom red. But he wasn't the only culprit. In the last 10 minutes, when our play became pretty sloppy, we seemed to be giving away free kicks all over the pitch. By the way, where's Macarthy nowadays? Have I missed something?
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| Spiderman Horsham 06 Dec 20 2.55pm |
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Originally posted by Plaistow Eagle
So we can attack and dominate possession when the shackles of Roy's defence first philosophy are removed - what a shock..!! OK they went to 10 men today but we showed what we can do when the players are allowed to express themselves in an offensive manner. I don't agree it's all about Zaha, IMO Eze was MOM today and Benteke was excellent - even without his goals he worked really hard and played well. Downside I thought both McArthur and Milo were very poor, McArthur doesn't seem to be able to run and any pace he had has just gone. We proved today we have a very talented squad full of excellent attacking players/options - that's what so frustrating when we just sit back, defend and just try and hit teams on the break. Don't want to put a negative spin on what is a great day and a really good performance, but just an honest appraisal from today. Meantime - COYP..!! Agree about Luka and MacArthur. We really need to replace with a Gallagher type player
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| kevlee born Wandsworth emigrated to Lanc... 06 Dec 20 2.59pm |
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Major points for me.
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| Plaistow Eagle 06 Dec 20 3.03pm |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
Agree about Luka and MacArthur. We really need to replace with a Gallagher type player Agreed - don’t understand why Roy has dropped Jario from the starting XI also wonder if we’ll go back in for Flynn Downes in January. Meantime let’s enjoy today/the moment..!! COYP
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| Plaistow Eagle 06 Dec 20 3.23pm |
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Originally posted by JRW2
Yes, the skipper didn't have a great game. But when did he last play well? And what's the matter with the man that he commits so many fouls? I'm probably in a minority of one here, but the colour red briefly passed through my mind when he got the yellow, especially after the West Brom red. But he wasn't the only culprit. In the last 10 minutes, when our play became pretty sloppy, we seemed to be giving away free kicks all over the pitch. By the way, where's Macarthy nowadays? Have I missed something? Agreed - when did Milo last play well and I also agree was very lucky the ref didn't try and even things up with that challenge - if Pereira's petulant little kick at PVA was a Red, then so was Milo's challenge..!! COYP
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| peterg Anerley 06 Dec 20 4.32pm |
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We score four goals in 28 minutes - and Graham Misery Souness says afterwards "they were not great goals". He said that just after watching a replay of Wilf's brilliant shot that put us 2-1 up. Wilf's second and Tekker's second were pretty good goals too. Edited by peterg (06 Dec 2020 5.39pm)
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| The Dolphin 06 Dec 20 4.37pm |
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It was a great result but against ten men in a very poor side - I cannot see WBA surviving this season - they were really bad.
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