Damn..has hazard been rubbish or what

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Aug 29 2015, 11:34 PM

Falcaaaaaoooooooooooooo

Iva's side again.

Hahaha hazard. Deserves to be benched by Kenedy for the next game. Pathetic. Just like Fabregas. Lack of competition has made them lazy and complacent.

Hard to believe Jose is still a devout practitioner of his senseless 'untouchables' policy,whereby if you're favoured in one way or another,you can play 90 mins of rubbish and still start the next match.

And those useless longballs into the box when we were chasing the game..come on..there were like 5 minutes+ for us to go for a more measured approach and clearly those useless punts upfield were going nowhere.

2 losses already. At this rate we might be battling for fourth in no time.

Agree with the general tone of analysis here,the main positives were kenedy and falcao,to a certain extent RLC as well. Kenedy has such an assured touch and confidence on the ball,he simply has to be given more chances this season. If he doesn't start most of our cup games,he may as well pack his bags for vitesse and demand to leave in january.

Jose needs to drop the untouchables policy real fast,as it's obvious the late pre-season and those matches played with a man down are beginning to take their toll. We don't need to be expert physios to tell either.

The most glaring of those changes that need to be made are obviously ivanovic,and I'd put hazard's name in there too. Replacing their positions in the team with 'untested' players such as kenedy and baba might just be the wake-up call that they need.

Pedro's directness again results in a goal,and maybe we need to go back to keeping things simple i.e; drilling accurate high and low crosses into the box rather than replicate our slow-mo useless passing game in and around the box. Let's forget about all that pretty ineffective dilly-dallying and teach our wide players to cross early,see where that gets us while we rebuild our confidence from there.

Wow. It seems Swansea secured a real bargain with andre ayew. Goal and an assist vs united,and he plays like he's been in the epl for years.

But then again if he comes here,he'll probably warm the bench 99% of the time,as he's not part of the untouchable brigade.

Haha was about to mention the same thing!u missed out on another 'interesting' observation though: when in desperation,screw everything and start hitting those long balls!

What's your take on the cesc + matic combo working wonders last season?I noticed fab's workrate has dropped considerably, and this puts a lot of pressure on matic. As a result,once the opposing team bypasses our strongest DM in matic,the back four will suddenly be in huge trouble.

I like RLC's strength and finesse on the ball,I say we try him alongside matic and see how he performs. Both strong, technical and hardworking players to protect our aging backline.

Remember how Didier would complain once in awhile,and when it lands on deaf ears,he'll proceed to pummel the opposition defenders to submission,usually resulting in a goal or an assist?that's the kind of attitude Costa needs to survive the epl.king drogs truly was a one of a kind striker/bulldozer who could break down even the best of defenses and we sorely miss his unpredictability in tight matches.

Song actually is a great shout. I think we were linked with him earlier in the window,but decided against making a bid as we didn't expect the team to have such an awful start. Verrati is special but psg will probably brush off all offers.

Perfect timing for an international break,strange as that may sound.hopefully oscar will be back vs everton and the rest of the squad get their heads back in the game,while Jose rings some changes in the middle and especially at the back.

Bahhh Iva with his awful crossing ability again

Linesman sleeping?Naismith shouldn't be on the pitch after that disgusting kickout at Iva! Sheesh.

Who let in the cross again?yep you guessed it. You know it kind of seems like Jose is trying to get himself fired..sigh.

Iva will be the death of Jose this season. I think that's the most likely outcome. Too stubborn to change his ways,Roman won't stand for this much longer,me thinks.

Disgusting tackle from jagielka and likewise with the Naismith incident. Nothing new. But that's only half of the problem,unfortunately.our defense is non-existent and our right flank is rubbish.

Matiiiiicccccccc!!!!!!!that's why we need more bloody shots from outside the box!!!!

Ball was drifting out for a goalkick,Iva was shielding it from him. As it trickled out,Naismith lashed out at Iva in frustration. What annoys me is it was so friggin obvious,but officials seem to be stoned or something.

Kenedy!!! This is more like it.

Dirty everton crying over decisions not going their way.leeeeeellll

Yep Jose looks like he could use a hug from his bestfriend Iva