Goonerz wrote:Callum wrote:Goonerz wrote:Emery is starting to p!ss me off.
Too pragmatic.
I expected us to go for it. Play Laca, Auba, Pepe, Ceballos in the middle and Play Torreira too.
I am expected us to go all out and test ourselves against a very good Liverpool team.
And we would have lost 6-0.
So what is the point of football anyway?
How are we going to be able to test ourselves if all we do is have this loser mentality of (better lose 3-1 than 6-0). I just hate the after-feeling of “What would’ve been?”.
So you are trying to tell me that we basically went into this Liverpool game with that mentality of “Let’s not lose 6-0. Let’s just keep the score down and then pat ourselves on the back for losing 3-1 and not 5-0??”
Man, that is depressing. What is the point of buying and having £50 million, £60 million and £70 million rated attacking players when we are just happy with Watford kind of mentality?
When should we expect to play to our strengths?, against the likes of Burnley or against the likes of Liverpool?
We are so bad at defending, even if we go 6 at the back we still struggle or lose. I say lets play to our strengths like the likes of City, Liverpool, Spuds do. The problem I see with this “over respecting our opponents” is that our mentality will suffer in the long run as the players will feel like we are not good enough. The opposition will keep feeling emboldened looking at the way we play like scared cowards.
I have so many question. I just don’t like going into each and every big game frustrated by our boring tactics that hardly ever work anyway then come out thinking “May be we should have gone for it”..
@ the Goonerz 1st comment
3rd Game of the Season...
3RD GAME OF THE 38 EPL game Season
& you wanted to See ALL OUR GUNS BLAZING.... Honestly I did too!!!
Auba, Laca, Pepe
Torreira + [NOT CACA]
Sokratis Luiz etc....
I would have Loved to see this...with Bellerin & Kerian FIT..
But on the 3rd Game in a 38 game EPL Season, where OUR ONLY TARGET...is to Seriously try to make that TOP4
It Makes NO SENSE PLAYING ALL OUR ACES...fit & not 100% Fit, against the BEST IN THE WORLD, UCL Winners Liverpool!
If we Started Torreira...could have lost him for a Good Chunk of the season.
[XHAKA is 100% Expendable...when Torre is Fit Xhaka will guard Ozil on the Bench!]
If we Started Laca...could have lost him for a Good Chunk of the season.
[Laca is Not Expendable, & neither He nor Auba has DEFEATED Van Dyke so giving the now fit lad Pepe a chance was Proven worth it & JUSTIFIED!]
If we Started the 3 up top & Torreira ..... I wanted to see that...Honestly...I wanted to see that.
Emery though we would be TOO EXPOSED...& I don't know IF Torreira & Laca are 100...he does
Reguardless....Emery is Learning from his Mistakes of last season!
PROB: Playing Cap Kos while not 100% Recovered from his injury because even UNFIT CAP KOS ....is MILES BETTER...THAN
SKODRAN...MUSTAFISOLVED: MUSTAFI Show the Door with EXTREME PREDUDICE!!! Not even given 1 GAME in the Prem!! Publicly SHAMED ! SHAME ! SHAME!
PROB: Player Not 100% FIT...[CAP KOS]...but Player played & Injury Exacerbated, Not given Proper Time to Heal, Plays through Pain whole season..Player Goes on Strike!
SOLVED:
ANY PLAYER NOT 100% FIT -Emery-...GYM-SUB10min.....SUB30mins....maybe Halftime sub45mins....THEN.... START..& go from there!
He's Used this tactic with
LACA, PEPE & TORREIRA to 1) To protect them from a re-occurrence of Injury!
2) Protect the TEAM & Squad from Missing these guys for more than HALF of this season!
3) Were already got 3 young INJURED AF Defenders 'Coming Back' in OCTOBER...already missing
1/3 or the 38 games....we can't afford to LOSE anybody else.
4) Players 100% FIT...THEY WILL PLAY...AVOID INJURY...& ZERO STRIKES!
I'll continue to try to defend the manager while he's our coach!
I'll continue to look for the positives, becuase they are There & we are moving Foward..a bit, I like most what he's doing...
I have NO DEFENSE for his use of Xhaka..I only HOPE it's until Torreira is 100%FIT.
If Torreira is 100% FIT & he still plays Xhaka in the next 10 games..I dont see us going anywhere & Emery will have to
LEAVE after missing TOP4 AGAIN