Good_Eye_Sniper wrote:Come on guys, the deflecting statements and calls for calm are wearing a bit thin now.
Yes, we were already through
Yes, it was a squad side
Yes, etc, etc, etc
But don't you think these continual poor performances are some cause for concern?
I damn well do!
I'm concerned. I've been thinking maybe we need a solid CDM and we'd be sorted, but lately I've been thinking that we may need much more than that. I know our injuries are bad (seems to be a theme the last few years), but nobody is playing well. It shocks me to see us passing so bad, how did we go from one of the best passing teams last year, to where we're at now? It makes me think that maybe we played a little above ourselves for most of last year, cause you wouldn't think that just losing Hleb and Flamini would cause us to lose that much passing ability. I do think we miss Hleb much more than most think, and I said this earlier. Although Nasri is a great player, we still miss that player that can keep possession and pull out a slick pass, Nasri isn't as good at that as Hleb was, thats why Hleb was so valuable to us I thought, especially since teams seem to be snapping at our heals a lot lately. Another major problem is our defense on the counter attack, in a nutshell it sucks, we're real shaky, and I noticed that we have no pace at the back except Clichy, Gallas is slow, Tweety is slow, and Djourou although he has been playing well is not that fast either. And with the style of play we have that is a major problem since we have to defend the counter attack a lot.
A couple of bright spots for me were when Gibbs and lil Jack came on. Gibbs looked real confident on the wing, had some good touches, and controlled the ball well (maybe he should stay in that position), and of course Jack looked like a threat once again.