Tactics and Excuses

[DownThePlughole66]

The following comments featured in this evening's LANCS LIVE just about “sum up” MY feelings this evening.
Fiona J Biltcliffe
@theAltphotog
Replying to @AlexJamesSport
Fast becoming a joke - pity the new players & why does he keep playing Barnes - fast losing my respect for Dyche - in capable of change, trusting
players who are past their best not up to standard for this league
2:07 PM · Sep 18, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
Maxwel Cornet
Greeted like the Messiah when he came on and showed what he can bring with a lively display 8
Matej Vydra
Joined the fray early and was caught in possession to lead to an Arsenal counter but showed his threat by winning penalty that was overturned

I am sure that these will be followed at some point by-[ the shape was right-the results will come-good determination-momentum] from Sean Dyche.
One comment which to some extent went under the radar this week, was after the new Sean Dyche contract signing (Now the contract has been signed I hope it will encourage some of the players whose contracts are entering the final year to commit)-most of them we should be looking to move on!
Brighton-Leeds-Everton-Arsenal despite all the puffing and blowing should have yielded 12 points and in the Liverpool game we weren't far away from 1.
Seans excuse for not introducing Cornet against Everton was-not fully on board with his English -break him in slowly-don't want to put him under too much pressure yet.
Last season Cornet was playing in the Champions League for goodness sake! If Cornets English wasn't up to scratch then put an interpreter on the bench! Priceless,all of it
boule longue en morceaux jusqu'au bois (loosely translated lump long ball up to Wood)

My hope for the season was:
1. to survive whilst hoping the Premier League provided another three “whipping boys” worse than we are-not confident any more.
2.Sean to “run down” his contract whilst scraping through once again and leave with his reputation and dignity intact at the end of the season- now won't happen.
Sorry if that upsets a lot of people, as whilst I agree the manager has not been sufficiently supported in past transfer windows his "stubbornness and player loyalty will result in relegation"

Against Everton,once again everyone could see what was happening.
Solution-withdraw Barnes and Gudjonsson,switch McNeill to the right and introduce Cornet to provide impetus and Pieters to stiffen the midfield.
Follow up with Vydra who should have been in the starting line up

Seans answer: Lennon and Rogriguez
I rest my casea