Our defence

[toonviking]

What the hell is going on there?

Thiaw, I dont know. I think hes been rather poor lately.

Ramsdale cant keep a clean sheet.

[Zippity]

I don't think the midfield are tracking the runners very well.

In terms of today, yes, Thiaw's positioning was poor, leading to the slip as he tried to reposition himself but the finish was good.

The free kick was a fantastic strike albeit Ramsdale left a huge gap to his right. It was so well struck, it might have beaten him anyway (although the replay showed his hand passing where the ball had been a fraction of a second previously so who knows).

[toonviking]

Were not going to win many games with this defence, thats for sure.

A center back should be on top of our shopping list.

[OwdBillCook]

I get what you mean, but I wasn't really all that concerned with what I saw. I thought Thiaw & Miley both played well for much of the game. Good to see Hall looking sharp for so long.
For me, much of the game was like 2 boxers trying to knock each other out instead of box clever. Midfield seemed wide open a lot of the time, so both defences struggled quite a bit.
Chelsea were like a different team in the 2nd half. The manager must have given them a real rocket at half time - they certainly deserved it. But we didn't just sit back and try to defend 2-0. There was a lot of end-to-end stuff, and either team could easily have scored throughout the half.
For me, it was a very entertaining match that we were unlucky to lose. I reckon that most times that game would have been a 3 pointer for us. But then I'm very much a glass-half-full man at heart!

[toonviking]

We draw when we play good, and lose when we play bad.

The table is tight, but for every game that goes by, its getting further and further up the table.

Its depressing but with the way we play, we are looking more and more like a bottom half team.

Cant really see any way out of this, with the personel we have available.

Next game is at Old Trafford. Man Us attacking game has really picked up lately, so I think thats another loss for us there. Just hope it doesent get too ugly.

[5under1and]

A slip can happen to the best player but Ramsdale has let us down again we need a good goalkeeper in this transfer window what was he doing so far left of the goal
Can’t believe that we only got a point from that game so many good opportunities missed could have been 5 at half time let alone the penalty and Barnes miss

[Jammy89]

I think Ramsdale is showing he's not the answer we hoped for.

We need an upgrade on him and Pope.

Knowing what we're like, I suspect we'll go back in for Trafford from City.

[toonviking]

Trafford is not what we need.

8-10 clubs have better keepers than us.

[Jammy89]

Trafford is not what we need.

8-10 clubs have better keepers than us.

I don't disagree to be honest but I know what we and Eddie are like - how many times have we gone back for players.

[toptoon]

Right lads - get the razor blades out and start slitting.
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