Intensity

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Yes, but I think it's called tiredness.
And last bit Yes again we should get another game into him till the season ends.

Not sure it’s tiredness Oz - they can run when they need to but we seem to be increasingly reactive and not constantly buzzing around teams with our press.

When we have the ball we don’t seem to make as many runs to be the spare player.

Maybe it’s just teams have figured out how to stifle us more and we don’t yet have the extra quality to unlock that new puzzle. Hey ho

[WTF11]

Not sure it’s tiredness Oz - they can run when they need to but we seem to be increasingly reactive and not constantly buzzing around teams with our press.

When we have the ball we don’t seem to make as many runs to be the spare player.

Maybe it’s just teams have figured out how to stifle us more and we don’t yet have the extra quality to unlock that new puzzle. Hey ho

STOP IT!!!! It's NOT TIREDNESS!!!! Pete is spot on, its passion and commitment, and today our 1st team players, who turn out week in week out to play on the PL showed absolutely none of either. They couldn't be tired because they never broke sweat!

"They can run when they need to".......and so they didn't need to run today, because I never saw anything that could be called a "run" more a stagger, or a fall, or a stumble, nothing remotely resembling what we KNOW these same players are capable of.

About time our head coach started to call a spade a spade, instead of suggesting that todays result generates "sadness and disappointment" rather than shame and embarrassment. Truth hurts, time the players made some sacrifices.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

STOP IT!!!! It's NOT TIREDNESS!!!! Pete is spot on, its passion and commitment, and today our 1st team players, who turn out week in week out to play on the PL showed absolutely none of either. They couldn't be tired because they never broke sweat!

"They can run when they need to".......and so they didn't need to run today, because I never saw anything that could be called a "run" more a stagger, or a fall, or a stumble, nothing remotely resembling what we KNOW these same players are capable of.

About time our head coach started to call a spade a spade, instead of suggesting that todays result generates "sadness and disappointment" rather than shame and embarrassment. Truth hurts, time the players made some sacrifices.

Agree it is not tiredness - that was what i was trying to say. I think there is a malaise which may in part be due to believing the hype.

Bamford always puts in a shift and typically Alioski. Dallas and Ayling too.

Some of the others seem to have days where the intensity and desire to get there first or make the difference isn’t there.

I really like Phillips and Klich but in the last few months they both have days when they are shadows of what we know they can do.

I can see why Wolves were so eager to off load Costa - he has skill and talent but seems so frail too often or just not aggressive enough with or without the ball. With his speed and skill he should be skinning players and driving to the goal area.

I wish Bielsa would follow Mourinho’s simple formula to first team squads sometimes - I need two good players in each position - but we know he won’t and we need patience whilst the quality of players is upgraded season by season if we can stay up.

[WTF11]

Agree it is not tiredness - that was what i was trying to say. I think there is a malaise which may in part be due to believing the hype.

Bamford always puts in a shift and typically Alioski. Dallas and Ayling too.

Some of the others seem to have days where the intensity and desire to get there first or make the difference isn’t there.

I really like Phillips and Klich but in the last few months they both have days when they are shadows of what we know they can do.

I can see why Wolves were so eager to off load Costa - he has skill and talent but seems so frail too often or just not aggressive enough with or without the ball. With his speed and skill he should be skinning players and driving to the goal area.

I wish Bielsa would follow Mourinho’s simple formula to first team squads sometimes - I need two good players in each position - but we know he won’t and we need patience whilst the quality of players is upgraded season by season if we can stay up.

We're not bad enough to get relegated, I honestly believe that. But neither do we have either the squad to get us above mid-table, nor a coach who has the state of mind that makes him capable of dictating to our owner as to what is required (yes, I mean that) or flexible enough to exploit the investments made in the younger squads. He will cope with what he gets, and do miracles in making a silk purse from a sows ear at 1st team level, but doing what Klopp, Mourinho, Arteta, and a couple of others do, nope.

[Billyni]

We're not bad enough to get relegated, I honestly believe that. But neither do we have either the squad to get us above mid-table, nor a coach who has the state of mind that makes him capable of dictating to our owner as to what is required (yes, I mean that) or flexible enough to exploit the investments made in the younger squads. He will cope with what he gets, and do miracles in making a silk purse from a sows ear at 1st team level, but doing what Klopp, Mourinho, Arteta, and a couple of others do, nope.

The way I see it. Relegation is really out of our hands.
There’s only one way we are going to play, every game.
It’s in the hands of how our opponents wish to play against us.
It’s either a 5-2 win or a 5-2 loss.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Think we may have tried to change our style a bit as we don’t seem to press as high up the pitch or with such intensity against Park the bus sides and maybe we are the poorer for it- who knows!

[Billyni]

The way I see it. Relegation is really out of our hands.
There’s only one way we are going to play, every game.
It’s in the hands of how our opponents wish to play against us.
It’s either a 5-2 win or a 5-2 loss.

Now the only one way we know how to play, has deserted us too.