How are we going to buck the trend?

[TrianonDave]

It seems like there's a trend happening with us at the minute and the positive is only at home while away we fall apart. 3 to 4 goals for at VP and 3 to 4 when away. This tells its own story, something the tactician that is Emery, will have to work out! Why can we be polar opposites? What can he do today to buck the trend, well not play Olsen would be a good start and as we are away, drop the high line, we do not have the defenders to cope with this system, iys embarrassing to keep seeing Mings looking like Bambi.....pack the midfield and go 442 maybe with just Watkins and Bailey up front, Buendia struggles away from home so does Ings and forget McGinn, the eggs have stopped boiling there! Brighton are up there for a reason and we must stop their flowing play. 442 for me.
...................Em1
Cash..Konsa..Mings...Digne
JJ.....Donks...Kammy....Luiz
.........Bailey......Watkins

Thoughts....

[Exiledvillan]

1. Ball not sticking up top.

2. Too much fking around dribbling ourselves into trouble, in between mid and def.

3. None of the defence looks/is comfortable on the ball. Who else panics when we pass it along the back line? Hot potato syndrome.

1. Buy. We'll have to struggle on v Dippers and spuds, cos the ball will never stick to auld rubber boots, and the other lad don't look fit. Archer??

2. Play the fking ball, no overplaying in sh1tty areas.

3. Mix it up, we're too predictable at the back, Long and short. Hoof and pass, play and run.

[TrianonDave]

Agreed this passage of play between the keeper and defence resulting in a panicked hoof up to no-one is baffling. Got to stop, it makes me too nervous!

[TrianonDave]

Well we did it again within the 1st minute but recovered🙄 I think the players heard me scream. If that's how you have to play to get 3 points so be it. UTV

[westcountryvillain]

I really don't like the timewasting and sh1thousery that goes on but it now has to done otherwise the opposition have an advantage. Football is meant to be entertainment, football boots are like slippers these days so it's flippin' painful when you're trodden on but grown men behaving like they've been properly clattered gets right up my nose.