I don’t think any of us can explain that abysmal performance on Wednesday, sh*t, I don’t think even Jürgen knows, all we can do is keep giving our support and perhaps even enhance it where possible, it’s not as if the boys set out to deliberately play like they did is it ?
I think we will come out of this even stronger, for this is the lowest feeling I’ve had since Jürgen came in, so how must the lads feel, they know they were sh*te, they know they let Jürgen down, they know they let us down, and perhaps more importantly they let themselves down, and as professional athletes that will hurt more than anything, or it should do !
No one is making excuses, that’s our starter for ten, my take on it is this, that first KO against Fulham has been the only time we’ve been able to field our strongest X1, when we got caught with our pants down by a excellent Fulham side who wanted it more than we did,
Next up was Palace where Nat partnered Virgil, Milner with Fabinho & Nunez made his short lived Prem debut,
From that point on(not blaming Darwin) we have in a word been sh*te, then the MUtants discovered they could play football and were basically taught a lesson, it’s this game that for me was truly troubling, we just didn’t seem that bothered, and again the opposition wanted it more, were we too complacent against one of our main rivals ? F**k knows but apart from the ‘Mouth’ result which now looks freakish at best, we simply haven’t been at the races
A last, the very last second’s Carv won us the three points V Newcastle but again we weren’t our usual selves, we drew with that sh*te across the park next, then that anomaly on Wednesday,
All the while trying to integrate a new angle on the system 99% of those played are ingrained in, in hindsight maybe just maybe Jürgen should have held back until everyone was fit before changing anything, but we can’t afford to wait, so we have to go with what you have available and perhaps in time the change you want to make will happen gradually, in short we are in kind of mini transition,
Does that excuse our lacklustre performances no does it F**k, but it certainly didn’t help not having everyone available that’s for sure,
I think it’s safe to say we have all calmed down now, i was ready to throw two or three under the bus after Wednesday tbh, and if we did have a fully fit match day squad for the Wolverines on Saturday I’d be making some drastic changes, complacency is a poison no one sees coming, and maybe one or two feel their place in the side is irreplaceable, so time to bang some heads together me thinks, and this how I’d go about it, hypothetically of course……
In a 4-2-3-1….. Alisson
Ramsey Matip Konate Robbo(c)
Fabinho Bajcetic
Elliot Thiago Diaz
Jota
Bench ; Kelleher, Trent, Virgil, Kostas, Bobby, Carvhalo, Jones, Mo, Nunez
Notice, not many 30 year old’s aside from Matip, Fabinho & Thiago, a blend of youth and experience is a good mixture and balance is important too, you’ll see we have new blood at rwb, with Ramsey and I’ve been impressed with young lad Bajcetic, started off as a CB but has since moved up into midfield, he can both defend well and be handy going forward linking up play, the front four speak for themselves, the bench is pretty impressive me thinks with plenty of experience and with the five sub rule we will see plenty of rotation,
We’ve definitely lost our mojo and we need to get it back as soon as humanly possible, these kick up the arse excercise’s are to remind the players that your only borrowing the shirt, it’s not yours to keep, and that no one player owns their particular position, and that means EVERYONE,
Perfection would be to have two high quality individuals vying for the same position, we don’t really have that tbh but we’re not too far away, anyhoo, that’s my take on banging heads and arse kickings,
We have to try something else don’t we, otherwise we are in danger of stagnation and we certainly don’t want that to happen do we ??
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