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| supercollider7 | Oct 27 2013, 09:48 PM Post #41 |
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Clichy is shit, yes. But the first goal is more Nastasic's fault. Defenders will get beaten now and then, and you need teammates to be there to cover. And Clichy didn't do too bad a job there, he showed Torres down the outside. Nastasic was slow to cover and then put in a rather half-hearted block. Schurrle's movement here is really clever though and it's what fools the centerbacks. At first he's coming up close to Nastasic and that's why Nastasic hesitates to cover for Clichy as he doesn't want to leave Schurrle open in the box. But then he peels away to the far post and Demichelles doesn't track him too well either. A bit of communication between the two CBs would've gone a long way. Schurrle was the only danger. Nastasic should've passed Schurrle on to his partner and dealt with Torres more effectively. The cross should've been cut off. |
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| cruyff_turn | Oct 27 2013, 09:53 PM Post #42 |
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Citeh really misses Kompany. |
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| supercollider7 | Oct 27 2013, 09:59 PM Post #43 |
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And speaking of Nastasic, clearly a talented CB but still has a lot to learn. Wasn't very comfortable dealing with high balls all day and maybe that played on Hart's mind when he let the ball bounce. And why does everyone think Fernandinho is so great? Because he cost 30m? And finally, Chelsea haven't been entirely convincing for me but they've played tougher fixtures than us and are only 2 points behind. Favorites at this point. |
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| cruyff_turn | Oct 27 2013, 10:02 PM Post #44 |
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I agree with all of this, especially on Fernandinho. Apparently at Shahktar he was given a lot more license to join the attack? Because he is clearly wasted holding. He's not a good tackler, doesn't seem to read the game very well defensively, and I haven't been impressed by his range of passing either. |
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| KamyFC | Oct 27 2013, 11:38 PM Post #45 |
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LOL. Wenger Style??? |
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| KamyFC | Oct 27 2013, 11:41 PM Post #46 |
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And he will conveniently be back in time when Citeh face us! |
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| phatosas | Oct 28 2013, 03:21 AM Post #47 |
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I think Hart is getting a little too much stick here. He probably was wrong to get out of his line but once he did, the defender has to leave the ball to allow the goalkeeper deal with the situation. That is where trust comes in, even if the goalie makes a mistake, the defender has to give him a chance to handle the situation. If the defender decides not to trust the goalkeeper, he has to make sure he completely deals with the situation which in this case would be to put the ball out for a corner kick with a far more assertive header. |
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| Deleted User | Oct 28 2013, 04:54 AM Post #48 |
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I just find it strange you mentioned only 0893 in relation to hijacking that 'match day thread', as he wasn't even the one who started the talk about liverpool, someone mentioned sturridge's goal and suarez hatrick and then 0893 added his own comments. |
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| cruyff_turn | Oct 28 2013, 09:01 AM Post #49 |
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The defender isn't even looking for the goalkeeper, because it's completely irrational that he came off his line. |
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| supercollider7 | Oct 28 2013, 09:03 AM Post #50 |
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Nah, the ball didn't have enough pace to reach the box. But yeah Hart could have come out and cleared it, however I think Nastasic, rightly had his eyes on the ball and was focused on dealing with it. Nastasic may have ignored Hart's call but Hart has put himself and his defender in a lot of trouble there and caused a lot of confusion. I think Hart is the one that needs to trust his defender to deal with it. Maybe he didn't trust him because Nastasic just isn't very good at dealing with those balls in general. And it he wasn't dealing with this one particularly well. But as Tim Howard said after the game, you have to let your defender defend in that situation. |
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