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Post by lymehoop on Aug 10, 2019 7:29:52 GMT
looked dreadful last night, especially in defence. Makes you think, it was only a few months ago when we were humiliated there. The step up to the Premiership is enormous  |
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Post by West Acton on Aug 10, 2019 7:48:39 GMT
Was great viewing seeing them getting humped
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Post by Tarbie on Aug 10, 2019 10:22:17 GMT
I thought they passed it about well going forward. Bit naive to think they could go play that way at Liverpool and get something out the game though.
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Post by hubble on Aug 10, 2019 10:33:17 GMT
It is a big step up, but an even bigger step to be playing the European Champions at home! Lambs to the slaughter first half. Thought the powers that be did something weird at the start of the second half to alter the space-time continuum in order to give Norwich a chance (obviously they pretended it was some kind of problem with the refs' headpieces). Shame, as I was looking forward to another 4 goals going into the carrot-crunchers' net. Have to admit they looked quite sharp second half though and Pukki showed he can do it at the highest level.
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Post by 1qprdk on Aug 10, 2019 16:34:19 GMT
Strange one that Pukki fella. He was banging them in for Brøndby here in the Danish top flight, but I would never have thought he would reach the level he is currently at. And to think the 6 fingered bumpkins got him on a free...  |
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Post by esoxlucius on Aug 10, 2019 19:26:41 GMT
Strange one that Pukki fella. He was banging them in for Brøndby here in the Danish top flight, but I would never have thought he would reach the level he is currently at. And to think the 6 fingered bumpkins got him on a free... He has some of the best movement off the ball of any player currently playing in England. |
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Post by shepherdsmush on Aug 12, 2019 9:41:07 GMT
looked dreadful last night, especially in defence. Makes you think, it was only a few months ago when we were humiliated there. The step up to the Premiership is enormous To be fair they were playing the 2nd best team in the country away from home where they haven't lost in almost a year |
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Post by Tarbie on Aug 12, 2019 9:58:42 GMT
looked dreadful last night, especially in defence. Makes you think, it was only a few months ago when we were humiliated there. The step up to the Premiership is enormous To be fair they were playing the 2nd best team in the country away from home where they haven't lost in almost a year All the more reason to keep things tight, at least for the first half. They were set up to play expansive football away from home at one of the 2 top sides in Europe, in front of the Sky TV cameras on the first game of the season. I admire their confidence but it was very naive. You just knew within minutes of kick off that it was gonna be a big defeat for them. |
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Post by davieqpr on Aug 12, 2019 9:59:07 GMT
Norwich seem to have taken the route of not spending any money and accepting they will get relegated but securing their financial future.
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Post by shepherdsmush on Aug 12, 2019 10:54:30 GMT
To be fair they were playing the 2nd best team in the country away from home where they haven't lost in almost a year All the more reason to keep things tight, at least for the first half. They were set up to play expansive football away from home at one of the 2 top sides in Europe, in front of the Sky TV cameras on the first game of the season. I admire their confidence but it was very naive. You just knew within minutes of kick off that it was gonna be a big defeat for them. They lost by less than Arsenal and Barcelona did last season (and plenty of others). Personally admire that they gave it a go because let's face it, they were always going to lose. |
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Post by Tarbie on Aug 12, 2019 11:59:27 GMT
All the more reason to keep things tight, at least for the first half. They were set up to play expansive football away from home at one of the 2 top sides in Europe, in front of the Sky TV cameras on the first game of the season. I admire their confidence but it was very naive. You just knew within minutes of kick off that it was gonna be a big defeat for them. They lost by less than Arsenal and Barcelona did last season (and plenty of others). Personally admire that they gave it a go because let's face it, they were always going to lose. You never know though mate. Odd things can happen (red cards, individual errors etc.). My mindset would be to keep things tight for at least 45 mins and try not to give much away. If you want to throw caution to the wind, save that for the closing stages. I suppose the odds were always stacked against them winning, but Liverpool drew plenty of games they should have won last season. It's also worth bearing in mind the damage a drubbing can do to the confidence of a team. I'm sure Frank Lampard woke up this morning wishing he'd kept things tight at Old Trafford yesterday and walked away with a 1-0 defeat. Instead he tried to play them off the park, Chelsea weren't close to being good enough to do that, they've got thumped and the pressure is on him from weekend 1 of the season! |
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Post by Corbray on Aug 12, 2019 12:01:10 GMT
Norwich seem to have taken the route of not spending any money and accepting they will get relegated but securing their financial future. think thats the better route imo, like burnley or bournemouth. stick with the backbone of your squad and improve gradually. as we've seen with qpr and fulham wholesale changes don't work and can cause years of damage |
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