12 Aug 2017 22:48:56
Just don't get this talk of refreshing football, entertaining, so different from last season. We had many, many chances to win that game today but in the first half had one effort on goal. The second half they parked the bus and we huffed and puffed but couldn't score.

Get real people no goals again at home, not good enough. The team played well but three players in particular were poor today in particular JWP who still looks less than a top class player. Redmond runs around like a maniac with no end product and Gabbiadini who just couldn't get in to the game. Bertrand was outstanding but apart from that the rest played ok but ran out of ideas.

We played a very average team today and if we don't put away these chances created we will get beaten more often than not. Our record of not scoring at home is shortly going to enter the record books which to be honest is just a disgrace and I think the excuses have just about run out.

1.) 13 Aug 2017
13 Aug 2017 00:01:30
So, was it as bad as last year?
Lots of posters wanted Puel out due to the style of play. And in seasons past we have often struggled to get through a parked bus.
Comments from spectators today we're that the style of play was much better, but maybe another signing, a number 10 maybe, is needed.
I think Gabiadini instead of Tadic and Austin up front is an option.

2.) 13 Aug 2017
13 Aug 2017 07:27:28
Chris I take it you were at the game. I wasn't but watched it on TV. I thought JWP had a good game. Gabbiadini didn't look that great to me. I've said in the past that I don't think he is everything everyone keeps going on about. Would have preferred to start Austin from the beginning. I do agree with you about Redmond though.
It was much better football to watch. We created 28 attempts on goal during the match to Swanseas 4.
We need to learn to convert them.

3.) 13 Aug 2017
13 Aug 2017 09:04:12
Play Boufal from the start in place of jwp and put Gabbi behind Austin. So they can interchange and work together that's what we need.

4.) 13 Aug 2017
13 Aug 2017 09:18:59
Cyprus as always I was at the game and yes we did create a lot of chances but only had 2 on target in the whole match. That is not good enough especially for a home game, you would hope for more than that away from home. Believe me JWP had a poor game, caught in possession a few times and no strength to hold the opposition off. Blew two clear cut chances from crosses in the first half, if you are supposed to be as good as people make him out to be he has to do better, he is well known for his crossing ability at set pieces but yesterday couldn't clear the first man on two or three occasions. He was substituted with 20 minutes to go. Other people may have seen his performance differently but I thought he was the poorest player on the pitch yesterday.

5.) 13 Aug 2017
13 Aug 2017 10:36:05
I think it's time for Tadic to be dropped. He slows things down so much and takes all the speed out of our counter attacks.

6.) 13 Aug 2017
13 Aug 2017 11:58:15
One thing which Puel hardly did last season and MP doesn't look like doing is playing 2 up top. Gabs is good at holding up play. He can't run at defenders I'd wanna see two players up front and see if there's a difference. Gabs and long possibly. I don't rate long but him playing Gabs could be affective and if we do sign Vietto thathe could.
We've got a big squad but I'm not convinced MPZ knows the best formation yet. Saying that he's new to the Prem new, doesn't know his team.

7.) 13 Aug 2017
13 Aug 2017 12:56:50
I watched the game, thought we dominated well. If we play like that the goals will come, have faith. Looking forward to seeing Lemina in our team, I think we have to just credit Swansea tbf as they defended very well. On another day we could've had two pens and Tadic/ Yoshida finish the sitters they missed but it wasn't one of those days.

8.) 13 Aug 2017
13 Aug 2017 16:46:25
Thought Prowsey had a great first half yesterday, second half he could influence the game as much due to them parking the bus. Thought he played well further forward.

9.) 14 Aug 2017
14 Aug 2017 09:58:24
I thought it was just a carbon copy of most games from last season. If they'd have panned the camera and Puel on the touchline, it wouldn't have registered. We only ever have one natural finisher on the field at once, and then hardly ever get the ball to them.

Redmond is great, until he thinks about shooting, then he panics. He needs some mental training to get him to maintain composure when shooting.