03 Nov 2025 16:06:21
We can blame whomever for everything that's wrong with the club after a loss. Farke messed up with this or that during the game, the 49er's messed up buying players in the window. Certain players are not PL caliber - the list goes on and on, and given this is soap-box it will continue, as we collectively banter about our much loved club.
But, to me, the really worrying trend I've seen in games, and I've mentioned it before, is the retreating into our own half, and letting the opposition play and control the ball and the game. I don't know where it comes from, but it seems like the entire team telepathically get the same message and lay down tools. When we should be doing the opposite. Don't know who's at fault, for that but it's never been in our DNA to do it, so where's it coming from, the players, the manager or both!
03 Nov 2025 19:00:35
I think what looks like going into defensive mode is more the opposition stepping up their attack especially the games against Bournemouth and West Ham when they were chasing the game at the end.
The more concerning part for me is our passing, sometimes like against Brighton it can be so bad at times. The problem with poor passing also is that it usually leads to giving the ball away and a counter attack ensues with attempts on our goal.
Farke’s instruction to the players at half time was to make faster passing a more rapid and fluid play. It really went the opposite, you could see Rodon trying to tell the players to speed it up.
Don’t think the message was being absorbed. They really need to perk it up a bit when we go to Forest and I fully expect them to exactly do that.