What are we afraid of? We’ve seen how La Real defends.
We have no major injuries, and this is the Sevilla we get? This is a title contender?
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Nothing’s working - Bono is our best player so far this season, this alone tells a lot!
Bring in Oscar and Ocampos, let’s try to play some god damn football in the second half. We’re extremely pathetic this way, it’s unwatchable.
The penalty was 50-50 but Lahoz is not at fault to give it, DC is notorious for causing stupid penalties, just like Vitolo was notorious for diving.
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This is a relegation-avoiding contender at best.
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I keep believing we turn this around, but to be honest I am hardheaded it won’t happen this time. A magical clutch ball on Rafa Mirs head? Nesyri pulling something out of the sleeve? Oscar shooting from distance? If Anything it’s probably pure luck.
Normally watching a bad team, I start imaging how will they even be able to score a goal? Bad feeling, that is actually us right now…
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Bono saved us first half. Again we were underwhelming but at least we kept them out albeit with some luck and Bono heroics.
The problem for me at the moment is too much sloppy passing and lack of cohesion. This has to change fast because we can’t keep starting games this poorly. We need doing it every match bar the first game against Rayo.
I hope we improve 2nd half and so far this season this has been the trend. I hope raise the level because this just isn’t good enough in an attacking sense. We have to try make the most of the fact they didn’t punish us first half. I’d get rakitic off as he on a yellow and bring Oscar on. Need more pace in the midfield too.
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Another poor performance so far. Been the story of our season to date.
We look toothless going forward and can’t keep possession. There’s just nothing and we’ve been limited to long range efforts. Sociedad comfortably the better side and we’re very lucky not to be behind. Bono is the reason why we’re not losing after his save from the penalty and Isak chance.
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Absolutely not @Niller we’re just playing the Lopetegui plan which appears to be to rob La Real later in the game. We’ve withstood everything they’ve thrown against us and the only real danger has been what we have created (against ourselves)
That doesn’t mean I don’t have complaints …
We haven’t transitioned out of defence well.
Some players are just not themselves at the moment.
Delaney is disappointing and Rakitic is on a yellow, so that’s a problem.
Acuña isn’t the same player this season.
The penalty problem is not a statistical blip, we have a problem. If you discount the 2 questionable penalties it still leave 2 clear penalties in 2 games … so that’s not over yet.
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I know Lope likes his 4-3-3 but I’m not sure the personnel on hand is optimal for that. I look at Bayern’s 4-2-3-1 and think Sevilla’s roster would be optimal in that formation. A strong back 4, depth to rotate the 2 in front of the back 4 who can also provide offensive impetus, Papu playing behind the lone striker since we only have two.
We’re not getting the same offensive push from Acuna and Navas, maybe we’ve asked them to run a lot of miles over the past year…
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He’s listened to you bro. Oscar and ocampos coming on haha
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well there’s our best attack of the game. (and it wasnt that great… but at least not bad). tho it came out of a rapid counter/transition. we didn’t really play out the back, we just forced a turnover and coutnered.
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I missed the first half, saw that Bono saved a penalty. Who do you think has played the best so far, bar Bono?
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that’s it. that’s the entire list
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much brighter starting out this half. for sure.
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Good cross and decent chance as ocampos heads wide from a Navas cross
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I imagine that’s is the first page of Lopes tactical presentation: ‘First half = be bad, preferrably worse than the other team. Second half = be good.’
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That is the plan but it isn’t working even with 3 changes LOL
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Sociedad are all over us like a rash again, quite some testicles you’ve got there Lopetegui.
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There’s gotta be a late Sevilla goal here. Every Real substitution is a downgrade.
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Rekik?? What is Lopetgui on? Why are we playing for a draw
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Rekik for Papu?! Lope’s lost the plot.
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