Richmondfox

Nothing has really changed from the pre season games where he just playing players out of position and justifying it as giving them game time. This rolled on into the season along with bizarre tactics and player choices, no in game management and subs often too late to change the game. Leaving attacking players on the bench and replacing them with other attacking players out of position, then filling that gap with Ndidi. He struggles to do the basics yet Cooper expects him to have the ability in moments and positions that require intelligence, skill and/or finesse. Somehow he sets them up to be defensive by not being attacking, yet at the same time having no defensive structure.

Defence stood there watching and let him cross, zero intelligence or instincts yet he’ll play again next week. Cooper and his yes men staff are onto a good grift.

This tactic of playing out the back for Okoli to pass poorly to no one isn’t working.

Whole team camping in our defence and we still play the tactic of Justin moving across and leaving the LW open and almost playing him on when he reacts late.

Ndidi stinking that attack out by passing short backwards when he could’ve just ran forward himself. The guy is brain dead in attack.

Okoli shouldn’t be starting our attacks as he’s too slow at making decisions and poor passing.

Useless defending again. Just clear it.

Ndidi needs to switch his brain on or be put out to pasture.

He hasn’t got the pace or energy to spend the whole game closing down. I don’t mean it as a slight on the legend. He has no support and the midfield is useless leaving huge gaps.

Okoli who has been poor passing out from the back of late, Vardy who stands and points and Ndidi who jogs around watching people float by and then in the counter attack has a brain freeze. Winks will be frustrated with the playing out if the back of it bypasses him, which has been the case when Okoli was in. Soumare get in his way and offer no defence until he tackles from behind in the box.

I might take my dog for a walk in the cold and rain instead. It will more enjoyable.

Soumare to man mark Palmer out of the game with his work rate and awareness

Exactly, we have plenty of other players he can play out of position. Wilf always looks tired around 60 mins and just floats around defending like Soumare, yet Cooper runs him ragged.

Can’t we just park the bus as Enzo has no plan B. We have disciplined defenders and then Ndidi and Ayew can hit them on the break with their speed and finesse.

While there might be 3 worse teams than us, they don’t have Cooper as the manager so they have that advantage. We are back to pre season line ups with the same useless tactics.

This is Coopers defensive tactics, hoping that the players mop up the ball rather than stop it. Im sick of seeing Justin look over at a player in space, leave him to go into the middle where Faes is. Then once the player in space has the ball, which is obvious he rushes over and stretches his leg out.

Milquetoast player with this manager and lack of tactics. I really want to like him but he doesn’t seem to have the bite and strength you would expect with someone his size. Yesterday he had chances to push up into space and offer support but he was staying square with the cbs. When he does get forward he seems reluctant to put a cross in first time when he has time, then it’s a poor one as he’s closed down. He seems like he needs a manager to fire him up.

Justine sprints out of position to defend where he isn’t needed and leaves him open.

And all the negative points people noted then are now ingrained in this team.

That’s a young lad on loan who he sticks out on the wing. The issue is we have absolute donkeys around him.

The CBs slowing down the play isn’t working as Utd press, it’s wasted when they boot it long to Ayew who can’t seem to hold onto anything. Winks needs to carry it up the pitch. It’s a waste playing Ndidi where Facoundo should be receiving the ball.

Justin giving them the space as usual.

He’s destroying all attacking build up in midfield, shame it’s ours.

Ndidi gets about the pitch but you barely see him make a tackle in the middle of the pitch, he tries to shepard the oppo away. Often he just watches and jogs away. To his credit he makes good last ditch tackles in the box when we are scrambling to get it away. At 60 mins Ndidi has fully given up and doesn’t even bother chasing. We need Skills energy to get up the pitch. Facoundo will drift in leaving the right open and Soumare will chase the ball like my dog does but never gets close to it.

Looking forward to the press and energy in midfield from Ndidi and Soumare.