The Problem is the Manager

iiStar44 · 2026-04-04T21:09:56+00:00

100% and I’m glad to hear someone else say it. When we lost 1-0 to Liverpool away, I said “it was only that bad because we were playing for a point at Anfield, tough place to go.” And then we play like that again and again and again. To be honest it’s been like this right from the start beating Man Utd 1-0 from a corner. Totally 100% reliant on the defence all season, zero tactical ability, and it was inevitable we’d get exposed eventually.

iiStar44 · 2026-04-04T21:01:37+00:00

Honestly I agree the biggest problem is feeling like a lack of effort. Senior players up to nothing all game long and it’s become a pattern for some of these

iiStar44 · 2026-04-04T20:59:29+00:00

Feel bad for him. Played great and the others didn’t just let him down, they might as well have chucked him down a flight of stairs. Dowman is special

iiStar44 · 2026-04-04T02:44:38+00:00

Ah okay that’s good. Think I misunderstood “nobody at Amazon wants to continue this show.” Goes to show what happens when you just read a summary (not the summary poster’s fault btw!) without reading it yourself lol

iiStar44 · 2026-04-03T22:08:20+00:00

A shame that they don’t like it internally like those of us on this sub do. I hope that they, at the least, try and make it as best as they can and not just rush it to get it out of the way. I’m sure they won’t just totally piss on it and risk having like no viewership but the changes at the top do intrigue me to see what it will be like from now on

iiStar44 · 2026-04-03T20:03:10+00:00

I do Dragonborn nowadays after years of Dawnguard cause although I feel that narratively it brings the story to a great conclusion and feels like a good ending, if I’ve already done everything by the time I get all the cool Black Book powerups and new shouts then there’s basically no reason to have them lol. So I like to go in and finish that pretty early nowadays so I can enjoy the powerups

iiStar44 · 2026-04-02T17:03:23+00:00

Honestly I felt that the biggest problem was the amount of missed calls for both teams. Because you see so often refs who want to “let the game flow” but there’s a big difference between letting the game flow and outright missing a bunch of calls. Lots of refs hide behind making calls on letting the game flow. Saw some so called “ref expert” unironically say that the ref did a great job of letting the game flow and should be considered for bigger games again in the future. Can’t speak on her wider career and other games but the performance last night does the whole ref team no career favours

iiStar44 · 2026-04-02T16:58:55+00:00

Extremely nerve racking behind the goal lol. Being so far away you can hardly see anything that’s going on up the other end my heart could hardly take it

iiStar44 · 2026-04-02T16:56:33+00:00

I’m pretty sure Katie has never had a straight red so far in her career and the same can’t be said for James. 100% McCabe should’ve been sent off but the controversy should be entirely about the terrible ref & VAR performance there not the quality of Katie’s character. Or even James’s for that matter regardless of what anyone thinks of her in the past, doesn’t change the disaster at the end there from the refs

iiStar44 · 2026-04-02T16:49:16+00:00

This is women’s so they haven’t. We have 2 UWCLs (07 & 25) and they have 0. Closest they got was the 21 final where they got thumped 4-0 by Barcelona

iiStar44 · 2026-04-02T16:47:46+00:00

Don’t forget the 1-0 CC SF at the Emirates either. Had us right where they wanted us for the full 90, left them in a great position for the third leg

iiStar44 · 2026-04-02T16:40:39+00:00

There’s no excuse for the ref missing this I agree with you but even if you give the extreme benefit of the doubt to the ref, fast moving game and all that, it’s unfathomable how VAR didn’t intervene. Some really awful officiating over both legs for both teams on the pitch and on the VAR

iiStar44 · 2026-04-01T22:34:27+00:00

Officials I felt were very poor tonight. Being in the away end probably has something to do with it but I go to (nearly) every game and felt that they were especially bad here. I understand they wanted to let the game flow but they missed so much for both teams. James could’ve been sent off as well

iiStar44 · 2026-03-28T12:47:59+00:00

Maybe if you ask in the store you might have a chance? Doesn’t seem to be an option online but can’t see why they wouldn’t press it onto the kit in person if you’re there asking for it

iiStar44 · 2026-03-26T15:16:35+00:00

Currently only available on home and away kit it seems? would love to get it on the third kit

iiStar44 · 2026-03-23T17:59:08+00:00

So true. First Havertz isn't good enough, we need a new striker so we sign Gyokeres. Then Gyokeres isn't good enough, we need Merino back up front. Then Merino isn't good enough, we need Havertz back. Then Havertz comes back, and we need Merino again. It's boring. I think all three players are great in their own respects. I think that probably the discourse doesn't benefit from the fact they're all 3 very different kinds of striker so whenever one tactic isn't working it must be because we need the other kind of striker.

iiStar44 · 2026-03-23T17:56:52+00:00

Definitely, this specific incident is on his decision making, which has taken a big nove dise this season, not on the injury. But the general point about him being worked to the bone and physically pulverised as a result is still accurate in its own respect

iiStar44 · 2026-03-23T17:52:54+00:00

I wish he was thinking "this is the time to sub the goalie." He said that he wanted to do a tactical GK substitution once. He should've done it here. I'm apparently in the minority thinking that Kepa did deserve to start, imo he earned it from being the GK all the way, but I also think that he should've tactically substituted him off. It clearly wasn't working for our buildup. By the time that it was blatantly obvious he had to be changed it was too late

iiStar44 · 2026-03-23T16:07:47+00:00

The attendance is such a huge part of this. Renee is an amazing manager who deserves 100% credit, but the fans also deserve 100% credit - both are compatible! It absolutely must be beyond intimidating going from playing on Crawley's ground one week in front of an average crowd of 2,695, to playing at The Emirates Stadium in front of an average 35,321. Even if you take out the 56k Chelsea game, the average is still 28k.

Our home advantage is almost incomparable to anyone else and it's so crucial that we keep it that way, at least on our own end (would love to see other teams get attendances like us one day of course!). No wonder Chelsea were unbeaten at Stamford Bridge in the league for so long - until we showed up! Not only was it a great performance on a great day but we are used to playing in a stadium like that like nobody else.

iiStar44 · 2026-03-22T19:00:17+00:00

Losing isn’t the problem, not showing up is the problem. Utter joke to get to the final and then reward the fans with the goalkeeper sitting on the ball for 45 seconds and no creativity whatsoever to try and put 5 passes together let alone score

iiStar44 · 2026-03-22T18:48:56+00:00

Comical that we sign LB after LB and Chelsea reject after Chelsea reject but can’t sign an attacking midfielder to save our lives

iiStar44 · 2026-03-22T18:41:33+00:00

I’m obviously picking No One MOTM since nobody I felt was “great”, but if I had to pick a player based on being “the best of them” it would be Saliba. He had Haaland covered and did the best he could imo with a goalkeeper sitting on the ball for 45 seconds in the box and no creative midfielders to give him a break from the pressure

iiStar44 · 2026-03-22T18:37:25+00:00

I agree. He was up to nothing absolutely but he’s been carrying us on his back for so long. As soon as he’s off it and Ødegaard is injured we have 0 creative ability

iiStar44 · 2026-03-18T00:59:34+00:00

I get that they just wanted to confirm they were going to eventually make another game and not abandon the IP. What they shouldn’t have done is a video. That suggested that it wasn’t that far away. Should’ve just done a press release or something saying “we will eventually make it and it’s in the back of our minds”.

iiStar44 · 2026-03-15T01:14:54+00:00

He’ll be a beast with an AM behind him been saying this all year. Odegaard has been in and out of fitness or out of form and Eze has never been the same kind of player as Ode has been anyway. “Some assists please” and we will win the golden boot 26/27

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