Marseille (H) PL Wednesday 9th September

[USspur]

Marseille have started the season well and are top of the table with PSG.

Let's start brightly, end brightly, take all three points, and build a good goal differential.

 

[BrooklynYid]

Just win, baby! Need to have some rotation. Would love to see Perisic and Doherty for this, with Richarlison getting a nod. Would be a great time for a healthy Skipp as well. Bissouma looks a bit off. Have a hunch we'll see Sanchez as well. A win here would be huge, as they are arguable the toughest side. Weird group, where the top seed might be the weakest. All winnable but tough matches. Will be interesting to see how Conte approaches it.

 

[ClemFandango]

It'll be weirdly nostalgic to be watching us in the Champions League again without Poch on the touchline.

 

[ClemFandango]

Bentancur not having the best half so far

 

[J.spurs]

Bentancur not having the best half so far

He’s not the only one. Very poor first 20 minutes.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

This is putrid so far. I feel for the poor sods who have stumped up decent coin to watch this steaming turd of a performance.

Also, how much are we paying this shiny new set piece coach? He’s not vety bright is he? He still hasn’t worked out that Son shouldn’t be anywhere near a set piece. Why the fuck isn’t Perisic on corner duty? It’s not as if we win enough corners to piss them away on Son ploughing the pill into the first man.

 

[ClemFandango]

He’s not the only one. Very poor first 20 minutes.

Yeah we need to wake up and start playing. Not good at all

 

[J.spurs]

They have a lot of pace in the back, and they’re able to step up and close down our front three very early. We’re not able to break quickly like usual.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Is Lloris out of his fucking mind?

 

[J.spurs]

Is Lloris out of his fucking mind?

Still shouldve caught it, but Emerson was frozen right underneath where it was going to land.

 

[Yid]

Is Lloris out of his fucking mind?

Yes.

This is garbage. Listen to fuck all from the fans.

It's like the players are shit scared of doing anything wrong so end up doing nothing at all...

I'm falling into the Dorset camp... this is fucking turgid shite and I won't keep watching it.

 

[Dave]

Is Lloris out of his fucking mind?

Embarrassed himself there. Jesus, what the fuck is this anyway ?? Slow, sloppy predictable shite.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Emerson the only one looking any good.

 

[ClemFandango]

It says a lot when Emerson fucking Royal has probably been our best player this half.

 

[Yid]

It must be a tactic to hit the first man on every set piece...

Are we trying to concuss the poor cunt into a mistake or off the park...?

 

[J.spurs]

It's like the players are shit scared of doing anything wrong so end up doing nothing at all...

Exactly this. Getting played off the park by a team playing without fear.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Why is Kulusevski on the bench?

This is crying out for somebody who can find a pass.

 

[Dave]

Why is Kulusevski on the bench?

This is crying out for somebody who can find a pass.

Take Son off and bring him on. At least Richarlison has got a bit of a spark in him.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

This lot are well awake to our one trick pony act.

And whilst we stubbornly refuse to play with an AM more teams will catch on.

 

[Havocc]

Rabbit in headlights, first night nerves……

 

[ClemFandango]

Sadly, Sonny's struggles seem to be getting more and more prominent each game and this half was no different. I know the theory is to let him play his way back in to form but this isn't the game to keep trying that.

I'd shake things up with Kulusevski on for Sonny and Bissouma on for Bentancur at the very least. Conte needs to yell at them first.

 

[ClemFandango]

That was a red all day long.

 

[Yid]

Well, if that doesnt change things I give up.

We have to look to kill this game absolutely stone cold dead now. If we don't finish witn 3 goals it's a failure.

 

[Havocc]

Kanes free kick…what the actual..

 

[ClemFandango]

What the actual fuck was that corner supposed to be ?

 

[J.spurs]

I for one take some solace in the fact that the dippers are getting well and truly dick-punched in Naples right now.

 

[ClemFandango]

They’re going to 5-3-1 now apparently. This is going to be a long half ..

 

[Yid]

WHERE THE FUCK IS LUCAS MOURA...

 

[J.spurs]

Why the fuck are we bringing on two defenders?

Is this Conte’s way of saying “ah fuck it, I’ll take a point” ?

Moving to a proper back four

 

[Yid]

Embarrassing... we've not tried to win this.