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Veiga was unconscious of his environment for that goal. Being too casual without scanning the background

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Today mental strength to out manoeuvre opponents pressing is 0. We cant string meaningful patterns of play.. our confidence seemingly in the gutters

The negativity around these players in terms of their decision making is absurd...

From Veiga Disasi KDH ... they don't seem to know what to do when pressed, making it hard for other players.

How did we buy Disasi and Badiashile for a combined 80m?

Bad selection = bad performance. nothing on the players so far all on Maresca. Change that team completely and we’re back in it

He trusted his B team , which he has in cup competitions , not his fault the players can't out-manouver Newcastle.
In fact , it's very positive for Maresca as he's learning and reading about his B team players

#INGAME

Let's see the mentality of some of these players to rise above adversity in the second half.

This is their first biggest test ever.

We have seen Reece, Palmer, Gusto and Neto played by the coach out of position and they still performed well.

This is not about the coach. This is about the player's application.

Look the way Felix is pressing timidly and aimelessly. Look how Disasi is defending just holding people without anticipating moves, Look how Nkunku is running

We should really know if they can be trusted for the Conference League final.

Maresca has improved teams performances in the second half.

This is their Audition

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A demolition job is happening there.

Negative line up. All started with KDH as a touchline winger and their good press. Nkunku and Enzo not good enough. I feel for Nkunku because he’s not a CF

I won’t sit here and blame these two. They have been good as backups this season so far. The whole structure today from the start was wrong and 90% of the starters today struggled except Mudryk and Cucu. They are the easy scapegoats

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The Bottom Line

We have always overrated this B team's mental and tactical capabilities.

We have seen them bull doze weaker opponents equal or worse than Asante Kotoko and thought they had attained the same level of cohesion and growth as the first team

Secretly to be frank, have never thought I can trust them with Conference league elimination stages

But if these players are worth the hype we give them, then this loss should be a catalyst to their growth just like the first team's loss against  ManCity.

It should hurt and pain them to push them to see the horizon they need to reach to be competitive rather than the false sense of invincibility and comfort ability.

The two goals were quite preventable. First was poor mental strength to maneuver an intensive press and the second from poor organization. All identical to our first game against City, and all rectifiable.

The good thing is they have a second chance with the FA Cup.

The pain of this loss should drive them into becoming better players and a better team.

If we say we have two great teams, it shouldn't just be fooling ourselves. Everyone must live the hype. The trust should be worth it.

For the FA Cup, as fans we must accept possibility of another elimination if we truly want two competitive teams. Their mental, tactical and technical growth can only be grown when the pressure for failure is real like in such a cup. They must be played there as we also chase the Top Four with team A

Next, We will be doing a three part series of these players incapacitation.

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The Slay Queens

Part 1- Disasi & Badiashille

These two can flourish in slow paced games and games that require less tactical and technical demands.

Disasi can give you aggression and pace but collapses when the game requires astute technical skills and tactical discipline.

Make no mistake he is a workaholic. But you just cannot ask him to perform several roles in a single game the same way Maresca does with Cucu, Gusto, Reece or Colwill. Especially at RB.  His windows system simply freezes and hangs. 

He is also too prone to wrong positioning and making armature errors when caught out in wrong areas of the pitch while trying the tactical shifts.

With Badiashille, it is more about his slow speed in execution of commands. More like installing FC24 in windows XP. By the time he executes the thoughts, the opponents are another step ahead and by the time he processes next, the defence is already in mayhem.

Against a strong, quality, fast and tactically astitute team, the two together are always a disaster waiting to happen

We can only hope Maresca can improve the sell on Value

Next- Nkunku & Felix

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