Defending

As vented in the match thread, the thing that frustrated me the most about last night was this constant passing it to and fro across the backline, only to eventually play it to one of the wingbacks, who would then eventually lose possession or the moves would peter out through getting outnumbered.

But never did the CBs attempt to carry it forward or play it through the middle, mainly because neither Ball or Amos (seemed under instruction) not to make the runs or find the space to make them available for it. It was clear as absolute daylight that this is why we constantly failed to progress beyond the halfway line.

And hubble, the exact Einstein quote is “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” The words kept coming to my mind too!

So true Westy. I just can't fathom why none of our midfielders ever bust a gut to lose their man and create some space to receive a pass. That's the absolute basics which any successful side playing possession type football will do. Just can't get my head round that tbh as it's so blindingly (and frustratingly) obvious to see from the stands. So can only conclude it's because they're being instructed not to do so, as that approach has nothing to do with any lack of necessary technical ability.

The basics are not being done and that needs to be addressed ASAP as we cannot carry on shipping goals like we have been doing.

The players should be moulded into the system not the other way round. Coached properly these players can certainly defend better than they have shown so far.