by s1ty m » Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:37 pm
I saw the whole sorry episode on liveonline. The first 20 we looked like getting a bagful. Then the wheels came off, horribly. The rest of the game was head in hands time, occasionally screaming at the screen, resisting the temptation to punch it when Mancini unravelled and then turning off with 10 to go. Bollocks was I going to ruin my weekend and there was NO CHANCE of us scoring.
BUt, one tactical flaw that showed up above all others yesterday, including the substitutions is that we have evryone back for set pieces, therefore have no outlet ball. It is, thus, absolutely guaranteed to come straight back at you, 90 times out of 100. ie, we are giving teams 2 goes at lobbing shit into our box at every set piece. Now, couple that with our achilles heel, defending set pieces, the outcome kind of writes itself.
Ah bollocks, I am going for more vino.
After the ball was centred, after the whistle blew...