As strong as a first half that I have seen for some time. We are pressing high up the pitch and now need that second goal to seal the deal but we don't need to fall backwards in the 2nd period.
We are starting to do what we don't do very well, and that is fall back and let them come at us. The commentator has said we need to go back to what we were doing well in the 1st half.
Blackburn are being allowed to take control and Semenyo for Martin just made so let's see what that brings.
Sloppy defending and we give way yet again. Why the hell do we do this all the time because it has wasted all the hard work we did in the 1st half. Not good tactics and we stand a chance of giving this away if we don't wake up.
at 75 mins 45% - 55% 7 - 2 - 4 no progress city 6 - 1 - 1 from 0 - 0 - 0 same as Coventry game sitting back !!! and allowing themselves to be squashed ..................
flourish toward the end 75 mins to 90+6 46% -54% 7 - 2 - 4 up to 11 - 4 - 5 after ET 6 - 1 - 1 just 2 shots on goal 8 - 1 - 1 1 point better than nil
I fail to understand why we let a very good first half turn into a sloppy defensive version of mayhem in the second half. We are way better playing a medium high press as we did in the first half but so vulnerable when we fall back and yet we still persist with tactics that usually end up with the same result - and it did. Saying we looked pretty good early on is a bit wasted when we basically throw away 2 points, but to a good looking outfit that we let back in the game and suffered for our errors. Joe Williams looked good all afternoon and we need to cash in on the better player's efforts to win this kind of fixture. Disappointed to say the least and if we don't get 3 points from our next home match then the cat calls could be in evidence.
We don’t ever learn, we allow teams back in It.. no reason for it either.. Had a good chance to win it, with a lovely ball from Massengo and a decent header from Wells.. We really need to keep concentration and keep possession, we get into bad habits.. Williams MoM for me.. Can someone tell me what Bakinson brings to the table? He has a decent 10 minute spell but goes missing.. really needs to practice his passing and ball distribution.. imo it’s poor..
One mistake from Kalas cost us 3 points, they never looked like scoring all game and scored with only 1 shot on target anyway much better from us overall, good set up and shape restricted them to nothing in the first half, although energy levels from some of our young ones dropped and they had the ball a lot in the second half, and we dropped back deep again which was frustrating, but I thought we were ok today. good to see Williams back, we look so much better with him in the team.
