I thought we looked solid up until Egan went off and we switched Hughes over to the right centre back position.. still should have had enough in the team to see the game out but yeah, i reckon that change cost us.
One thing that stands out is the way we are using the width and moving the ball across the pitch. For the whole of last season it was too slow and never seemed to give us the opportunity to stretch the play. We look more of a threat and may start handing out a few pastings!
Just dont know why need to try and excuse hughes He made a mistake Thats it Dont need to invent reasons for it
How many times does it need repeating that the arrangement that was agreed when the KC Stadium opened was that at the end of the RL season FC games have precedence and at the end of the football season City do? SKY decided that FC play at 5.30 on the Saturday just as they decide which games we play at daft times. He who pays the piper and all that…
only time I'll not complain about fixtures being dicked around as we're having a BBQ for my wife's bday on sat!
I'm not excusing him anymore than I would anyone else at that stage in the game and having been switched sides to accommodate a sub. He does have a mistake in him and I'm usually being accused of being harsh on him by others. Oh, and he's not worth 20m currently either. There. Does that help?
No harm with criticism for any player, players will know themselves. The better players receive more praise yet will know when they’ve had a bad game/ made a mistake ect. The important part is accepting and then learning from it.
It doesn't go that wrong though did it? We'd take a point there in the league and be happy with it. Pens weren't even that bad even though we lost.
We conceded 2 goals in a minute Next time we are 2 up in a game, we wont repeat the same mistakes again Like giles overlapping on the halfway line when ndala lost the ball Suddenly leaving 40 yards of freespace etc etc
I agree with the league but we don’t want that level of capitulation to become something we are known for.
Think itll really make us a stronger team going forward As disappointing as losing like this is And outside of that So many positives with our passing and movement
I wonder what the instruction was. Cos you'd think he'd be told not to. Like Kalman said, Famewo coming on at LB for Giles and giving us an extra aerial defender would've been the conventional sub but we didn't do that. So did SJ just not mind us taking the risk of continuing to attack? Sort of sounds like that from his interview, his only real complaint about the team was that we didn't carry on playing forwards and pushing for goal at 3-1.
The starting lineup starkly showed the need for wingers. No natural wingers in the lineup, and Gelhardt again having to play there when SJ has openly said it isn't where he wants to play him.
We definitely should’ve scored further goals. Kamara fluffed one, Joseph was played through. Should never have got to the point. As Brady says though, way too many positives in that for me to focus on the lack of concentration probably due to complacency/ rotation
