Last week I posted a thread saying I thought those who were predicting top ten and Europe were getting ahead of themselves. Well, today really is the wake-up call. Swansea were a cut above us, but, having said that, I don't think we should be pressing the panic button.
I thought we were the better side for much of the first half. We gave away a stupid soft goal but came back well and dominated for long periods, if we'd taken our chances, Mackie in particular, it may have been very different. The second half just ran away from us, if you see a better quality finish than Michu's 2nd goal you'll be lucky, it was a sublime strike and even then we weren't out of it. But poor passing at their end left us open to the sucker punch and Dyer did it twice, including one from a pass by Routledge that was so similar to Routledge's goal from a Taraabt pass against Coventry a couple of years ago. It was simply their day and we, in chasing the game and passing poorly, made it easy for them in the last half hour.
The conclusion? We have an away game against another team that took a five goal thrashing next week, that means both sides will be striving to show it was a 'bad day at the office' rather than a crisis. My main concern today was that Taraabt wasted the ball so often which gave us little threat and Cisse was very poor. I still think our defence is suspect and I think we may see Nelsen or Onuoha in for Hill with Bosingwa on the right and possibly Zamora for Adel. All told a horrible day but there are 37 to go...
I thought we were the better side for much of the first half. We gave away a stupid soft goal but came back well and dominated for long periods, if we'd taken our chances, Mackie in particular, it may have been very different. The second half just ran away from us, if you see a better quality finish than Michu's 2nd goal you'll be lucky, it was a sublime strike and even then we weren't out of it. But poor passing at their end left us open to the sucker punch and Dyer did it twice, including one from a pass by Routledge that was so similar to Routledge's goal from a Taraabt pass against Coventry a couple of years ago. It was simply their day and we, in chasing the game and passing poorly, made it easy for them in the last half hour.
The conclusion? We have an away game against another team that took a five goal thrashing next week, that means both sides will be striving to show it was a 'bad day at the office' rather than a crisis. My main concern today was that Taraabt wasted the ball so often which gave us little threat and Cisse was very poor. I still think our defence is suspect and I think we may see Nelsen or Onuoha in for Hill with Bosingwa on the right and possibly Zamora for Adel. All told a horrible day but there are 37 to go...
