The ball still goes out wide early, we are not playing wingers into good positions getting to the by line with the ball and pulling back which for me is just the bread and butter of attacks. If you are going to play with wingers then that is what you have to do. Now that is maybe a bit harsh against Hull as they had eight in defence, but then the midfield (despite being handed possession on a plate) did not react to it. Stoic and flat they were patient and passed across more than I've previously seen (In fact I almost commented on the matchday thread how easy we had found it and it was nice to see), the movement however developed into this pitiful stand still approach.
I think this was the main downfall of the performance, not the passing and I still think it is down to the manager, particularly with the delay in breaking up the defensive partnership which was clearly overkill given the circumstances.
I'll put this idea forward which I thought was fairly obvious at the time.
Garrido was having a nightmare and Hull were down to 10 men, does anyone think the best idea would have been to take him off, and bring in a much quicker Olsson to cover any counter attacks and allow the central midfield to really push on. They were firmly pinned into their half it was the only risk we had.
Its the central areas Hughton hates the risk, he's just not interested in it, yet its the absolute fulcrum to create and score. He wants the risk out wide.
I don't care what anyone says, if you want to create real and easy chances you need the ball in advanced central midfield positions or at the byline running into goal. We so rarely do that, but when we do, we score goals, we did it against Tottenham last season, and with ease against Bury.
He has spent nearly £25,000,000 this year and I believe we have been one of the higher spenders in the division since our arrival, we should have very high expectations of what the team should be capable of. A relegation scrap and/or uninspired approach (if indeed the scenario unfolds) is just not acceptable.
I was crying out for Redmond in particular to stay out on the wsing an actually cross the ball as oppposed to him trying to score from outside the box. At least once when he took a shot which went over the bar, there were 4 white shirts just ahead of him - he will improve with age/experience. IMO, the biggest problem with the game against Hull, was that players seemed unable to pass th eball to another white shirt when they were about 20 yards away and we were giv ing Hull possesion too esaily - you can't put the blame for that on CH!!!
