I don’t know what it looked like on the telly, but in the first half especially I thought there was much too big a gap between Johansen and Ball, both playing in front of the back 3, and Willock who was playing a kind of 10, with his back to the opposition goal which I don’t think suits him - yet, he might grow into it. Second half he looked more comfortable and dangerous, playing slightly more to the left, although we didn’t really make many chances. We needed another midfielder but Johansen’s fitness was another factor. Playing the two strikers was a major contributor to an odd performance, but we drew and Wall were well organised and, especially at the start, played good stuff. Probably easy to read too much into this. I hope there has been a vague expectation that Chair would go (if he does) and we have a fully baked plan B.
Wallace missed Chair a lot. Moses on the other side was great, a constant menace, great acquisition. We had a fair few crosses which looked decent but the big lads didn’t get anywhere near.
Only my impressions and I do have age related focus and concentration issues, plus Root was closing in on his ton….
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