Didn't see that coming.


This sort of performance was always on the cards. See Stoke, Hull etc.

We don’t have the personnel, due to injuries, to cope with a high press and direct football.

Give us a full squad and a few quality additions and it’ll be another good year next season.
 
But like I've said. He chose to defend the wings with Clarke and Roberts alone. Why didn't he play a back 4 with them infront as wingers and double up to stop crosses?
His full backs were needed in the centre and the two on the bench were clearly only fit enough for 20 minutes. As he doesn't think Anderson is ready he has literally run out of options.
 
This sort of performance was always on the cards. See Stoke, Hull etc.

We don’t have the personnel, due to injuries, to cope with a high press and direct football.

Give us a full squad and a few quality additions and it’ll be another good year next season.
This. Just didn’t have the tools to deal with it. We all knew we’d have to score to be in the tie.
 
His full backs were needed in the centre and the two on the bench were clearly only fit enough for 20 minutes. As he doesn't think Anderson is ready he has literally run out of options.
And that's his choice to ignore Anderson. The knock on effect that has on Roberts and Clarke is down to him and makes us toothless.

Was it worth it? Not for me.
 
Very balanced, the emergence of Ekwah has been terrific.

Put him in a side with a striker and some centre backs and we won’t get bullied. He can play too.
Yeah, Neil's been great but he's had to play as a CDM since Evans got crocked and so we've not seen the best of them, those three taking turns to sit and push on would great & very fluid & yeah Ekwah being left footed provides a great balance.
 
Me neither. In fact I would be looking for players built like Alese and Ekwah. A couple of small players are fine but the majority need to be big strapping lads. Every Champo team is full of them.
Ekwahs passing today was erratic to say the least. His headed clearance for their second was almost a perfect pass to their player as well
 
Mowbray made far too much of the height and created the narrative like poyet did with the pitch at Bradford. He then decided to play our best players as wing backs and kick it forward all first half.

We've tossed it away tonight. They're shite.
What would you have done differently?
 
Playing bouncy ball and tussle with blokes 5 inches bigger than you on a small pitch is never easy . Just look at the two goals , the scorers came through our bodies like missiles for both . We just didnt have the mass to prevent it .
Thought we were a bit unlucky with the general rub of the green , second balls etc . Is what it is, full team out we'd have got a result
The height is relevant but a pitch 5 yards shorter and 2 yards narrower makes bugger all difference.
 
Eh it was always on the cards.

If anything it's embarrassing for the rest of the league it's taken this long to happen.

I feel like I'm constantly repeating myself but we had a back line consisting of a RB - CM - RW.

So proud of them, what a thoroughly enjoyable season after years of shit.
 
What would you have done differently?
Said hundred times. A back 4 and played the 6 foot 3 centre back we have. Get clarke and Roberts on the wing causing havoc like always and doubling up defensively to stop crosses.

Instead we left them at wing back alone with no help to stop crosses.
 
Said hundred times. A back 4 and played the 6 foot 3 centre back we have. Get clarke and Roberts on the wing causing havoc like always and doubling up defensively to stop crosses.

Instead we left them at wing back alone with no help to stop crosses.
Alese in for Pritchard and go 4-2-3-1?
 

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