All down to confidence and belief for me. We could do with a few wins and a bit more luck-although today was not about luck. Very much still a work in progress.
Just seen the highlights on C5. How the f*** the Ref and his Assistant who were both praised by commentator for offside and Tshibloa "dive" did not send off Shelvy? 2 marginal decisions against us and a clear cut sending off missed.
We shouldn't start Gestede. He causes chaos in tiring defences as long as we are on the front foot. I still can't fathom why we started 3 central defenders when they only play 1 up top. We were always going to be up against it in the midfield anyway with Diame and Shelvey in there. That's why the switch to Tish at half time made all the difference.
I'm not sure what the aversion is to a good old-fashioned 4-4-2Amavi put a few good crosses into the box yesterday, but one thing Ayew isn't is a target man, and they all went to waste.Given just whay an abomination the team selection and formation was yesterday, I can't how this could be any worse:GolliniBacuna Elphick Chester AmaviAdomah Jedinak Tshibola GrealishGestede Kodija/AyewThere are several permutations you could go with there, like playing Kodija on the wing and Ayew up front for example.
Matt's match ratings have just reminded me at how well the Russian did when he came on yesterday. He caused them a few problems.