It's the apparent lack of the basics that does it for me: we require high levels of fitness, energy, accuracy and ball retention; we need midfielders tracking back, defenders where they're supposed to be, players moving into space, passers seeing the early pass, making the ball do the work, working your nuts off for the team ... in short, believing in the team, the club and the Project.We do not seem to be doing the simple things well enough ... and isn't that the minimum requirement of a professional team?
One thing I didn't like on Saturday, was the fact we sent Reina up for that last corner. It's ok in a cup tie, but with the Goal Difference very tight, we could have done with losing 1-0 instead of 2. It might seem a minor thing in the grand scheme of things, but it just smacks of muddled thinking too me.
If we'd/he'd scored we would be celebrating him today. I certainly don't blame him for trying.
Considering the panic some of our keepers have caused in our box over the last few years the law of averages says they'll do it at the other end one day.
We haven't played our best two centre halves together since before Christmas. Not that we were solid as a rock before then anyway mind.Konsa is out of form, very young and learning. Hause gives the ball away and shouldn't play for a month after letting the ball bounce in his own bloody box on Saturday.
They don't have to score, if they create enough panic in the box, one of our other lot might cash in. In theory anyway.