Poor today again. I felt we made it harder with selection and how slow we move the ball.Thor isn't as good technically as either Hourihane or Whelan, and he's returning to fitness, but I felt he suits the system and helps transition the ball far quicker into the wide areas. It was only when he came on that El Gahzi got into the game.McGinn and Thor missed sitters and the referee failed to send Johnson off, who naturally squares for the equaliser.Positives Unbeaten despite not playing well.Negatives Poor performance.Whelan is too slow and it's no surprise since he's come into the wide we've looked absolutely turgid as he cannot press and cannot move the ball on.Hourihane in an advanced position is just as much a part of the problem.Sitters missed, two of them.The high ball. Preston are as big a bunch of good merchants as you'll find, but first half it caught Chester out (for a change) and second half it's all they did.We didn't rotate. Bolasie and Hutton were very poor. El Ghazi put a beauty of a ball for McGinn but didn't really see more until the last 10 minutes.That transition wide is too slow. Whelan is the culprit. He must be dropped for Thor.Too many draws of late, but that's 4 poor performances on the bounce now and Smith has to ackowldge that you cannot play a high line, high press, quick transition game with a dinosaur like Whelan.A point gained on the top 2, but we've really lost ground on the top 6. Reinforcements needed asap.
No he's not. Whelan can find a pass, it's just it takes about 5 minutes for the pass to happen.
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