We played the offside trap largely to perfection last season and that more than anything enabled us to control games. Sadly, our efforts to hold a line this year are proving a bit of a disaster. There's a real art to stepping up at the exact right moment, and we've lost it.
Losing Mings has really screwed us.
Mings' leadership and speed in recovery on the occasions the trap was beaten have been massive in their absence.
