I wouldnt put it past dirty LeedsThey reminded me of Ben Johnson.
I think we need to get back into focus on the way we were playing and not start thinking we are good enough to take the game to the opposition. Defend for our lives and break with a purpose. I think the Liverpool game has gone to the player's heads never mind ours
I'd disagree with the Liverpool bit, but not the rest. After Liverpool we went on to play what I think was our best performance for a long long time, against Leicester. We didn't go gungho. It was a hugely disciplined mature performance against a team which has taken us to the cleaners far too often in recent times. For whatever reason we didn't reproduce that against Leeds, and we needed to.
And we need to do it again against Southampton. They're a well-organised crowd with a match-winner in Ings. But we can beat them, if we reproduce the Leicester-level performance.
Don’t understand any criticism of Cash, he was doubled up time after time and it’s amazing only one goal came from his wing.
My criticism of Cash was that he was in poor starting positions all night, neither close enough to Harrison to prevent the ball coming in, or deep enough to be able to defend him effectively when he did get it. As a full-back you do one or the other. Instead he was 10-15 yards square most of the night, hence Harrison getting the ball and just beating him down the outside. Having said that, Trezeguet was positionally even worse. This is/was inexperience on both players part, or bad communication. Elmo for Trez would have been a good option, as he would have done one or the other and Cash could then have moved into Trez's position.Don’t understand any criticism of Cash, he was doubled up time after time and it’s amazing only one goal came from his wing.
Southampton are decent, equally it won’t be a fit and fast onslaught like Leeds. I like the high pressing game we play, where we get up the pitch as a unit. We just need to know the phases of the game when to slow it down to not get caught out.
Very difficult game, their manager seems pretty decent for this league. I’d be disappointed if we don’t go for it, a draw isn’t bad result to keep the scoreboard ticking. I’d be disappointed with another loss, however good a start we’ve had.
I think the result of this one is secondary to what we see from the players in terms of effort and application, especially whether Mings can show the maturity to react the right way if things aren’t going his way....
You're right. I just thought Mings was the catalyst for the overall meltdown that happened after the first Leeds goal.Not just Mings, I'd add 8 players to that.
Personally I don't think it was a lack of effort the other night I just think we would have been full of confidence and probably expecting to win easily.But when reality set in confidence would have drained and when they scored panic would have set in and energy levels would have drained bringing us back down to earth and hopefully giving them a big dose of reality which if they are dedicated to the cause they will learn an awful lot from it.I think the result of this one is secondary to what we see from the players in terms of effort and application, especially whether Mings can show the maturity to react the right way if things aren’t going his way....
I'll take a good coherent team performance, I'm not that bothered at a level about a specific 11, I'd just like them to look as if they know the system they're set up to play and create chances for Ollie.
If we saw a really good display as a team then a draw would be okay.