Disappointing result and I have to agree with pope that we’ve got to stop with this bollocks playing one winger and one striker at home - it’s always awful and we always end up changing and we always end up better.
People were very up themselves criticising that comment when we beat Leeds but I made the point that better opposition wouldn’t allow us the luxury of getting back into it going 1-0 down and so it proved.
Thought Jesus was outstanding as a lone striker and I thought Sels was superb in keeping the scoreline down. Hutchinson came on and made a huge difference - shock horror! He’ll start to become very bitter if he’s not getting starts. Football isn’t just about goals and assists - it’s about how you change the way the opposition play, and we went from being ridiculously overloaded at full back to them being pressed back… why? Because we had a winger that was not just capable of beating his man and putting in a cross, but one that was WILLING to in Hutchinson.
unfortunately, it’s why I just don’t rate Dan Ndoye - I think he’s bang average. Doesn’t stretch teams enough and doesn’t deliver enough quality. He has the occasional moment, but more often than not, he gets the ball, pulls back and plays it to the full back. In the end, that’s nowhere near good enough when you compare it to the outputs of both Hutchinson and Mintah for Brighton.
Hudson-Odoi no better, but sadly for i him im not so convinced its driven by a lack of willingness to go for it, but more that he simply struggles when he can’t commit his one trick of cutting inside.
All in all, we weren’t terrible (after the first 25 minute horror show), but we’re got to start playing our best 11 from the start, especially at home. Won’t even talk about Morato because we all know he’s not good enough for where we want to be.
