05-01-2023, 10:29 AM
Alot of good points made here.
I think it's worth mentioning that half time vs Leicester has proved to be a bit of a turning point. (Hopefully that continues). If memory serves, we brought on Yates and Aurier who have been 2 of our best performers since.
Not only that, although a little simplistic, that seems to be the point from which we've played in a way that has generally (Arsenal and ManU away aside) looked more solid as if the realisation that having an attacking line up does not necessarily put us on the front foot in this league but not having the tools to deal with the opposition when they are on front foot is terminal.
Although 2nd half was horrible last night, we couldn't keep hold of the ball etc.. they all worked nuts off to stop them even having a half decent chance. After all the praise I've garnered on Freuler recently he probably had his worst half of football for us in many ways, but he stayed on because of his sheer work rate to help protect the lead.
Interesting that MOTD highlighted many peoples recent scapegoat Jonno for his outstanding performance plenty of FB managers would have had him on the bench.
I think last night showed just how difficult it is to get an away result in this league. They are all really difficult places to go. Just makes our fantastic loud home support even more important going forward to keep the points totting up at WFCG.
I think it's worth mentioning that half time vs Leicester has proved to be a bit of a turning point. (Hopefully that continues). If memory serves, we brought on Yates and Aurier who have been 2 of our best performers since.
Not only that, although a little simplistic, that seems to be the point from which we've played in a way that has generally (Arsenal and ManU away aside) looked more solid as if the realisation that having an attacking line up does not necessarily put us on the front foot in this league but not having the tools to deal with the opposition when they are on front foot is terminal.
Although 2nd half was horrible last night, we couldn't keep hold of the ball etc.. they all worked nuts off to stop them even having a half decent chance. After all the praise I've garnered on Freuler recently he probably had his worst half of football for us in many ways, but he stayed on because of his sheer work rate to help protect the lead.
Interesting that MOTD highlighted many peoples recent scapegoat Jonno for his outstanding performance plenty of FB managers would have had him on the bench.
I think last night showed just how difficult it is to get an away result in this league. They are all really difficult places to go. Just makes our fantastic loud home support even more important going forward to keep the points totting up at WFCG.