- Jun 13, 2008
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Still a bit puzzled as to how and why we got so little from Poch in that second half. It seemed unfortunately as if it was one of those occasions he sometimes has where he freezes and does nothing as the patterns of the game unfold in front of him.
Granted the bench options were poor (also his responsibility, but lets ignore that for now) but I'd expect something to be done to attempt to stem the flow. Station Son and Moura high on either touchline and try and pin back their Wingbacks and stop the combos/overloads down the flanks, Go to a back three and get Rose on and match the shape, free up Sissoko from that holding midfield/auxillary fullback nothing role he reverted to today and get him driving forward through the centre, etc. It was clear the narrow formation, even if it's been good for us recently, wasn't working today.
We just limped on though until disaster struck and never changed tack. That was the annoying thing for me.
Granted the bench options were poor (also his responsibility, but lets ignore that for now) but I'd expect something to be done to attempt to stem the flow. Station Son and Moura high on either touchline and try and pin back their Wingbacks and stop the combos/overloads down the flanks, Go to a back three and get Rose on and match the shape, free up Sissoko from that holding midfield/auxillary fullback nothing role he reverted to today and get him driving forward through the centre, etc. It was clear the narrow formation, even if it's been good for us recently, wasn't working today.
We just limped on though until disaster struck and never changed tack. That was the annoying thing for me.
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