Hmmmmm.......
England playing against superior opposition. Spain top of the world.
City playing against superior opposition. Southampton top of the league.
What was the difference? England set their stall out to harry and chase and close down space and never stop running. The Sky Blues didn't. The Sky Blues were lethargic, didn't harry, didn't chase, didn't close down. Didn't do any of these things in the first half.
Result? We were 2-0 down by half-time and didn't do the above things until the 2nd half and it was all but too late.
Bottom line? We can beat anyone in this league if we have the right mindset and play the right way. Of course we could have done all the above things and still lost against Southampton, but if you work hard, have the right tactics and chase and harry you always have a chance.
Lesson to be learned. The football may be better under Thorn but we have lost a bit of passion, desire and fight.
A bit of a strange comparison really. I am no fan of Thorn and no there seems liitle desire in the team but the truth is that we have no goals in the side. I actually do not blame Thorn for signing McDonald - he had to get a striker but he looks to be a disaster. No team has scored fewer goals all season and that is the one reason we ultimately will go down. Defence and midfield are no great shakes but they are competitive.
And you wouldn't have settled for that last week for the Sky Blues and 1-0 victory?
Why a strange comparison?
On the flip side non of Englands back four made critical individual errors and in fact Lescott and jagielka were absolutely outstanding as was Parker, plus cole and johnson had excellent defensive games.
Even if we ha set up like England, we may well have conceded due to our players in ability to play 90 mins without making stupid errors.
I can see what your trying to do, and tactically last night was spot on, but it was also reliant k. The back four and Parker having almost flawless performances.
Did put question marks against the names!
Do think he chases and harries and never stops running. Good job the stadium is an arena, otherwise he would be half way down the A45 by now.
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