Coppells Lost Coat A few things;
I have said this several times now, Joao is not a target man. He is not strong enough in the air, if thats the ball we are going to play as an out ball for the rest off the season then god help us. Batth wont have much easier game than last night.
Tom Ince was chasing and pressing by himself last night first half - either we do it as 4s and 5s or not at all, If he is the only one pressing that makes it so much easier to pass around him to create 2 on 1s across the team. He can turn around and shout and scream at everyone but ultimately it is him that is doing more harm. Add in Joao staying up as the 'target man' then the opposite fullback can just trot upfield stretching the play.
I am not sure why Hoilet starts over 2 recognised LBs.
Yeah we need players that are willing to do it. Joao can do it, but it relies on the midfield behind him to do it, as well as the wing backs, if that doesn't happen, it's completely disjointed and is probably the most contributing factor when we concede so many goals when we get beat, bar Blackpool.
I can understand why Hoilett is playing, as he's generally done well and I don't think Rahman is up to speed yet either, but he won't ever do if he isn't playing either. The whole point of having a larger squad to deal with games is so we can rotate, at least he got a decent 45 minutes which should serve him well.
Loum looked like he was really rushed back, he was nowhere near the pace of the game (like most of the team).