I thought the 1st half was decent, gifted them two goals and looked dead after 60 minutes, Garner was like the reincarnation of Tom Cleverley and McNeil would be a useful bench warmer if he had pace and a right foot, definitely need a few bodies...
Simple for me decent first half second half lacked the energy of the first half and we handed them 2 goals on a plate. Some players out on their feet for the last 30 minutes due to lack of personnel. Things will improve as we add to the squad but...
Decent 45 followed by a dreadful 45.
We tired badly second half, and Bournemouth had plenty in reserve.
All about the size and quality of the squad, which we all knew anyway.
Nothing new learned. Just reinforces that there’s plenty of work to do.
First half was decent and we looked much the better side; created a few chances, got into good areas, limited Bournemouth to pretty much nothing on goal.
Second half polar opposite. Players looked tired and whilst Bournemouth adapted to our...
Definitely! It was more a comment on how I jumped the gun after their fantastic displays against Accrington only to be reminded of that inconsistency which comes with youth players just a couple of days later.
Genuinely exciting talents, both...
Positives are that we have now sorted:
Goalkeeper [Pickford / Travers / Tyrer]
Centre Back [Tarkwoski / O’Brien / Branthwaite / Keane]
Striker [Barry / Beto / Chermiti]
Well what a difference a few days makes!
I had Heath & Clarke as the second coming following their cameos against Accrington, then back to reality following an increase in opposition quality versus Blackburn.
It tells you that they’re...
It's all opinions, I suppose, but for me LB looks really weak too. Mykolenko is Ok defensively but offers almost nothing going forward, so after we sort out RW and RB I'd be looking at LB but I agree we also need a CM. By the end of the window I...