Sorry this isnt a sexy transfer rumour, i just wanted to make the following point!
A lot has been made about our defending yesterday and certainly i feel at times our defenders were ball watching and didnt play the way we know they can. I also think our fullbacks while not playing visably badly traditionly speaking lost the battle of taking control of the flanks to Johnson and Traore. Davey for me lost the tactical battle as pompey switched from a 4-4-2 defensively to a 3-5-2 offensively mid flow wheather this was down to not enough options in our sqaud to counter this tacticly or Davey didnt notice is questionable.
For me though yesterday one thing was glaringly obvious how much we miss Lee Carsely, there was no protection for the defence which meant that there were to many runners coming from midfiled into danger areas not being tracked by Jags and Rodwell. As such both Yobo and Lescott didnt know who to cover and left men in acres of space. For me the problem lay in midfiled and defensivly with Rodwell and Jags not tracking back the runs. A lot of us are scratching our heads as to why we lost three - nil as we didnt play exceptionly badly, for me this is the main reason we miss Cars. If he was playing yesterday i dont think we would have lost three - nil.
The need for a defensive midfielder just to make things difficult for the opposition is glaringly obvious, i dont care who it is at this point but we need one of note before the window shuts, this is even more a priority for me then Mouthino.
Come back Lee!
A lot has been made about our defending yesterday and certainly i feel at times our defenders were ball watching and didnt play the way we know they can. I also think our fullbacks while not playing visably badly traditionly speaking lost the battle of taking control of the flanks to Johnson and Traore. Davey for me lost the tactical battle as pompey switched from a 4-4-2 defensively to a 3-5-2 offensively mid flow wheather this was down to not enough options in our sqaud to counter this tacticly or Davey didnt notice is questionable.
For me though yesterday one thing was glaringly obvious how much we miss Lee Carsely, there was no protection for the defence which meant that there were to many runners coming from midfiled into danger areas not being tracked by Jags and Rodwell. As such both Yobo and Lescott didnt know who to cover and left men in acres of space. For me the problem lay in midfiled and defensivly with Rodwell and Jags not tracking back the runs. A lot of us are scratching our heads as to why we lost three - nil as we didnt play exceptionly badly, for me this is the main reason we miss Cars. If he was playing yesterday i dont think we would have lost three - nil.
The need for a defensive midfielder just to make things difficult for the opposition is glaringly obvious, i dont care who it is at this point but we need one of note before the window shuts, this is even more a priority for me then Mouthino.
Come back Lee!
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