Just watched the first half. McCarthy, Martina, and Kenny were absolutely horrific. McCarthy was like playing with a man down. He missed more tackles than a high school football does in a game leaving Gana and others out to dry. Even worse, he provided absolutely NOTHING going forward, never passed it anywhere but sideways or backwards, and well, playing it backwards to anyone today wasn't going to result in much. Kenny kept the player onsides in the first goal, although Martina sitting 10 yards back when the player had the ball on the friggin 18 was the epitome of what he offers, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Kenny is clearly inconsistent and may be wearing down already because you CANNOT let anyone turn in space like he did on the second goal. You either win it, contain him, or chop him down.
That being said, what the heck was Martina doing on that second goal playing 2 yards behind the CBs? Having played a bit of left back myself, I would NEVER unless I could get goalside of the player and had NO ONE behind me, play behind my center back like that and permit a ball played behind a CB without it being offsides. Kane was off IMO, but he should've been off by 2 yards. It's complete incompetence.
Aurier basically had up until the 18 on virtually any possession without being so much as sniffed at if he stayed on the touch line, which he did. But with McCarthy predominantly shading for help on the right, it made it equally easy to go down either touchline. If Sam wants width, he simply has to play 3 in the back and wingbacks. He has to. Or pull a middy back wide to Cuco's side like Siggy, as much of a waste as that would be, and hope JonJoe doesn't have a stinker.
But seriously, the fact that we haven't gotten a left back in is shambolic.
