Conviction and resolve. At key moments we have neither. In the last third what we try and do with the final pass carries no conviction. Instead we take the easy option or make a careless pass, not helped by an absence of options in goalscoring areas. At the back we have good solid defenders who deal with 99% of what comes their way, but at the moments when the men get sorted from the boys they don't have the firm resolve to see things out. Yesterday was a classic example where at least 3 defenders copped out. Distin was not strong enough, mentally or physically, to block Terry's run into the 6 yd box; Jagielka actually could have attacked the ball and put it behind for a corner but instead he actually withdraws his body from the line of the ball and let's it go unchallenged across the face of the goal; and then of course Howard craps himself at the sight of Terry rushing in at him and pushes the ball into his own net! Terry showed all the conviction you see in real winners; we showed the lack of resolve that will forever stop us winning anything.
