Martinez rested Barkley due to him having 4 yellows, I won't blame Martinez as I trust in him fully. I'd say it was a mixture between Howard's and Osman's fault, just unfortunate. Don't be too worried blues.
This team have been playing too well to deserve "blame" some losing perspective here, mistakes happen and will happen again we never gave up despite sht happening and damn near pulled it out the fire that's all you can ask for.
No one knows what would have happened if Barkley had played instead of Osman bollocks suggesting otherwise.
maybe not with the title of this particular thread, but a match losing incident is worth investigating, rather than just being dismissed as 'one of those things'
maybe not with the title of this particular thread, but a match losing incident is worth investigating, rather than just being dismissed as 'one of those things'
Both Barkley and Barry were on 4 yellow cards before this match. If both picked up a yellow then both will be suspend for the Soton game. This would be a disaster. So it shouldn't take half a brain to think that one of them would be "rest" for this game. The result didn't turn out well for us, but that didn't mean it was a management error, rather it was a player's technical error.
