F***ing gutted again.
The lads, bar Pepe, played poorly today. No urgency till Masch and N'Gog came on which was very disappointing. For me though, as poorly as we played, I still thought in my head we'll nick this when 7 minutes of stoppage time was added.
For me the 2 standout poor performers were Babel and Johnson. Babel can do one as far as I'm concerned, didn't even look bothered and can't even control the ball, he has two shocking left feet, can't understand how he can keep trodding on the ball. Obviously his mind is working much faster than his feet and I can't see him getting that sorted any time quick.
Barrymanulow mentioned that Johnson was our only attacking player today, yeah he was but so what? You can run the ball up the pitch as much as you want but every time he got near the box, he got caught in possession trying to get around his man. I never once saw him put in a decent cross.
A special poor mention also goes to Aurelio. Did he get one decent set piece to beat the first man? What chance have any of players of getting a header to the ball when the ball is played so low and doesn't get past the first defender?
Now to that pr**k who is supposed to be an "expert commentator". When the ball hit the beach ball
, he said the goal was controversial but the onus was on Pepe Reina to come out and either stamp on the ball or kick it out off the pitch. Yeah surely he should have done that but as I was watching I'm sure he was trying to guard his goal first and foremost. Surely some other player could have got there and kicked into touch.
I still can't believe we lost that game although we did deserve to lose it, just gutted we couldn't be jammy for a change. Oh well we have 2 home games coming up within the space of a few days, hoepfully we can get some confidence back. Let's just start by somone, anyone putting the ball in the back of the net.
Still plenty to play for this season, I know it's going to be tough but let's not throw in the towel already.
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