This is seriously giving me the shits! We bring it on ourselves by being profligate with chances.
The whole vibe the players are giving off is unsurety. We do not look sharp enough or desperate enough in the box to grab the goals.
Our whole buildup is extremely predictable and formulaic. As soon as the ball is given out wide, especially on the left, most of our players slow down and seem to wait to see what the player in possession is going to do. It's very hit and miss and so easy to read and negate. We play into the opposition's hands , as there is not enough varied forms of attack happening. It is very reactive. Nothing terribly instinctive.
It looks very sterile, and a quality defence will eat it up, let alone a poor Blackburn defence!
Something is very wrong, as confidence seems lacking, and we look defeatist when things don't go our way or shots continue to be saved. We can't shoot for sh*t! We just don't look deadly in the box.
This world class keeper thing that everyone keeps writing about, I don't fully agree with as we should be burying these keepers earlier and not just rely on last minute winners. The script was so easy to read as most home games continue to pan out very formulaically, similar.
This match was one of the most frustrating to watch, as the uneasy feeling I had went on the whole 90 minutes.
Something needs to be done in January to add some fresh impetus or some new fresh blood as playing like this, we simply must accept that it won't get us 4th spot.
Most of the time outside the box, the wingers choose the wrong option, choosing to shoot at the worst times and either ballooning it high and wide, or hitting soft side-footers. We just don't look dangerous enough to scare the beejesus out of defences with continued onslaught of pressure. For all the good work that Enrique did, some of his final balls were atrocious, and gave it away, far too often with complacent passes.
He overdoes it sometimes, and I think he should not be dribbling and attacking the entire 90 minutes as it becomes far too obvious to negate.
Kenny must do something to shake the side up somehow, as we look sterile, and can be outplayed by half decent teams on occasion.
Where on earth are our players lately on free-kicks and corners, when the ball is headed out. I've noticed that we hardly have anyone mopping up on the crumbs lately. Teams are just running it out easily.
Thank heavens Stevie is back, as it's a start, but I still think it's not enough. Let's just hope and pray that he has an extended injury-free run til the end of the season.
On a plus note, Skrtel was a beast again today, and he is looking as solid as his early Red days. So pleased with him.
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