Decided to take a while and digest that. Fortunate to get the draw. I think we struggle against teams that want a fight and are up for the battle. Why? DM. Simple as, and trying not to jump on the Gerrard bandwagon, but both himself and Lucas were awful, Gerrard more so. Lazy, lethargic and no idea where to be positionally. His long passes are 1 in 10 now and put us under the kosh all the time. Brendan needs to man up, as many have said, I want him to success, playing Gerrard in that position will doom him to failure. Also, its horrible seeing Gerrard rotting in such a role. He knows how poor he is at it. Hes lost his captaincy if you ask me, which is bizarre because a DM should be best suited to command the team over all other positions.
Parts of the game I thought we came into it. Passed well and moved the ball well looking for a weakness. Coutinho was our best player again, but didnt have a great game. Good to see Sakho, who didnt excel, command the area. He was ordering the line and marshalling his fellow players well.
As a fan, you can almost guess when we are going to concede. Few poor passes and suddenly we looked shook and a few passes later we concede. Then a few mins later Toure, under no real pressure, mispasses the ball out of play and Leicester lift their game again and score a few mins later. Its shocking, we are literally our own worst enemies.... we cut ourselves and drip the blood into the sea for all to sniff.
Brendan really messed up. There was no real reason, other than Gerrards legacy, to change the starting lineup. Poor Poor decision and one he will be beaten up over.
We missed out on 2 vital points today.
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