As mentioned already, I think it's a price we pay for the type of footy we play. To have so much intensity and drive going forward for most of the game, it's inevitable that near the end we lose a bit of concentration when we lose the ball in the oppositions half.
I think we'd see more clean sheets if we were keeping things more apprehensive with and without the ball.
Closing games out is what we need to improve on, I'd say. Not defending the goal.
Personally, I just think the press have found another stick to wave around, and they've all jumped on the bandwagon.
Of course we're a bit open at the back when attacking, but so is any team who commits men forwards, which is pretty much the whole top 8.
Of course we could defend better, but you can say that about any team who concede a goal.
I'm not worried, and nor am I going to take any notice of this latest press campaign, simply because we are nowhere near as open as we were under BR in the "oh so nearly" season. We're also fitter, more aggressive, and have more players being more aggressive.
We'll ship a few here and there, but so will others.
What's important is who we concede to, and when.
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