Apart from the multiple individual performances that were not nearly up to par, this team, collectively speaking, has a problem. They have that tendency to turn up only when they want to. From a mentality point of view, games are not all approached with the same level of commitment.
I watched the game and you could tell from the very first 5 minutes that we weren't turning up. The players looked like they had given themselves a day off and expected to be able to show up half switched off and still get a result. This is very problematic because, in my opinion, this shows that the leadership is not up to par. Tittle contending teams go into games against weaker opposition thinking ''lets wrap this up quickly and be up 3-0 by half time so we don't have to run after the points all game long'' rather than ''its a smaller team so we can probably get away with 50% of the effort we would put against stronger opposition''.
This mentality and way of approaching games in a selective manner cost us points against Luton, Toulouse and nearly cost us against teams like Bournemouth at home, LASK and others.
As far as I'm concerned, some of those lads need to stop bullshitting us with social media posts before and after games and actually start approaching 100% of the games with the same level of commitment and professionalism. Playing like its a friendly game for 80 minutes, waking up in the last 10 and then making a instagram post about ''performance wasn't there tonight, we'll do better next time'' or some bullshit along those lines is not going to cut it regardless of the competition (PL, Europa or even the cup games).
This is why I think some key positions need reinforcement just for the sake of having more competition coupled with more ruthlessness from JK. If some of those guys want to half turn up or turn up only when they feel like it then F**k it, ride the bench and watch someone else take your minutes.
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