I agree with you. Murphy is a case in point, and without him having a decent left-back behind him he hasn't been firing on all cylinders, so the service to Hemed and Wilson is halved. Hopefully KLL will not be tainted by the malaise and can come in and start from where he left off. We can but...
Interesting. I think Hughton needs to start with his strongest line-up vs Blackburn on the weekend. That means starting Bobby, Baldock and KLL instead of Wilson, Hemed and Murphy, then see where we are at half-time. If this side goes a goal behind we're f*cked, I'd rather be 1-0 up after 45...
F*ck them up the road, they've just lost to a woeful Villa side and their European ambitions have taken a dent. Nobody's crowing about it but on the other hand it's not a bad thing, is it?
That ignores the fact that for a big chunk of the season we've had Bong, KLL, Rosenior, March and Hunemeier in the side looking rock solid in this division.
The table doesn't lie, but it is time to show some character, grind out a win and steady the ship.
We have money to spend and players...
4-4-2 is fine if you have two dangerous and attacking wide players, but even then it puts a lot of responsibility on the central pair, and Kayal / Stephens have been well below their normal standard recently. I would have hoped for better than what we got from them tonight after their 10 days...