Do you remember on here around the time of Poyet/ Garcia/ there was this big desire to play 4-4-2 and get a bit more direct. It's largely been proven right.
But I'll say now what I said then. We need to play a formation that suits the personnel we have available and the opposition. In the same...
Well two parts of your 'critiquing' are plain wrong. Huddersfield didn't 'walk' through him. He can pass.
He's a more limited player than Stephens and Kayal (tbf as central midfielders in this division who isn't?) Usage of him and Sidwell should vary depending on the opposition. Last night was...
It's not totally the formation though. If we were going to play 4-4-2, I think it had to be Sidwell and Kayal. It wasn't the game for Norwood. I don't agree with this commentary that Norwood isn't good enough but he isn't a guy that's going to boss a top side in a 4-4-2, he needs a bit of time...
Personally I haven't had a bad word to say about him for 18 months but as soon as I saw the team yesterday, I knew he had got it wrong.
It happens. It's how we respond now that's important. Luckily, we won't walk into a performance like that again this season.
I think the manager has to take responsibility for this one.
Hindsight is 20/20 but without Stephens, Kayal still not totally back up to speed, no Baldock as an outball in a game away to a very good side, we should have played 3 in central midfield. If we are totally wedded to a 2 it should...