You are absolutely right - he clearly hasn't seen the footage. Their keeper did his job well but you do wonder where Sky get their analysts. I can't imagine the bloke who wrote that guff has ever played at any level if he thinks their keeper was somehow unbeatable.
I have sympathy with the argument that Potter isn't blessed with quality forwards. The first half sums up the problems neatly. We spent 30 minutes looking pretty but powder puff in the final third, bar one chance (Mooy to Maupay, saved). The AFCB pressed and took over for 10 mins. In that...
They were all Hollywood saves. Maupay's was hit a comfortable height for him, and not far off the middle of the goal, Mooy's was decent, but it was from distance so he had plenty of time to set himself.
Potter got this one completely wrong didn't he? The defence didn't cope with being pressed at all, which was half our downfall. I'd have felt more confident with Duffy at the back defending corners though. The midfield looked ponderous until the substitutions. That was odd - they all seemed...
Massive gap in class between the divisions. Webster is average IMO, he was never going to be at the required level but might get there next season (if we don't go down)
I am baffled as to why Webster is the scapegoat. He was Ok against Villa and hasn't been our worst player here either. For me, the issue is the naive defending as a unit, and the pretty powder puff bollox when we were running the first half hour, and created ONE chance.
Conversely, AFCB took...