We need to shield the defense better. Without the higher quality holding midfielder we need to not be so suicidal going forward. Yes it will mean less goals, but will mean we have a greater chance of a result in games like this.
When we throw the EPL games prior to this game to rest players that comes with expectations. If we are not expected to get results here don't test the team in the EPL.
It's not even that. Potter had us good defensively. That was the tradeoff. RDZ works only when the offense out performs the defense/papers over the defensive cracks. Potter was the other way around.