I think it's a confidence thing. When we didn't 'need' the points as such, we could afford to try things out and play the way we did. But then after a few poor results, and we start actually needing points, it's harder, as your first instinct is 'don't lose - play it safe' - so we seem to be...
The ploy was to win a dodgy free-kick in a dangerous position with 20 seconds to go - and score then, so Wolves had no time to come back. But, I must say, our new boy put in a pretty poor cross from it!..
I thought there was a lot more bite in his tackling, he also tracked back at speed a couple of times, which he is often criticised for not doing. He left Bissouma to go forwards, and played more of the holding role.
Bissouma stood out, both in going forward and tackling back - but he can't shoot. None of the others were 'outstanding' as such, but they all put in a pretty solid workmanlike performance, and covered for each other - so when we did make the inevitable mistake or two, it didn't matter. That's...
We are doing 'quite well'. Bissouma having a great game, and we seem to be fighting for the ball pretty well, and looking after each other when we lose it. Trouble is, we just don't look threatening when we do have the ball. Whereas Wolves look as though they could score if they could be...
It's not just that though. Yes - you're right, we seem to be doing everything right except the scoring; but we've tried and tested the players we have. At the moment, even we get in promising positions we're expecting not to score. I think having them both on the pitch/bench could change the...