This is how I see it too. The movement is shockingly lacking (always has been) so it has to be the players following instructions. The wingers will lay the ball off to Stephens, and instead of even occasionally heading at pace down the wing or into the channel, they hover 5-10 yards away waiting...
I was watching him during the game on Tuesday quite a bit - didn't seem to be very animated at all, particularly in the second half. Obviously difficult from a distance but just got a sense he was either paralysed with fear, or resigned to the fact the game had gone. Allowing Stephens to carry...
Problem is you need a near-perfect defensive performance to keep virtually any PL team at bay for 90 mins - we did it brilliantly at times this season (Wolves - H, WHU - H, Watford - H, Newcastle - A for example) but it's very difficult to keep a clean sheet, if and when we concede a goal - and...
FFS - we're not CREATING ANY CHANCES Chris, let alone scoring goals.
So, I guess we knew already, but we're now looking to get 0-0 draws or nick 1-0 wins in our remaining games and he's told EVERYONE that. This is ****ing depressing. Tempted to chuck my Spurs and Wolves tickets in the bin. Why...