Indeed, of course maybe you should put your centre backs on their best players, people who defend instinctively, and use Benetke aerial ability to block an area, and clear the ball.

Now I'm no manager, but I would have thought that either the striker picks up the 'easier defence' role due to their focus of experience being non-defensive.

And when you've been proven wrong already twice in a game - f**king change it...

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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It is all about doing the basics right and we are not doing that right now.
Still - it's all the Players fault and Manager is bloody wonderful - grrrr!

From the press conference today

AP: We've done a couple of things that the players want to do. You have to listen to the group. I'm experienced enough to know that.

So why has it taken this long for AP to work that out?

How in gods name did you find this thread ?

“This is a crisis, a large crisis.... in fact if you have a moment, it’s a 12 storey crisis, magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24 hour portage , and an enormous sign on the roof saying “This , is a large crisis” - Edmund Blackadder

I didn’t even know there was a search function ??

“This is a crisis, a large crisis.... in fact if you have a moment, it’s a 12 storey crisis, magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24 hour portage , and an enormous sign on the roof saying “This , is a large crisis” - Edmund Blackadder

We didn't underestimate the opposition today, they were just better than we thought they would be.