I have noticed in our last 2 games that we tend to kick off and play the ball around and backwards.
Against Wigan this worked till we gave it to Richards and he did a pass to no one giving possession away after 12 seconds. Against Fulham, same thing happened, ball passed back, Richards aimless ball to no one, possession given away after 15 seconds. Sorry but as a Premiership footballer his positioning, passing and lack of awerness just isnt good enough.
Saying that, he isnt the only one to blame, both our fullbacks dont stop enough crosses coming into the box and our centre backs just dont seem to be able to cope with high balls into the box.
We always seems to have players tightly on us but other teams have the freedom of the pitch with little pressure put on them in the middle of the pitch.
Its not all doom though, still have Robbie to come back, January is soon on us for any improvements (world class striker please) and with luck our poor play of late is just down to the team needing to gel but player for player we should be beating teams like Fulham if we are serious about the top 4
Against Wigan this worked till we gave it to Richards and he did a pass to no one giving possession away after 12 seconds. Against Fulham, same thing happened, ball passed back, Richards aimless ball to no one, possession given away after 15 seconds. Sorry but as a Premiership footballer his positioning, passing and lack of awerness just isnt good enough.
Saying that, he isnt the only one to blame, both our fullbacks dont stop enough crosses coming into the box and our centre backs just dont seem to be able to cope with high balls into the box.
We always seems to have players tightly on us but other teams have the freedom of the pitch with little pressure put on them in the middle of the pitch.
Its not all doom though, still have Robbie to come back, January is soon on us for any improvements (world class striker please) and with luck our poor play of late is just down to the team needing to gel but player for player we should be beating teams like Fulham if we are serious about the top 4