That game started off as a football match and ended as a pantomime, and it ain't even Christmas. I think I'll email GT in the week and see if there's a chance of him refunding my petrol! I'll stand the ticket price!
I'd like to say we played poorly but it didn't quite reach those heights. Somebody posted that West Ham were nothing special, but they had stamina to chase us down, ambition to press us anywhere on the pitch, skill to play the ball quickly and effectively and someone who could finish off when the chances came - Groundhog day! Mirror image of the Tottenham game, but we didn't get a goal.
We take all day to get the ball up the field and a bit longer to get it into the oppo area. Contrast that with the urgency and dynamism of opposition teams who seem to understand that the penalty areas are spaces for reward or disaster. I think we have forgotten that lesson!
We didn't have an ounce of luck, mind, but you shouldn't be looking to have luck as yer main provider. The midfield came nowhere near the performance from the second half v Leicester. Their goalkeeper probably had the most charmed life of any keeper this weekend. Time and again she took to palming the ball away for it drop into space inside the area and we didn't have a blue boot in the vicinity.
We scored an offside goal, and I was yelling at Ellen White to get onside for fifteen seconds prior to the pass. She'd have been offside whenever the ball had been passed! We had shots whistling past the post and the crowd jumped for one only to see the ball roll round the back of the net. And then we smack a post.
That game, any previous season, would have been a comfortable win, but I think it's gonna be symptomatic of our season and it's an easy win followed by a struggle!
We have to jettison the idea of the notion of the Great God Possession! We play out from the back and opposition teams know we are vulnerable and we have a few seconds where slide rule passes are needed to get us out of the shit we've waded into! Nothing wrong with clattering it upfield!
And what's this 'captain' stuff about. Greenwood captain on Wednesday and Ellen White today. When's it Keira's turn?