The first half and their goal in particular left a very sour taste; complacent, lackadaisical defending which takes place in every game now. Many point to Robertson but he put in the effort, he just got beaten.
What Van Dijk does though is infuriating. No excuse for him trotting back nonchalantly. He is the captain, he sets the tone and if this is how he approaches his own duties, it’s no wonder that the team’s defensive record has taken a nosedive in the past few games.
Slot mentioned that we concede on every chance we give up, but it’s not surprising given the quality of the chances we allow. Despite Leicester doing nothing all game long, they would have scored 2 goals had Daka not whiffed a sitter.
This approach to defending where at times we seem to feel that it’s optional, is unsustainable in the long run.
Making the comeback to collect all 3 points was never in doubt, we are leagues better than them. But that won’t always be the case, especially if we keep sabotaging ourselves.
Konate being back will solve this. He compliments VVD as he is the front foot defender and VVD reacts magnificently to mop up anything that sneaks by him.
Not looking to change world order here or anything… but is there another system that might suit our own forum squad players re the post match comments…?
Shame to lose out on these words posted, while high on emotion, both good and bad.
Would the one thread title containing Pre - Ongoing & Post Match subject/s be more convenient when other priorities rightly take preference… It would after all, be like following the story from start to finish.
The MOM poll would obviously suffer, but the beginning, a middle and an end of a particular game would at least be logged for posterity…
Seems such a shame for a winning match to fizzle out like it has, especially as this feels like a special ‘winning’ season.
Maybe we should just do some generic kind of thing with the entire squad for the poll ? It’s becoming too much of a regular thing now to go without one.
Edit : Every time I do this I read on and discover it’s already been suggested to death. I hereby award myself the Village Idiot award.
