eds » Wed May 18, 2016 9:17 pm wrote:ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Wed May 18, 2016 9:12 pm wrote:A flat performance is when we don't press teams or apply pressure to them, the first half hour was a non event which basically meant that our pressing game wasn't working.
We pressed in drips and drabs, but to say we had a poor 1st half because we didn't "press" is a bit of an over-reaction.
No it's not, pressing and playing with a high tempo is the absolute key to our game, no matter who we play, wether it's Exeter or Villarreal you can usually tell within the first five minutes how the game is going to go by how we press.
Tonight was just like the Chelsea game last week, players going through the motions and not busting a gut to win the ball back, as soon as I saw the first few minutes I thought to myself this is going to be a long night.