Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:41 pm
woof woof ! wrote:We were sitting too "deep" I don't know if this was by accident or design and perhaps we should give some credit to Wigan for the shift they turned in. The biggest probem for us last night was (and may continue to be) our predictability. Every man and his whippet in Wigan knew we'd look time and again to get the ball through to Torres, nullify the balls that are fed to him and with no wide men feeding balls in if Gerrard doesn't break forward we looked pretty toothless.
Yep I'd agree with that.
Tactically we're so negative and so unimaginative it's embarassing at times. That's down to the manager. We're actually a side who now let the opposition have the lion-share of possession in games, even at home.
I thought Rafa was too cautious at times but at least we were competitive. We don't even press the opposition anymore and supposedly weaker sides are outplaying us. Being Torres in that side must be so frustrating at times.
If we go in with the same approach at Stoke on Saturday we'll get beat.