I would fully agree with you aside form the fact you can clearly see we have an issue that is rampant throughout the squad - the single unifying factor of our squad being they are nearly all lacking in league football experience.
Any one individual you could certainly lay that challenge to - you don't need 300 games to follow a player. The problem I think is still a squad one though - there are few players who can correct the poor behaviours of others in the game and everyone has spent 4-5 years + playing Academy football, where I imagine a large portion of the game occurs in front of you when defending, due to the possession based approach.
That is where I think the inexperience comes in - it's not that they don't know what to do, it's that they are not used to it. They are not used to a team sending in a barrage when there are 10 minutes to go because their careers may well be on the line. They are not used to being barged into, to being fouled for no apparent reason, to players playing percentage balls in behind them all the time.
Hutton's movement on the goal at the end says it all - if you are his centre half friend, you surely shout at the fucker - where the fuck are you going? We don't seem to have people able to do that, or understand it in the heat of battle. They are all used to watching the other team take 15 passes to get into our half.
Great post.
You will struggle to get out of this league with all youngsters playing samba soccer.
I watched England v Italy and then Ukraine....back to the keeper, out to the full backs, back again, tip tap, found a gap and it moves forward.
Thats all good, the quality of the players is second to none but this is L2, wake the fuck up....its not going to work!!
I agree about players expecting the opposition to play the same 32 pass moves to enter your own half and then when its launched quick, all being out of position, not tracking back, the inability to be able to head clear, or waving at the ref as some brick shithouse of a forward barges you over and the ref gives fuck all.
In the Prem the arm on Brynn at Sutton wouldnt of even made VAR easily disallowed but this is L2!!
L2!... and this season not a great L2.
The rest of this season need to be treated as one big giant preseason.
JM needs to work out whos going (most) and whos staying and getting them signed up pronto or dropping them out of the team.
Thank fuck we have enough points in the bag to avoid a dogfight....i dont think this team has the minerals.
The highlight of this season has been getting the ground, its all been a bit crap everywhere else.
A shame after all the positive goodwill. Missing out last season has proved to be a big missed opportunity.
I dunno about JM but i dont want to see total tippy tappy, 'pass for the sake of it' football next season.