04-10-2018, 00:23
I was astounded when he put 7 mins up. You made all three subs at the same time so that cuts it down and there was only one stoppage for injury that I could remember plus the two subs we made, no way that added up to 7 mins. By that time I was expecting the worst but in the end both sides had chances to win it!!
The turning point for me wasn’t your subs, it was ours, we took Nuhiu off and replaced him with the wrong forward, we should have brought on Fletcher who would have done the same job that Nuhiu had done all game. Secondly when Onomah went off we needed more steel in midfield, not a 19 year old kid who is still a bit lightweight. We should have brought on Thorniley, a CH and pushed Hector into midfield to protect the back 3. As a consequence we gave up possession to you and lost that bite we had in midfield all game up until then. Of course hindsight is wonderful, but that miss by Forestieri when he stole the ball of Hegazi (?) in your box and pushed it wide when it seemed easier to score, that would have made it 3-0 and I don’t think you would have come back from that.
The turning point for me wasn’t your subs, it was ours, we took Nuhiu off and replaced him with the wrong forward, we should have brought on Fletcher who would have done the same job that Nuhiu had done all game. Secondly when Onomah went off we needed more steel in midfield, not a 19 year old kid who is still a bit lightweight. We should have brought on Thorniley, a CH and pushed Hector into midfield to protect the back 3. As a consequence we gave up possession to you and lost that bite we had in midfield all game up until then. Of course hindsight is wonderful, but that miss by Forestieri when he stole the ball of Hegazi (?) in your box and pushed it wide when it seemed easier to score, that would have made it 3-0 and I don’t think you would have come back from that.