I watched some of your game on TV when I could tear myself away from Villa and Leeds, or when they were rolling around on the floor having nearly been injured.
Both Huddersfield and Preston looked like organised Championship sides whose priority was not to lose.
The biggest surprise to me was that having managed Preston's efforts quite nicely you didn't go for the win. Ward obviously lacked a partner throughout. You had Rhodes and Koroma on the bench and gave them them only the dying embers of a game. I couldn't manage my way out of a chip bag, but Koroma is more creative than any of the first eleven you fielded, and Rhodes may not be the player he was, but he is still likely to grab a goal ............
It's true you can't expect to play like graduates of the Cruyff Institute every week, but equally once you've spent 75 minutes carving out the basis for an away win it seems sensible to give it a try if you really want to reach the play-offs.
Sorba Thomas often looks as though he might be dying, yet is as willing a runner in the 95th minute as in the 2nd. Rate him!
Both Huddersfield and Preston looked like organised Championship sides whose priority was not to lose.
The biggest surprise to me was that having managed Preston's efforts quite nicely you didn't go for the win. Ward obviously lacked a partner throughout. You had Rhodes and Koroma on the bench and gave them them only the dying embers of a game. I couldn't manage my way out of a chip bag, but Koroma is more creative than any of the first eleven you fielded, and Rhodes may not be the player he was, but he is still likely to grab a goal ............
It's true you can't expect to play like graduates of the Cruyff Institute every week, but equally once you've spent 75 minutes carving out the basis for an away win it seems sensible to give it a try if you really want to reach the play-offs.
Sorba Thomas often looks as though he might be dying, yet is as willing a runner in the 95th minute as in the 2nd. Rate him!