[Terrier1987cas]

I saw them again this morning (SSN show them as they come in) and there's some utterly appalling defending going on - though admittedly, it looks a little late on as though its from running backwards after being caught on the break than just being crap.

I'm pissing myself at the thought of our midfield being high enough up the pitch to get caught on the break!

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Key differences last night:

- They had more than 1 player who was willing to run with the ball (Afobe, Sako & Dicko in particular ran through us from the off) whereas we just had Scanz who was back to his usual trick of having no end product
- They were strong and well positioned at the back whereas we were weak and all over the shop
- They regularly broke with pace, and when they broke they had men up in support of their forward line whereas we lumped the ball long all night with no support for Miller or Vaughan
- They had a manager who made subs that could change a game whereas we have Chris Powell who brought a winger on for a winger and a centre half on for a centre half

Afobe watch:

Delighted to see he's developed into a top footballer like I always said he would, and I still think he has more about him than Rhodes and expect him to play at a higher level. He occupied 3 positions throughout the evening and we couldn't handle him in any of them. I particular liked him playing in the hole when we became even more stretched than we already were, where he would drop into space (too much space mind), turn with the ball and either play a ball out wide or run past 2 or 3 players. End product sometimes lacking but he's a proper footballing brain on him and has that priceless ability of knowing where the space is and knowing what he's going to do with the ball a few seconds before he has it. Dived a couple of times but it's part and parcel of the game, nobody kicked up a fuss in the first half when Vaughan kept throwing himself on the floor.