[drewks]

1 shot in 45 minutes. At home. Against Bournemouth. The sending off made little difference - it just meant we had 8 men behind the ball rather than 9.........at home. Against Bournemouth. Yes the ref was dreadful. Yes 2 players were stupid, but we got  what we deserved from our totally negative mind set.

I can't really agree that "the sending off made little difference". I'd suggest that playing 65 minutes with a man down makes a big difference in a game. Especially when Bournemouth are the team who have covered the most miles in the league.

There's no doubt they were on top XI on XI in terms of possession but they didn't create anything. Even with an extra man for 65 minutes, it took the ref putting the chance on a plate for them. I can only speculate, but with 11 men, I think we'd have had more of a dominant spell and I don't think we would've conceded. The fact Gosling was allowed even to run at the box was down to tiredness.

Looking again on MOTD, Rondon's sending off was justified. But still feel Dean made fatal mistakes, which cost us. XI on XI for 90 minutes and you've got a completely different game.

Good posts Slick, IMO nicely balanced