We don't have any actual left wingers, though.Agree. It's not that unexpected for him to have an off match (see Arsenal), and I agree Martinez should have seen he needed help and brought on an actual winger for Kone.
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We don't have any actual left wingers, though.Agree. It's not that unexpected for him to have an off match (see Arsenal), and I agree Martinez should have seen he needed help and brought on an actual winger for Kone.
Will struggle against the pace of Bolasie/Zaha especially with Kone offering little in defence.
Hope Baines Is back for then.
Baines when he is fully fit again walks right into any starting 11, Galloway ha done brilliant but Baines is still one of the best Left Backs playing in the league, for the first time ever he will be playing in a team that can't just be loaded up against his side defensively either as right now our right hand side is murdering teams, imagine the damage he can do given a balanced attack and a lot more time and space to pick out crosses...
Add to that the injury could prove a blessing in the end - we will get for the last 20 games a fully fit Baines who has had a long rest without playing for the first time for him in years and who comes back into a team that has finally gotten over the over reliance on has realised that we have a right hand side of the pitch as well
Their attacks came down both wings in the 2 Nd half so our we claiming Coleman was at fault as was Galoway?
In my opinion it was our lack of effort in midfield - and our defence that could not cope with not turning up in the 2 Nd half!
Galloway didn't play badly so much as was exposed
In my opinion it was our lack of effort in midfield
I tend also to blame our captain Barry - until now he has wore the Captains armband with distinction he looked lethargic and leggy in the 2nd half never belted out any instructions to move the back line higher up the pitch, and made clumsy tackles and lost the ball quite a bit, holding on to 2-0 was not a great idea so the manager the Capt then the team are at fault imo!Said this in the manager thread but for me the blame is far more on Coleman than Galloway. A player of his stature and experience should not have left his flanks so exposed
Makes no diference to me unless you have a winger to cover our left back as who ever it is they are out numbered 2 to one!Will struggle against the pace of Bolasie/Zaha especially with Kone offering little in defence.
Hope Baines Is back for then.
Lennon, not Coleman. Coleman was marking the man he should have been marking in both cases, but Lennon (who I can only imagine was brought into the match to provide defensive help down the right flank) was nowhere to be seen while the second wide man had all the time in the world to pick out a cross.Said this in the manager thread but for me the blame is far more on Coleman than Galloway. A player of his stature and experience should not have left his flanks so exposed