Some thoughts:
Awful selection of the starting 11. I understand Leroy not starting but if we are going with a 4 at the back, Erabi needs to start and Valentin should be lucky to make the bench. Offiah 100% should have started that game and that cannot be argued otherwise, unless he wasn't fit enough to. Looked absolutely fine though.
Iversen stinker. I think he's a good goalkeeper overall but shouts of him being best in the league are ridiculous. Not just the error but the kicking was appalling. Can forgive the kicking if he's making saves but he was shaky all game.
Just as frustrating as booting the ball out of play...offsides. 7 of them. Absolutely ridiculous from Lang and Osmajic.
Osmajic. Awful. Had the chance to redeem a lackluster performance and absolutely bottled it.
Lindsay. Fuck me...it's like groundhog day. Defending, progressing the ball already dogshit but then yet again 50p heads a MASSIVE opportunity to rescue a point. I'd say it's unbelievable but it's actually hilariously predictable. Been here about 3 years too many. Get fucking shut.
Touched on it already but Pol with one of the all time stinkers. Offers literally nothing. Also get fucking shut. Surplus to requirements. I think that hamstring tear has probably finished him at this level. He was clinging on to the level to begin with.
First half was an abysmal showing. Had no way of progressing the ball.
Now the positives - that changed with the subs. The problem is the game was almost and probably should have been beyond us by the time they came on.
Leroy looked like exactly what we need, Offiah infinitely better than Pol, Small quite lively playing on the wing, Vuk assist and Erabi looks the real deal. At least we adored a good goal and had enough chances to equalise in the end.
It's not panic stations for me yet. It's still a half put together squad, despite the recent backing. Some of these players have outstayed their welcome and need replacing ASAP.
Mills, another winger/forward, a better centre back and ideally a left back required.
