I’m sure it will hurt, but will it change anything? Not a jot… he’ll look at the possession stats, continue to convince himself we played ‘well’ and just need to cut out ‘errors’.
We perfectly illustrated what our midfield is capable of without Downes & Stu. Nothing. Actually felt for Charles, left with far too much to do with the passengers Aribo & Rothwell in front of him (Smallbone at least seemed to care, but is also limited). A portent for next season…
One final footnote. How ineffectual is Arma as captain? I have no idea why he has that role. Doesn’t open his mouth. I’d much rather have THB or Bednarek as leader when JS is out. That said, the lack of leadership was palpable last night.
Depressing way to limp over the (league) finishing line…