As an away team at a ‘big’ team I completely agree. But us home to Swansea, that is weak manager thinking. Sorry, but 5 at the back to a distinctly ‘average Swansea’ ( despite them being above us), is not the thinking of someone who believes we should be winning these games.
We have a manager who can’t think “this is a gimme win, let’s go and batter them”. Unadventurous mentality, unadventurous results. What we are getting.
The manager is responsible for team morale, belief, balls, whatever you want to call PMA (positive mental attitude). We just don’t believe we can win. It’s so obvious in the plodding play, sideways passing, safe passes, easy passes, lack of movement up front does my nut in.
Swansea did not play a low block. They compressed play to the middle third of the pitch, giving our forwards space to time a run through them. Sometimes the pass never came, sometimes it did and we are straight in behind them, mostly in the second half Arma and Archer didn’t make the runs because they knew a quick pass wasn’t coming. Sorry Will, that’s down to you to sort out and get the fuckers looking up and passing into space behind their high line. It was obvious to me that when we did this, we were clean through on goal. But no, let’s pass about at the back and go nowhere with 7 minutes added time. Bunch of fucking melts. Safety first wank ball. Should be ashamed at home to a middling side. Sort it out Will, or fuck off and let someone who can sort it…