Something strange is happening if i am being agreed with! Twice!
Not sure how people can blame Portvliet, he didn't exactly have many options up top available to him did he? Play Pekhart and we would just lump it from the first minute, play BWP and he will run like a headless chicken up dark alleys, as he did when he came on. The real problem was the lack of anyone able to thread a decent pass, something for DMG to latch onto. Surman was covering a lot of ground in the middle and endeavoured to create, but Wotton was horrible. Lallana in the middle with Surman would maybe have been a better option but would leave the already dodgy back 4 exposed! Lose Lose for JP really