How is it Brighton look more like us than we do?
Well drilled, aggressive, good shape, attacking with numbers, and - frankly - should consider themselves unfortunate to be only 2-0 ahead.
Im still trying to digest this performance.
I am very happy Poch went 4231(ish), and for a fair part of the half I thought it was a much much better shape for us than the diamond has ever been. Broadly happier than I was on Tuesday in the first half, in so much as we werent run into the ground, the shape allowed us bodies always around the ball and a compactness.
Though, clearly, we werent playing particularly well. Slow, ponderous and like a bunch of strangers.
Im thinking its like they were getting into a new formation, we have all seen that sort of stilted performance when trying to work things out.
But as the half wears on Im thinking its more like they are just going through the motions, which isnt a good sign at all.
No player stands out as especially good or bad IMO, rather all just kind of 'meh'.
HUGE 15 minutes for Poch now, this game could well define his tenure with us.
Is it the game where the players officially downed tools and got him sacked, or the one where he finally got everyone going again - to be looked back on in time fondly as that moment when we got our brick together?