My point was it doesn’t show a loss of changing room. 2 tough away games, a 10 man win, and a 4-0 win.
I think this is good perspective. We should be keeping this.
I agree with the notion that everything they hit went in - they finished really well. And every single mistake we made was punished. But there were some stupid ones.
Can’t do much about the first goal. We seem to have a problem clearing the ball in this formation but Lewa’s finish was awesome for the second. I think on clearing, the players need to be concentrating better, they need to know when is better to clear, when is better to hold, when is better to pass it out. We seem to be making the wrong call routinely on minute 44 and it’s harming us. They need to get in the zone.
The second half goals though, yes Bayern finished well but it was like we totally lost our heads. I can’t remember which goal it was, but the one where Winks receives the ball from defence, has loads of space to turn into midfield but almost instinctively knocks it back to Jan for no reason. He gives it back to Winks who then tries to turn into total traffic, loses the ball and they score. Winks could have avoided that by not going backwards when he didn’t need to - it’s the wrong decision again.
Toby giving the ball away - lazy and terrible. Aurier seemed to be out of position and lost his man to a simple ball over the top for another. And for the last part of the second half we completely disintegrated as a team. Nothing in defence, nothing joined up in attack. Terrible.
I’m not sure what the answer is. A new bomb squad? Get Toby out, replace with Sanchez? Get Rose out, replace with Davies and then Sess? Problem with this idea is that I think Rose has been one of the players still genuinely trying his hardest and not letting his performances slip. Toby before tonight the same. It’s Winks making some silly mistakes, so it isn’t always the players you think want to leave that are causing this issue. There is some sort of disconnect though and I’m not sure what it is. Kane seems to have gone from strength to strength, Sissoko has maintained his level, Lamela has played well and Dele looked good tonight. Tanguay for the time he had looked really good. We have talent here, we have players keeping their level high, but it’s a lack of concentration and disjointedness in the wrong moments. Whatever the answer is, I don’t know.
I will say, I still back Poch 100%. He comes on TV and I just trust him as a leader. If the feeling is the players need a new voice, that it’s the same old sessions, well tough. The players are looking for a route out and contracts are running down. We back Poch, we have to. He’s the one that’s staying. And he’s just a talent. A proper leader. He says the right things. He’s calm when he needs to be. In the face of something as horrible as this, I still believe he’s the guy to make it better.
