The lousy 2nd half started on 58 minutes with the removal of Faubert..libero wrote:We should have kept the shape of the team. Zola took off Faubert, Parker and Mullins and brought on Di Michele, Tristan and Noble. Net result, we lost any semblance of control of the ball in midfield. I call that bad tactics. Di Michele for Bellamy, Tristan for Cole, Noble for Mullins - maybe. But you leave your team with no midfield and you are not going to get a goal and very possible you'll concede a second. Even in the closing minutes you have to keep your head tactically
I'm a Zola fan, but I think he showed tremendous naivety tonight
Faubert was definitely the right one to take off...... but Boa Morte should have come on - Behrami to the right.
Noble to right midfield was a dreadful decision and we immediately started to concede the midfield. All that followed was entirely predictable.
The persistence with DDM is a real irritant, and his presence plus the existence of the Tristan we have is a dreadful indictment of teh way the board have run the club and what Nani is there to do.
Its a bloody good job that played some great attacking, winning football at home back in August,