Really really awful. I just don’t understood the team selection and formation. Playing doughty but not out wide??? Playing Ledley instead of Morgan when he hasn’t played for 18 months and clearly isn’t anywhere near match sharp. Playing a deep defensive line but trying to play out into a midfield 40 yards ahead of them? We can’t pick a single pass at the moment. Also the one-man press needs to get in the bin, press as a team or don’t fucking bother.
That was miserable. Their 2 full backs are having a field day. Defensively we look like total strangers and midfield is non existent. Desperately need to change the formation. That can’t be far off the worst 45 mins of football we have played under Bowyer.
Missing Cullen big time. We now don't have anyone who can link defence into attack, so we are constantly stuck passing it around the back 4 like melons.
It's not even hard for the opposition. They don't even need to press us hard, just have players push on our full backs and we will inevitable lose the ball.
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Hand ball by Adedeji Oshilaja (Charlton Athletic).
Attempt missed. Djed Spence (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. George Saville (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50611049
Have the new owners re-appointed Karel Fraeye? This reminds me so much of the infamous away cup defeat at Colchester.
On the bright side, we should be fresh for the second half as we've done bugger all running in the first half.
It's not even hard for the opposition. They don't even need to press us hard, just have players push on our full backs and we will inevitable lose the ball.