Well the word that immediately comes to mind for that for me is bizarre. Bizarre first half formation from us, bizarre bout of argey bargey in the Hull area near the end of the first half, bizarre decision from the ref to go jogging over to talk to the managers while it was all going off in the area, and a bizarre sending off for Pratley for reasons I'm not too sure about. Going from the match thread though, some of you will probably have some stronger opinions (although if you can avoid using c*** that'd be appreciated).
Hull 2 - CAFC 0
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awful football
nit good enough
Now we can start
Poor formation
Poor tactics
Poor decision making
Poor discipline
Poor performance.
Can't do the basics.
I'll let everyone else pick the bones out of why that is.
playing people in their correct position would be a start
Crazys subs.
Awful performance.
Not sure much else need to be said.
That is the sort of team selection and performance that gets managers the sack. Starting with four players out of position was not a smart play and Bowyer’s predilection for playing one-paced, one-dimensional midfielders was only ever realistically going to have one outcome.
We were a shambles at the back and slow and predictable in midfield. As well as omitting one of our few flair players, Maddison, Bowyer compounded matters by taking off Albie Morgan, who was, in my view, probably our best performer on the day.
We created next to nothing and poor old Bogle turned in one of the worst 45 minutes I’ve ever seen from a professional footballer. Josh Davison could certainly not do worse.
Pratley’s red card put the tin hat on a dismal afternoon and we gave Hull - who had lost 3 games on the bounce and were forced into 5 changes following a Covid outbreak - probably their most comfortable afternoon of the season. A truly atrocious performance.
There are certainly very real questions about Lee Bowyer’s position. His stubbornness is leading him down a rabbit hole and he is demonstrably not getting the best out of this group of players.
lessons haven’t been learnt & won’t be. Should be higher in the league & would be but for Bowyers ineptness!
Before the game Lee Bowyer said: “We’ll approach the game trying to win it".
But with that starting line up, you didn't try to win it, did you Lee?