Although I thought we were better than last week the same problem was clear for all (except AB) to see. He continues to praise the quality of his squad when only the “first 11” and a couple of others are good enough for this league.
Replacements for Evans are the nearest to being satisfactory but weren’t at their best yesterday. Westbrooke looks decent but a step or two down from Ewing. Roberts and Whitehall are simply irreplaceable from our current squad and probably within our current budget. (Disclaimer :- would Whitehall have scored the Carlton goal yesterday? No but he would have affected the game more, we were short of height when defending set pieces, a job Whitehall does well.) Keeper situation well covered elsewhere.
For supposedly one of the the fittest teams in the league the last 5-10 minutes seems to be a big problem, why is that?
