Deutsch Wolf
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- Joined
- Oct 16, 2009
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How anyone can seemingly ignore that our defense was still awful even with Stearman still here is a bit beyond my comprehension.
Our defense as a unit has been shit in every game without Williamson, full stop.
Personnel has been an issue at points but two things last season contributed to a lot of our 0 or 1 goal against displays.
1) First half of the season - frequently completely bossing possession, 60%+ in a lot of games
2) Second half of the season - having such a potent front three that opposition teams sat back against us
Neither of those things have applied this season. We haven't really even tried to keep the ball properly and we've played with the handbrake on in an attacking sense (as well as losing all of that front three eventually). So teams have been able to test us much more due to a combination of having more ball and having less fear of what happens if they lose it, you test limited players more often and they'll come unstuck more often. You chuck in the goalkeeper being in abysmal form all year and you have a problem.
All that said, it's quite clear Batth hasn't lived up to the billing I gave him. I dare say there's quite a lot of stuff I've said that's not quite panned out as I said it would if you go back through my 6+ years of posts.