I think if we'd have finished the game with 10 men, we could easily have scored several more goals and the conversation would have been about how good Trincao was. Up until the red, the way we were playing out from the back and through their press, without resorting to long balls was excellent.
When Raul got sent off I wasn't overly worried about us seeing the game out, Leeds has offered virtually nothing to suggest they'd be able to break us down until that point. We'd nearly got a point away at Man City when we were down to ten men for longer, so I had every confidence we'd see it out.
I can understand the frustration with Lage for not bringing on a striker sooner, but to be honest I don't think it really would have made much of a difference. I don't think Silva is capable of bringing down long balls and holding it up. I can only assume Lage was thinking that the players would continue to try and play out as they had been up until that point. Had they done that and not panicked, I think there could have been more goals for us, as Leeds were still all over the place defensively right until the end.
As it was our defence absolutely shit themselves and gifted Leeds three goals. I was really disappointed with Saiss last night, if he wasn't on the pitch we'd probably have won that quite comfortably. Think that might be the last time we see him for a while.
I'm not hopeful of us getting into Europe now, but if we can carry on playing like we did when we had 11 men, upgrade at CB and get a CF who can hold the ball up, I think the long term prospects actually quite quite bright, with the talent we've got in the squad.
