With the benefit of a few hours sleep
- composure on the ball. Can’t think of many blues teams that have had 75% possession
- we worked the ball into very strong positions in wide areas 8 or 9 times. The final ball was lacking but the movement to get there was very good
- Leonard, Willumson, Bielik were v good
- Thought Keshi changed things and drove us forward and gave us some physicality. Liked Hansson’s directness too
- 27985 and I saw people there that hadn’t been to blues in a decade. Welcome back!
On the flip side, our delivery was poor from wide areas and I’m not really sure I saw the vaunted press in action. Felt a bit like Southampton at the start of last season when they were learning the new system under Russell Martin. Also I do think we need a more physical option in the squad in midfield and up front. We were very small by the end of the game.