Got to my seat and spent time savouring the atmosphere. Had a swatch through the players and noticed our captain and our Japanese talisman were back from injury. Really began to think to myself this may not be as bad as we feared. Then I saw the team, or should I say, the midfield. Not being clever after the event folks, I've already given my thoughts on playing with three offensive midfield players. At any level it's naive. At this level, it's suicide.
As for the inverted fullbacks ? Well, I understand the thinking, tucking in when our midfielders are attacking. I get it, but when the ball is lost we are WIDE open down the flanks.
While it may be true to say we more than matched them up until Turnbull's mistake, for me we were simply outclassed over the 90 odd minutes. Sunday is a big day for Ange.