Awful, just awful!
Even before we took to the pitch mistakes had already been made, formation, tactics and team selection was shambolic from BR. Seriously why did he think changing the whole system and shifting key players out of position (most notably Forrest & McGregor) was in any way a good idea when it's exactly that system and those particular players in those particular positions that has seen us play our best football of the season.
Ok we have a few injuries in certain areas but whoever comes in should be slotting into those positions as that system has been delivering results, where is the sense in ripping up the entire playbook when the team is already at a disadvantage with injuries. BR's unnecessary tinkering made a difficult situation 10 times worse.
BTW the main cause for us reverting back to this infuriating endless back passing when Broony plays is not actually Broony's fault it's the fault of those around him. Go back and watch today's game for a perfect example of this. At one point Ajer was having a tussle with a Hibs player out wide, he eventually beat his man and came away with the ball, but instead of driving the play forward when he had tonnes of space he inexplicably turned back and played the ball to Broony.
Both Ajer and Simunovic, like many others seem to do when Broony plays, constantly took the easy/safe option of playing it back to Broony instead of taking some responsibility to move the ball forward themselves. Benkovic was the only one of the 3 CB's to have the balls to drive forward with the ball from the back without looking to Broony to do it for him. Far too many look to Broony to hold their hand instead of taking the initiative and stepping up themselves.
There's no getting away from how badly we played today but there are some in this team where this has become the norm. I have defended Scott Sinclair many times when people have been having a go at him but I can't defend him any longer, how he's still getting a game is beyond me. The term 'empty jersey' was coined for players like this.
Also big Eddie needs to sharpen up, the bhoy undoubtedly has talent but he looked downright fucking lazy today and his demeanour worries me a bit as he barely cracks a smile, not even when he scores. He's a young guy living and playing in a foreign land and that must be really difficult at times but the only way for him to overcome those difficulties is to focus on his game, the better he plays the better he'll feel and vice versa.
