Originally Posted by
Bobby Dandruff
Ok, we got thumped which is embarrassing but:
The first half was very even and aside from the poor defending for the goal and being denied what looked a certain penalty, we matched Watford and could/should have gone in at HT level despite Watford being the slicker team. I certainly did not foresee what was about to happen and wasn稚 disgruntled at HT at all.
As for the second half though......we gave them two goals from alarmingly amateurish play on our part and then just fell apart, losing all shape. Now that was embarrassing. I was struggling to work out who was playing where by the end. Did we go to 3 at the back with Bacuna and Bennett pushing up as the defence was all at sea (where WAS Bennett supposed to be playing at the end?!)
If if we have anything to be concerned about it was how we shipped two such soft goals and then just capitulated which is most un-Warnock like.
But I have no real complaints about the first half.
Morrison looked a bit rusty and Murphy again frustrated but Niasse was excellent again and I thought that Ralls was unlucky to get subbed off as he was having a decent game, even though I壇 prefer to see NML given more pitch time in favour of Murphy (NML for Murphy would have been the obvious change to make)