Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
Of course it did. It was because we had one tactic - long to Bothroyd because Blackpool played 4-3-3/4-5-1 and won everything in midfield, so we had to go over the top and fight for possession, not easy on such a hot day. Etuhu was the only tall forward who might have been able to act as a target man. He wasn't a target man and shouldn't have been put in that position.
Blackpool were a tidy side but we really should have won that game with some tactical nous.