Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
It's also interesting to see how often the OP mentions that our midfield backed off players running with the ball but hasn't interpreted that as a fault.
Sorry, I don’t know if you got the point. From memory, and rereading the reasoning I don’t think I mentioned midfielders backing off once. I certainly did mention defenders playing in reverse as Nelson and Bacuna. However, Bacuna I believe did the right thing as we were being counterattacked. I didn’t blame him for the goal as Richards was the man on the outside, the area Osayi-Samuel broke through. Similarly, I did hold Nelson accountable for the poor defensive display. I cannot hold Harris accountable as no manager will tell a player that should allow the attacker into the box. That was the deciion of Nelson in the moment.