Quote Originally Posted by billy.ronson View Post
That play off final was so gut wrenching , we got off to a great start then it all started to go wrong, the referee gave them a soft free kick against McPhail for hand ball , Adam scored then Bothroyd limped off minutes later.
we retook the lead Near the end of the half only to concede 2 soft goals in the remaining 8 minutes of the first half!!
Without Bothroyd , we just didn’t really look like winning !
There's an account on Twitter called the Coach's voice (I think it's a website too) where they interview pro coaches and there are a couple of clips of Ian Holloway talking about that game. Basically they outnumbered us in midfield, pushed their full backs up and used their forwards as wingers to get inside the full back (as Omerod did for the winner). Bothroyd got a mention for his lack of effort (Holloway seems to have forgotten he went off early but I don't Etuhu put a shift in either). They did their homework, got their tactics right and we blew it.