Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
I picked up on bacuna because it look so obvious. Anyone that has played the game at any level knows that when a fullback stands off a wide man and allows the cross, it usually means that he doesn't fancy the 1 on 1, doesn't want to put himself in a position where he gets done, Bacuna does it quite often, with the thinking that he'll just push the problem a little further down the production line (centre backs defending the cross) sadly, quality control (Morrison and Nelson) aren't picking up on things at the moment. Bacuna's biggest problem at right back is that he has no turn of pace, he is done easily on the outside and that isn't compensated by a central defender pulling over to help him, he can't tackle either.

We are poor all over the pitch, when the quality runs dry (which is often the case at our club) then workrate, honesty and character are the traits that we've relied onto get us through, although those attributes seem to be abandoning us at the moment as well, which is very worrying in my opinion, because we are massively reliant on those aspects of the game.
Bacuna's biggest problem that he is playing in defence when he is not a defender!

Even good defenders get done by a good winger and with no experience at the back to tell him what he should be doing now Morrison is injured, this looks like that may well continue if sides have done their homework on us.

We are in agreement that we have problems, "in key areas" or "all over the pitch".

In Bacuna's case it must be soul-destroying for a natural attacking player to see poor players in front of him squandering chances (especially when they are sparce) and losing the ball easily, even moreso when it looks like many aren't trying (perhaps some are trying but others just aren't up to it).

We don't have any willing runners now Mark Harris is out of favour which doesn't help and the ball keeps coming back, usually down our weakest flank.
It's no wonder Bacuna is being exposed.