I was curious to see Ward from the off, in hindsight maybe were better off with Madine and subbing later on.
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Inviting them on for the first 50 minutes and allowing them to go through their sequence of play hoping that we'd hit them on the break when the reality was that Brentford did not like being pressed and were forced into making mistakes long balls and a lack of composure at times when we showed some adventure by putting the squeeze on them in their defensive third. He reacted but it was to late. Brentford are a tidy outfit but struggled when we played with a bit of confidence, pace and a little creativity. He got it wrong.
I was curious to see Ward from the off, in hindsight maybe were better off with Madine and subbing later on.
The last half hour certainly made me wonder why we don't play like that more often. We looked a different side.
If we started with Madine and lost we would be saying why didn’t we start with the in form goal scorer Ward
We looked rubbish first half but lots of positives from the second half.
Let Murphy go. It just hasn’t worked here
Harris probably thought our new, rock-solid defence would weather the storm for the 1st half hour. He's got 2 of the best centre halves in the Championship in Morrison and Bamba. The sooner they're back, the better..
oh, and another thing. Is it just me who wonders if Etheridge is ever going to save a 50/50 again ?
Madine showed excellent touches last night.
He completely changed the game after he came on. Gave us a focal point and has to start against Leeds.
Morrison should come back in. We now have a different central two at the back to what we have had for 3 years years, and we a re leaking goals. As for Bamba being one of the best in the Championship, he is now 4th best at Cardiff.
Whereas the formation change definitely helped, and we were much stronger for the final 30 minutes, attributing it to Madine's 'excellent touch' is a bit strong.
He held the ball up well a couple of times (that is the very least that any striker should be capable of doing), but everyone making out that he has a touch way beyond other players is just untrue and borderline farcical.
Away from home, Start with Madine , and put ward and tomlin on the bench. Keep it tight and bring on tomlin / ward if a goal required.