THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

Morsy is the best midfielder in the league imo. Class act, never gave the ball away, made excellent decisions with the ball every time. The sort of player we badly miss. So pissed off we stood off him to let him score today.

Having just watched the highlights, it confirmed my sense during the match. I’m astonished how poorly we defended yesterday. We hardly pressed at any time, were disorganised and meekly backed off in every third. No purpose or aggression to our defending.

Many have pointed to Tucker this season (it was Jules’s turn yesterday), but the above issue is where we’re falling down defensively. Don’t blame the back line if the front and middle lines are not doing their defensive jobs.

It was one area we did really well last season.

If this is the kind of performance that Jackson is praising then it’s very disappointing [Ed: I know he has to praise them - like a teacher has to praise primary school kids].

It can still be the back line's fault if they are defending too deep, which doesn't allow the midfield the starting position to press.

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But we didn’t defend deep. We were spread pretty high but backtracked rather than press.

I won't argue the point, but as you say you can't press if others are backtracking.

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Just of illustration that Ipswich won the midfield, the midfield heatmapis given below.

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That's not heat. It's either mud or Pidgeon sh*t.

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