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Jewell: Disappointed But Not Too Downcast
at 10:45:32

I'm surprised to read so many comments relating to the centre backs. Do we need reminding that we only lost 1-0, not 5-0! I'm more concerned about the goals we didn't score rather than the one they managed.

I agree with the remarks about 4-5-1 being too defensive for a home game. In theory this should become a 4-3-3 when we're attacking but in reality Emmanuel-Thomas and Martin really struggled to provide any support to Chopra (who put in a good, but ultimately fruitless shift).

I thought Martin looked out of touch and had difficulty beating the full backs, but it's early in the season and at least he was trying a few thing. Which brings me onto JET... Straight from the pre-match warm up you could tell he wasn't going to put in a full 90 minutes. It sends a terrible message to the other players when you see one of the starters sauntering through the warm up before barely breaking into a run during the match. His replacement, carsson showed what can be achieved by simply turning and running at full backs. He dominated the wing when he came on and I really hope he gets a start in the next game.

Cresswell was excellent all game and I think with the pace we have at full back we can comfortably afford to play 4-4-2 and allow them to overlap. Chopra needs a partner up front, he tried to compete for the long ball but their two tall centre backs coped pretty easily. I think one of the reasons their midfield looked so comfortable was because they weren't worried about what was behind them, they had confidence in the defence to handle our lone forward. A second striker would give us more attacking options and force the opposition to play deeper.

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