Quote: Simeon Stylites "I realise that this is to some extent a contrarian viewpoint, but I do not see the lack of passion and commitment that almost everyone else identifies. What I saw last night was misdirected effort. The team appeared disjointed and unco-ordinated, unsure of what plays were coming next, and as a result making basic mistakes. That led to a high degree of anxiety as it became increasingly obvious that the game was slipping away, followed by further mistakes with off the cuff plays, like Percival's break, which was so stupidly thrown away by Jones. We appeared to lack direction on the field, stemming, I think, from the ineffective Walsh-Burns axis; and, as other have pointed out on other threads, that breeds lack of support play and the ability to keep one's head when an opportunity arises.
I thought the half-time score flattered us extremely, courtesy of Hull's errors rather than our own play. Whether this can be fixed in the short time left I don't know; it's a huge challenge for the coaching team, and rather depressing to experience given our high expectations at the start of the season.'"
We don't seem to have any leaders or good communication on the field since Wilkin got injured. Walsh with his non commitment to take the line on is cutting down a lot of our options and Burns is now lost because we don,t seem to have any set plays.
On the KC debate:
If we are replicating what we are doing on the training field into the match game, then I would say it is the coaches fault. If we not playing to the training game plan with bad executions then its the players that are at fault. We,ve had this situation before under Simmons, Brown and now KC where the players can,t explain there mental approach to and during a game, when you have leadership or an inspirational player you can break out of it, at the moment thats very much in short supply.