| Saints At Crystal Palace The Verdict on 12:03 - Sep 14 by SaintNick |
We may have given the ball away, but that isnt where the main fault lies, it is in our inability again to deal with a situation on the break, teams lose possession all the time, they dont get carved open though every time.
I have looked at the replay, Romeu has got back to cover, when they cross the half way line we have romeu covering back, Bednarek is covering but seems to have no idea what is behind him, 15 yards from the area Stephens is running back with Zaha, who then peels off and goes left, Stephens ball watches and goes in the opposite direction leaving Zaha completely unmarked.
By the time he realises it is too late we have let their most dangerous man just run off and do what he wants.
Perhaps Stephens is a decent player, but what he clearly isnt is a reader of the game and an organiser, Bednarek is the stopping player, Stephens needs to be marshalling the defence and he can't seem to do that |
But we lost possession needlessly with a sloppy pass. KWP was being very effective pressing up, and if anyone should have done better, it was Stephens. But in my view, not a defensive cock up, mainly down to Romeu. He have the ball away in similar fashion quite a lot. |  |
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