Clacton-ammer wrote:
I said it last week I think, not sure what we are missing, but we are missing something. There appears to be a lot of dross in the league this season, so that makes us probably mid table, or just below dross, let's hope for a good cup run
As far as missing something, I believe the problems on Saturday were Lanzini not starting (correct call, coming back from injury), Ayew & Hernandez being played out wider when they are clearly not quality there, Antonio obviously not fully fit, and Swansea knowing exactly what we were going to do with starting Carroll.
Kouyate and Noble are not the quickest midfield. Cheik isn't known for playing the killer pass and Mark wasn't forward enough to do so either. Cresswell and Zabs got stifled on the edges throughout the first half especially. Once Mas came on, Cresswell and him teamed up more to push forward.
Couple all that with the fact that Swansea set up away like we used to under Big Sam, and the outcome here was quite predictable. To me, Ayew is a luxury player at this point and should not have started, but then Marko was sick.