The reason we lost : Tue Aug 30, 2016 8:51 am
I've seen a lot of comments of people saying we lost because of such a player or we don't have the mental ability to close out games. I don't think that is the case from Saturday. I criticised the line up when I saw it, I wasn't comfortable with the right edge. However after watching the game it's clear to me that the game plan was a defensive one, as the score line showed, and Evans and King did very well in that department. People say we may have scored more had penny played instead but we would have conceded more aswell, his defence/positioning isn't as good as those 2 and that's possibly why we lined up as we did.
It was a very hot day, very tiring game. We lost Gidley, Westwood and Bailey aswell I think to injuries, meaning we only had one sub left going into the final stages. This is what played a major factor IMO, we simply had nothing left in the tank and no replacements available.
I thought we played well, and I'm not worried in the slightest. We are one game away from old Trafford and if we play like that if we get there, we could easily walk away as GF winners.