29 Feb 2016 12:53:22
View from the middle of the City section (Club Wembley, don't judge me it was my only way in but I now understand the phrase 'prawn sandwich brigade'! ) :
Was gutting, but the players walking up to the penalties clearly just were not right for them - they were brave to accept but they were psyched out before they kicked. Cabellero still had work to do though so credit for not completely falling apart and missing.
There was no excuse for their goal - nothing was distracting Mings, he was focused on the shot - it was just a shambles by him.
Sterlings misses were even worse than they looked on TV up close and personal. He actually had time to think and aim, it was just awful. Which made me laugh.
All in all, I enjoyed the game and even though the result didn't go out way I'm happy with our performance and our future. Get that partnership up front cemented and we're a team that can match anyone in England. That early sub cost us, Allen could have changed that game by changing the momentum of our midfield in the second half and definitely in added time.
29 Feb 2016 15:48:03
I agree and not that I blame him at all, but think the Sakho early substitution affected our subs late on, but guess we'll never know if it would have made any difference!
29 Feb 2016 15:51:02
Talking of subs, I thought Origi should have come on much earlier, and Allen should have replaced Henderson at half time. This is not with hindsight, I said this to my mates at the time.