Durkin and Servania are ineffective as a midfield. They are not technical enough to move the ball around quickly or accurately and not athletic enough to to shut down the center of the park.
17 mins in and you don't need a pro coaching license to tell the XI is wrong. Servania and Durkin not working.
This is remarkably bad. We are asking to give up an early goal, and can't hold the ball or move past midfield at all
Refs also continue to call everything for the opponent while he have tto get 2 footed tackled for a foul
That's the Stab Ramos three step shuffle we've come to know and love: one step forward, two steps back. This match needs something exciting maybe even Komykal.
Doesn't 2nd place play France? (I mean, we have no idea what a result means in terms of us finishing 1st vs 2nd vs 3rd, so we should really not play for a tie, especially since a loss probably means we are out.)
"I should make this more difficult than it should be. Yes... Hmm." ^Tab thinking to himself last night
What on earth is McKenzie doing out there? He gets smoked multiple times, has an early yellow, and does nothing but pass backwards.
keita twice avoids trying to hit gloster making a run in order to boot a hopeful square ball to no one
All of our headers are to the other team. Don't know how Mendez had that double pass rebound to the other team.
Durkin is a sieve, overall this is an absolutely putrid start from from the players who've been tabbed to start, going to have to make multiple early changes probably if he wants to fix it
No shots at all for either team in Ukraine-Nigeria (@24'). Both will qualify with this result - Ukraine first and Nigeria second (if we draw/lose) or third (if we win). Looks like we have a chess match on our hands ...