Originally Posted by
DelroyFacey22
What did they achieve from passing the ball from side to side over that spell? Fans were moaning but we kept our shape, didn't let them through us and closed down effectively enough without players being drawn out of position creating space in behind, which is exactly what Carlisle were trying to make us do. Credit Carlisle for keeping the ball for that long but imo the team defended it well enough for the attack to finish with nothing, it was a case of us standing firm and not letting them through us.