Originally Posted by
jackal2
I've got some sympathy for managers and players when they get a microphone stuck under their nose just after they've come off the pitch, because it tends to lead to emotional or defensive comments, or even more football clichés than normal.
Having said that, clearly at least one player didn't "give it everything" yesterday, otherwise David Wheeler would have been properly marked at the corner. The suggestion seemed to be that the arrival of Chuks Aneke as an extra big man disrupted the man marking plan, but frankly the captain and his players should be able to sort that problem out on the pitch. If you're having to check with the manager on the sidelines it suggests they were either under-prepared, or possibly even over-prepared to the point where the plan was too rigid to adapt to new circumstances.