We keep conceding the same type of far post cross goals, don’t we learn anything from our own mistakes
I honestly believe we need a 'defence coach', I've been on about this for months. AWB is a prime example of being a decent player when faced with one on one, or even going forward and getting crosses in (still needs to work on that though), but when there are two or three things happening at the same time, looking along the line, looking for the man you are supposed to be marking, watching the CB's to make sure they haven't lost their own player, then he struggles. A defence minded coach would be working on those situations non stop, with the whole defence, and individual players. It's no surprise really that defenders tend to perform better and more consistently when they are late twenties, and even into their thirties, as they gain a lot of valuable experience while making those type of mistakes when younger, exactly what AWB is doing now. I've no doubt that he could become a top FB, but he looks what he is, quite inexperienced, and tends to switch of at times, Shaw on the other hand tends to be in the right place at the right time generally, but even so all players will make mistakes, especially those who do not play regularly, Henderson, Williams, Tuanzebe, even Bailly, who is an experienced player, but just doesn't play enough. Forward players, and attacking midfielders tend to be more instinctive, until they are over coached to play a particular way, which then makes them more predictable. Tonights game appears to have been played half heartedly by some players, with obviously one eye on the final next week.