Ian Royal Yeah, tactical to not score first half...
It's not really a change in the way we play. We played very similar in McDermott's first season (4-5-1 switching to 4-4-2 later on) and not that different last season. We were just far more inept at attacking for the first half of this season.
No not, "tactical to not score first half.." (take a day off from being one, Ian)
But keeping it so tight we rarely have the numbers to go for it up front.
In particular the defensive midfielders not venturing into the last third.
A team will often play for 0-0. That doesn't mean they are "tactically trying not to score"
It means their PRIORITY is a clean sheets, so FBs don't overlap, midfield stays deep, CBs
only send one up for a corner etc etc.
Once upon a time (when it was 2 points for a win) many sides went away to get 0-0.
As a fan that's what you expected. Didn't mean your TACTIC was "not to score"
I think even you know we get more points for 1-0
And there is a very big difference between this year and last. Yes, the 451 and stop the other side
but e had a one-man possible winner in Shane. Even Murty just this morning was saying how we
lack the big players and a playing a careful, spare the ammunition game
