[yonmon]

Originally Posted by football19

Redraine seems to have nailed it,but we should mention the playing surface,which was shocking and handed them the advantage.
It was hard/soft/rutted and messi would have struggled on it!!
The iced area never took a stud so making the game narrow and there back four of giants loved it.
We are not the most mobile of teams and rely on moving the ball quickly,when you have to take 2 or 3 touches this makes us less effective.
Saying that,I thought they had bags of pace,closed us down and really did a number on us,better on the day in all departments,so they deserve a lot of credit.

Maybe that was one of the major differences between the teams F19 ?... after the first 15 minutes or so when the Red's played it on the ground they looked a bit vulnerable....but after that when the number of sky balls increased they found it so easy !!...their heading ability was underlined at every set-piece as well !!... their captain in particular !!.

ps..Just seen Le Fondler score on Television
against Watford....totally ruined my evening before it's started !!....ah well..