First Half v Second Half

[northeastowl]

After listening to Monk’s post match interview this morning I found myself a little confused. 
 

He said that he thinks we were off the pace on the first half and the performance wasn’t where he expects it to be. Then he went on to say that we were much better in the second half. 
 

In my opinion we were brilliant first half and but for a couple of individual errors we probably deserved to be winning at half time. Second half we huffed and puffed but had literally no quality going forward whatsoever. 
 

In the first half you could see what Hunt was trying to do playing quick pacey first time paces into the forwards but unfortunately they weren’t good enough to control the ball. When he went off at half time we lost that forward momentum and just kept booting it long which didn’t work as we lost pretty much every header.

 

Pelupessy added a physical presence and he did half alright but it cost us forward momentum, it didn’t help that Bannan did naff all. 
 

What’s people’s thoughts?

[deano]

Monk is all about the huff and puff.

[RockieOwl]

We were better first half, created chances, was getting caught at the back, although weren't being punished. Their goals coming from poor keeping and for some reason Odabajo marking Toney (he was also marking the QPR player who missed a sitter, so Brentford see this, target him, and score)

 

Second half we went defensive, had a bit of possession, were not getting caught out at the back, but despite losing, didn't create any decent chances and didn't have a shot on target in the second half. Just what we needed 

[agentwalker]

There's one simple thing that needs to be drilled into them. Its been proven to work when we do it.

Pressure, When we pressured them high they made mistakes, either hitting it long or hitting it out of play. However it needs all the players to do this not just 2 or 3. At times Patterson or just one other would pressure them and they'd pass round him because there was no one else doing the same, when this happens it all brakes down.

Leeds do in the prem and it works.

This doesn't require technically gifted players just a TEAM that's been well training to do this. Get it sorted Monk !!!!