REPORT: Lousy day at the London Stadium

[jojomk1]

We'd no one else to play up front, all of Wood, Barnes & Rodriguez injured - midfield four was Brownhill, Westwood, Cork, Pieters with McNeil in front of them.

Now you are trying to cover your tracks

This afternoon you said it was a midfield five

Desperate measures

[ksrclaret]

I think most people would agree that the performance at Palace with 5 in midfield was one of, if not the, best ones in recent months.

Whatever the reason for deploying it, it very, very clearly worked and we should be eager to revisit it.

[ClaretTony]

Now you are trying to cover your tracks

This afternoon you said it was a midfield five

Desperate measures

Not covering any tracks - it was the five I mentioned with McNeil playing in that advanced position, similar to the one Hendrick used to play. McNeil played well that night too.