To be honest Ed, we made Juv look good tonight with sloppy defending, poor passing and another lack of desire to press forward. Juv didn't have us in their pocket what so ever and were gifted chance after chance as we seemed to take 90 minutes just to find out what formation we were playing. At times, I don't think Juv could believe how much of an easy outing they were getting from a Fulham side that just knocked out the holders Shakthar.
All night, our midfield sprayed balls all over the park with 90% of them ended up at a Juv players feet. Greening and Baird were terrible tonight and looked so out of his depth at this level and why the hell Woy threw both Konch and Dempsey into an important game like this was beyond me...
Are Juventus any good? No... They are no better than Basle or Roma, we were just utter cack when we needed to perform on the clubs biggest night in history sorry
Why do we think Juventus are going to be hard to play? We were poor today and yet Davies missed a sitter and we gave away two goals. We looked a small squad that is iver stretched. But we can turn this around if tiredness doesn't win. But don't tell me that Juventus were anything special because they looked half as good as Shakattack.
But tiredness does look problem. As for Greening I agree it will be a blessing not having him there. He gives simple balls away, plays the ball to players under pressure and never makes a forward pass. Oh yes and keeps on being booked. Not because he is dirty but because he is slower than Murphy with Etuhu sitting on his shoulders
Heres two off the bat.