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Now that the dust has settled,it was plainly obvious we struggled to take on board the shape and patterns of play that cooky likes to play.At one point I struggled to read our formation,although the pitch and conditions didn't help.
Fans will have to accept it won't be a quick transition and it's not easy to change overnite .
I bet no one has even seen so many passes go astray from our middle three who tried to thread there way through a well organised team.
Indeed they never pressed the ball and just retreated to the half-way line,allowing our defenders to have the ball.
They just waited off us to force the passes and capitalise on our mistakes.
Besides devitt,the positives to come out the match are that cooky will learn far more about the players in defeat than victory.
My only little moan is the new defending patterns is not my cup of tea,upto yesterday,results say we have been reasonably successful at it.
For example on one of our few breaks in the second half,our front three still encountered seven defenders,whilst when they attacked,we were nearly man for man(last goal murph was left one v one in our area !).
Just hope the lads take on board quickly what cooky wants,as I suspect he will just replace them!!!