What? Bouzanis treated the ball like a time bomb today and it was never in his hands for more than two seconds... sadly even causing their goal. There were too many long balls that went straight out for a dead ball at the other end.
I agree with you on the whole though, Ball retention and keeping possession is highly important and that message does need to be grasped by some people in the stands - however, with the ball we do have to have some chance creation too - sometimes, we don't see that and end up with hesitancy and ultimately losing the ball through making either a bad choice or silly mistake.
Baxter made some good passes today also, picking out croft 9/10 times on the wing, who also seemed to get himself into some very good positions - Baxter, however, tends to be a little greedy at times and when taking a shot (don't get me wrong, i love it when we have shots on goal) should have picked the easier option of squaring it to Croft for an easier shot or cross into the box. His decision making at times needs to sharpen and be less about himself, more about the team.
Simpson was also largely ineffective on the wing, yes he won nearly every header that came his way, but chance creation only really came when he moved inside to a more central role - left wing is not for him, Obita played 10 times better when he came on.
Credit to Johnson though, he saw, as most of us did, the failings in the system of play and had the balls to change it, i reckon Dickov would have waited longer than that to make subs and it probably would have cost us the game.
Good Point lads, let's move forward to Saturday now!