Ian Ryan
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He was really kind of...
I wouldn't necessarily say aggressive with his response, but he was pretty keen to put that one to bed.
But Mo pushed him again, just in terms of building on momentum when you get a goal ahead.
I think that's where a lot of the frustration lies, when you are finding yourself a goal up, regardless of what options you've got within the team.
We can all say that you'd rather have this player available or that player, etc.
I get all that.
And it's not easy without forwards.
No one's denying it for one second.
But if you find yourself a goal up,
that puts you in a really, really good position to then put your foot down a little bit and find ways of at least, at the very least, keeping your position at bay and making it difficult for them.
So I like the way Mo pushed him on that.
But again, the manager talked about, you know, listen, styles make fights all that.
You know, the other team can have the ball and when they do, it makes it really, really difficult.
What did you make of his response to that question?
Because again, it felt like he maybe wasn't quite getting the point.
Yeah, that's definitely a worry, Josh.
I think where it's also difficult is
Even when we're doing shows like this, a lot of it's dominated by the manager.
Understandably so, because you've got to call it as you see it, and we're seeing lots and lots of performances where it's just nowhere near the level you expect.
That said, at some point, we will have to draw a line under it one way or another.