Good thing it happened now and not in the middle of the season cos ast least we can spend money to improve in some way.
I thought it was tactically naive though. With them having both Barton and Smith in midfield, it showed that they were up for a battle. We did not have anyone to match them at all. Noone with any kind of bite and as a result their midfield won all the battles. Badly need to move to 5 in midfield if we are to play IReland in there. We badly need Gabby back as well to help play this formation.
Will be interesting what McDonald says after that anyway.