Last years success wasn't so much the passing but the unique ability of Caicedo to receive the ball, hold it and turn on it whilst almost never losing it, which then opened up loads of opportunities for forward passes. Once in a generation player for Brighton.
I blame him most of all for that goal for playing it back in to Verbruggen when he should have found a different option.
No problem with playing it out from the back, it's the playing out and then playing it back in again which we seem to be doing so much of these days. Last season we'd play...
The only thing that really worried me about yesterday's tactics, going forward, was that Bart obviously got flustered by the North Stand and started rushing a few clearances. One goal conceded and the next time he had the ball at his feet there was so much 'get it forward', 'what are you doing?'...