If we’re to continue playing the same way, then Keith needs to adapt the options when opponents are pressing on the full-backs. I thought Clarke had one of his poorest games in a while and had dipped from his usual (higher) standard more than Manny, who struggled to cope with an opponent able to match his physical strength. CBT, on the one time he got the ball and ran at their full-back won us a free-kick, but there wasn’t the same level of movement/link-up play on our left that we saw with O’Connor and Feeney on the right.
Didn’t get the impression from KH that there will be wholesale changes for the EFL Cup game. It’s a difficult balancing exercise, as the financial benefit of progressing in the current climate is more valuable than usual, but if that’s at the expense of our promotion prospects then not worth it.