What is fairly apparent is that King is clueless football wise. Many owners are. The problem we have is that he’s handling the day to day as he is “The Board”. It won’t end well.
Have a look at Ritchie for them today. Absolutely bossed us just by working hard. He’s a veteran. As Sheaf span around situations, Torp did his normal treacle running and Eccles looked bemused he just wanted the ball. It’s not a complex game.
He’s a businessman. Which hasn’t allowed him to see the value of a player or two that he doesn’t think he can sell on. It’s also why we have a lot of youngsters - who are terribly fragile.
Other than selecting Collins you can’t put this on Lampard. He’s inherited a squad with no defence. I’d like to know how he continues with Binks over Kitching but he can’t be blamed for previous defensive recruitment.
I’m afraid the whole game changed when Collins dived straight over the ball for the first goal. Complete momentum change. He’s basically absolutely useless. And then we’re just brittle. Defensively we are totally shocking. Totally shocking.