I agree that lack of goals/creativity was a big reason why we never went, which has more to do with full backs poor crossing, no forwards anticipating balls into the box,
How many times did I bang on about that last season? The number of times we put balls dangerous balls across the area was ridiculous. I remember there were somewhere around 15 or 16 before Val even left. Good forwards and we would've got half a dozen goals from them alone, easily.
Now, contrast that with the friendly against Hertha. Two crosses from wide were converted by two NEW additions in Swift and Dike. Is that a co-incidence? I don't think so.
The first one Grady beats a man then crosses
first time, the second one Wallace crosses
first time. Because of this forwards know how to time their run. If it were Matt Phillips instead of Wallace he'd have fainted to cross, come back on his left foot, fainted again before probably crossing with his right foot. That's no good but he does it all the time. Defenders can set themselves and forwards can't time a run if they don't know the ball is coming in.
It's a two way thing, delivery has to be good and it has to be early but you need forwards that have the quality and instinct to make the right runs at the right times. We didn't have that last season.
The fact that Livermore or Molumby for that matter gets criticised for lack of creativity is mind boggling because that's not what either player is in the team to do. We just got so desperate last season because no one was doing it.
You can criticise Livermore for his lack of mobility or his poor disciplinary record, that's understandable but when he gets criticised at the same time as criticising about lack of creativity it's sort of a redundant argument.
