Not a vintage performance but saving a point when down to 10-men will do us for now, particularly when Leeds & Norwich have slipped up today. We have to be careful now though as Sheff U only 2 pts behind us!
For their goal, the boy made a mistake conceding the corner but I think people on here forget that he IS still a boy (and playing out of position). Johnstone also at fault for me as rooted to his line once again for the entirety of the phase of play after the corner - redeemed himself somewhat with the 2 saves in the first half after that though it must be said.
Would much rather have seen Tosin partner Dawson in the middle than the woeful Bartley (more on him later), could've stuck Gibbs at right back for the day and Brunt left back maybe (he was also woeful in CM again despite his goal)
At the end of last season I thought we'd seen the last appearance of Barry after the Taxi incident, but I can now honestly say that I think he's redeemed himself for us this season; as we look lost at times when he isn't in the middle to pull the strings for us; with it being the same again today. We took control even down to 10 when he came on.
Bartley....what can I even say, mistakes were a constant again and then lashed out verbally at the others around him each time he made a new mistake. Very telling that Gibbs went right back at him, told him not to talk like him to that and called him a 3rd rate amateur; with some choice expletives in between; (If you were close enough to them in the Brummie road when they were chippy with each other then you'd also have heard the exchange). So they seemingly dislike each other based on that exchange; which is not a good sign if we are wanting a cohesive defence; The sooner Hegazi is back the better as we missed him today.
All of the above said, we dug deep and snatched a draw out of the jaws of a defeat so we'll take it, move on and go again! We showed great resilience and it could end up being a vital point come the end of the season...
