Sick of hearing this, the tactics were the correct ones and a world class save from jrod effort and cheating and bad refereeing decisions cost us.
DG could have put JM through but his tired looking pass went to their last defender.
If we'd gone gung ho we'd have been picked off imo.
Small margins decide a game, poor decisions decide a season.
Brunty doesn't get sent off then who knows? But watching Brunty all season tells you that when he plays CM there is always a rash challenge round the corner when he gets in a tight spot. He is not a natural tackler and when he gets it wrong, he gets it very wrong. We all knew we were short for center midfield from the start of the season, even throughout last season. We gambled on Brunt taking that role, bringing in Johansen too late as he lacked match fitness....and when it came to the crunch the decision cost us.
Gayle doesn't get sent off first game and surely we could have nicked another goal? But we also knew the squad was a player short up-front for goals. HRK (even if available) does not have a consistent goal threat which leaves us with very limited attacking threat to bring on from the bench.
Problems in center midfield, lack of depth up front. We new it. When margins are small, these factors become the difference.