I just can not get my head round why Hugill wasn't bought on until the 85th minute yet again. The last 3 games have been prime examples of what we signed him for, and when he came on today he looked such a threat and nearly scored. It's so infuriating that he's just sitting on the bench the whole game when we need him and then getting next to no time to make an impact. Also when he is bought on we sub Buendia off, our most creative player, when we have two holding midfielders still on the pitch. Why?
Hard to blame Pukki for the penalty miss but it literally sums up our 2020. Like Bournemouth last week, Derby were solid enough defensively but we really should've broken them down and not given them the chance to nick a win due to a set-piece in the last minute. That was their exact game plan but yet again we just did not have the know-how to make the breakthrough, and the best opportunity we do have to take the lead and probably go onto win the game seeing how little quality Derby had on the pitch, nature or God or whoever intervenes and Pukki slips. Performance wasn't near our best today (though I would say it was better than Bournemouth) but you do have to wonder when we're gonna catch a break.
Obviously it's still very early days, and all the uncertainty going around the club really doesn't help. By the time we next play against Rotherham the transfer window will be closed and I can't fucking wait. The last two Championship seasons under Farke we've really kicked on after the first international break and I expect the same here. The manner of our last couple of defeats has been absolutely infuriating, but I think it can be excused because of the uncertainty around the transfer window and also having a lot of players needing to settle in. But if after the international break we're still not picking up points when we come up against the likes of Rotherham, Birmingham and Wycombe (our first 3 games after the break) then questions are really gonna have to be asked.
