My question to those better at reading the game than me is - what did Babbel do to screw up the second half? Was it the apparent change to three at the back? Or was it something Talay did at half time? What happened in that crucial period of twenty five minutes between Sotirio's goal and the substitution with McCowatt coming on? Because although WSW equalised during that period, it was also clear that we were playing way better during that period?
Ball and Sotirio stood further up on the defensive line in the second. Sotirio i think was the biggest change, he went inside a bit more in the first where he'd confuse the defenders and run them ragged (Piscopo was also a lot more central as well, noticed a lot of congestion with him and Davila - although I think Piscopo was good, the McCowatt change did rectify this).
Seems as if in the 1st, Ball was playing in the role of a mobile striker like Hooper, where his movement into channels would impact the game more than him being on the ball. This doesn't really suit him, he wants guys to feed. Davila also came very deep to recieve on some occasions in the 1st, whereas he hung forward in the second between the inexperienced midfield pairing and the slow centrebacks and caused havoc.
Not Guardiola by any means (did shave my head a while back though) but this is what I noticed!